Paper patched bullet making

Ppbs work equally well with black or smokeless powder. However, i do load and shoot black powder bp charged paper patched bullets ppbs exclusively for my sharps falling block and remington rolling block replica bpcr rifles. When it was realised that if a piece of paper was wound around the bullet it kept the lead bullet from touching the metal bore of the rifle, the paper patched bullet was born. Bullet diameter for 4570 paper patched cartridge shiloh. Grease can be tallow lard, crisco, or any of severalcommercial concoctions. Ppbs were easy to make by the frontiersman, requiring nothing but a skillet, pig lead, patching paper and a mould. I found one bullet made by rcbs casting and making paper patched bullets shooters forum. Such technology is older than the cartridge or the jacketed bullet. That being said, the resulting paperpatched bullet fouls less in the bore and is accurate to shoot. Have you ever wanted to make a bullet that is cheap, easy to use, and takes almost no time to make. Paper patch bullets were used in the 1800s for target shooting and hunting and are still being used today. A pp bullet simply has straight sides and the bullet is wrapped with a very thin sheet of paper. I wrap the paper twice around the bullet, providing. Much discussion and cussin have been laid at their doorstep.

The paper patch goes the opposite direction of the rifling. In the early days, the bullet round ball mold quite often fit the bore of the rifle rather poorly. In the articlesbooks i have read, the author always says you need a smooth bullet to do paper patching. Paper patched bullets a blast from the past sporting shooters. You load the ammunition approximately the same way as you load black. Paperpatched bullet reference material return to contents introduction. It has been my experience, however, that most of the cussin has been from folks. The big hardness gain bullet casting water quench controversy vr to carl. While not experienced with paper patching, i have looked at how. Untold thousands of ppbs were made by the campfires during the 1880s. I speculate that without the airspace in the case the powder immediately behind the bullet acts as a filler and seals the caseneck, throat and bore from blowby gases while the pressures. The norwegian army also used a paper patched bullet in the nagant revolver ammunition. Paper patch supplies, paper patch templates, paper patch paper, lead bullets, paper patch bullets. My son and i have personally cast, patched and shot thousands of ppbs, both in competition and hunting, and we have a very high opinion of them.

Very good accuracy has been obtained with paperpatched bullets, but the assembly procedure is relatively laborintensive. In fact i may be the only one in the world shooting paper patched bullets from a. I think 100% density loads have some effect on obturation, i dont quite understand it though. Assra forum paper patched bullets smooth or grooved.

Paperpatched bullet design software is available from corbin, as well as software that calculates multiple density, multipart bullet weights and volumes, calculates bullet air resistance and bc, and helps you determine the bullet diameter for a given rifling depth and paper thickness. Enter your name, address, and billing information for prompt shipment. It was up to the individual to acquire a mold close to the bore, and supplement the diameter to the bore. Loading the bullet grooves with grease is not needed with paper patches. Paper patched bullets were especially popular in europe, and was used in, for example, the british martinihenry rifle and mausers infanteriegewehr mod. That acts to twist the paper patch tighter rather than try to strip it from the bullet. From a military perspective, the paper patched bullets were not that popular in the usa, but they. We rely on a quality products, delivery and value for our customers. While it has once or twice been said that any gunpowder other than black powder is just a passing fad, the same is true of any bullet that is not paper patched. Very good accuracy has been obtained with paperpatched bullets, but the assembly procedure is relatively labor intensive. As a ammunition manufacture, we load over 400 calibers. You can use any alloy you want for shooting paper patch bullets.

The enfield cartridge is a more complex design than the us musket cartridge, and takes more attention to the details of paper type, paper thickness, and bullet style. This book has given me the confidence to begin making paper patched bullets. The paper compresses to hold the boolit firmly without expanding the case neck or compressing the core. Paper patches can be used to make slightly undersized bullets fit a gun with. Theres not a whole lot of folks shooting paper patched bullets so its difficult to compare notes with someone else. His delightfully informative book on the subject, the paper jacket, is perhaps the best resource for a reloader interested in utilizing paperpatched bullets with smokeless powder. A cast bullet is made by allowing molten metal to solidify in a mold. We go over a few more basics in our paper patching discussion. Paper patching actually wears a bore less than jacketed bullets.

It is important to patch the paper around the entire bearing surface. Paper patched bullets are an important part of our rich and diverse firearms history, providing a way of preventing leading, while driving generally a soft lead. Its possible to push a patched bullet faster than a jacketed bullet given the same weight and cartridge. Photo at far right shows the wrapped paperpatched whitworth bullet.

Paul matthews hdldr 1990 bullet making annual paper patching the. Sizing paperpatched bullets for smokeless powder load. Making the paper patch starts with the paper selection. If you reserve paper patched bullets for hunting and sighting in, they will. If you have no throat like most shilohs, i think you can just forget about anything that produces a bullet greater than land diameter. Paper patch bullet d reamer and shop made casting mold. I have changed how i manage the patch at the base of the bullet and how i manage the final size of the patched bullet. I prefer to use paper patched bullets simply because they are easier to handle. So the paper patched bullet had something of a reputation for greater accuracy. Previously, i have always used a twisted tail when paper patching and i have become comfortable with that method. Printer paper is pretty soft and compresses readily in the bore and more importantly, in the case neck. Paper is the jacket, and with a properly paper patched bullet you will not get leading in the barrel, or copper for that matter. Mass produced bullet molds are designed with very conservative, minimal dimensions north of the crimp groove, so that they will chamber in the great variety of firearms out there. Alubricated bullet, commonly called a grease grooved bullet, uses a soft lubricant generally made with some mixture of beeswax and a grease or oil.

Dipping the patched part of the bullet into a lube after the patch has shrunk on isnt advisable as the lube will penetrate the paper. Cloth patched balls never touch the rifling though when properly loaded theyll still show marks coming through the cloth from the rifling unless fired from a smooth bore. Read more on how to make and load paper patched bullets and ammunition. How i paper patch my 490 grain pure lead bullets for my 1887 martini henry rifle. Then the bullet is rolled in the paper, as tight as possible, to the left. However, a twisted tail can bring up some complications when using a pure lead bullet. I am busy making molds to suite my rifle chambers throat measurements. Or, print your order after entering your address, attach your check or money order, and send it by mail. Paper patched bullets ppb are probably the most controversial of all lead bullet styles. Paper patched bullets a blast from the past sporting. This video will show the basic 2 wrap patch boolit.

Note how the upper point of that angle cut is the last to be rolled. This catalog is a record of molds ive made, and posted for reference. Fwiw, i make my own enfield style cartridges for shooting. Corbin paper patchblackpower bullet tools corbin swaging. Combustible cartridges are paper cartridges that use paper treated with oxidizers to allow them to burn completely upon. And i use a tapered bullet that i find not as accurate as the straight wall bullet that measures patched.

This allows seating an oversized patched boolit into unsized case neck. But many latterday experts believe that the best paperpatched bullets and the best greasegroove bullets are about as accurate as each other. Note that you will need to have an undersized bullet to make the british enfield style of cartridge, because the bullet is wrapped in paper and is loaded with the paper intact around it, making a paperpatched bullet. The powder was black powder, meaning low velocities so these early rifles shot large, heavy bullets which carried a long way. Back in the days of the buffalo hunters and the civil war, most folks used paper patched bullets in their rifles. Corbin paper patch and blackpowder bullet swagingreloading. The paper patch is moistened slightly with water to make it more pliable and slightly sticky. A while back an 112 bolt was transformed into a copy of an ideal adjustable bullet mold for making 45 cal paper patched bullet cores.

Obturation is absolutely critical with paper patched bullets. I have had considerable success with paper patch bullets when the naked bullet diameter was. Howdy, i asked this question along with some others on another forum, but i need to know about paper patched bullets. There are any number of good wrapping papers, including the fidelity 9lb onion. Paper patched bullets have no lube grooves like a conventional lead bullet.

If it slips in with a slight resistance, its the right size. Paper patches let a shooter get the same velocities from lead bullets as with jacketed bullets. Test loads note the waterproofed patches on bullets at left. Most commercial bullet manufacturers use swaging in preference to casting, but bullet casting. Is paper patching real for making bullets untraceable. First, a short comment on abbreviations, since the subject of this primer is cast bullets i will use the abbreviations cb or cbs to mean cast bullet or cast bullets through out the text. These cartridges consisted of a paper cylinder or cone containing the bullet, gunpowder, and, in some cases, a primer or a lubricating and antifouling agent. The excess paper at the bottom is then twisted tight against the bottom of the bullet. The paper rides on top of the lands of the barrel, keeping lead fouling to zero and in many ways imparting accuracy that lube grooved bullets might have a hard time duplicating. No sense in putting a paper jacket on an already jacketed bullet. The patch is carefully wrapped around the bearing surface of the bullet. A paper cartridge is one of various types of small arms ammunition used before the advent of the metallic cartridge. Shooting a paperpatched bullet in your inline muzzleloader, using blackhorn 209 powder behind it, opens up a whole new way to shoot your rifle.

So, with your paper, plan on a cast bullet diameter that would give you a. Having agreed with that, i will say that i never had any success with an under bore size paper patch bullet. In addition to coming to this conclusion about prepatched bullet diameter, i also investigated the factors of bullet hardness, patch type and powder choice, hoping to further refine smokeless powder paperpatched loads. The paper acts like a jacket and keeps the lead from smearing in the bore. Accurate bpcr paper patch bullets mississippi gun owners. A paper patched bullet is always made smaller than the groovetogroove diameter of the barrel. Best accuracy is usually accomplished with a much closer fit, tailored to a particular firearm. Twist the end of the paper into the recess at the base of the bullet and youre done. If youre a diehard paperpatched bullet shooter, youre undoubtedly familiar with paul matthews.

On the internet u tube nearly all the clips on paper patching use a bullet that has lube grooves. This is all unique to one slick and one paper typebrand. Refining paperpatched loads for smokeless powder load. The art of paper patching, how to make your paper patched. Paperpatching your inline muzzleloader western powders. Paul matthews hdldr 1990 bullet making annual pure lead bullets at 1945 fps. It worked well, almost self ejecting, but issues arose with the size adjustment dohickey. Paper and cloth patching has been around long before the cartridge. Patched bullet have a lower friction and thus a reduced pressure, allowing a little. Id cut a large batch of patches in front of the tv. I also made a patching jig so that the paper on the bullets were all the same. The lip of paper extending past the base of the bullet is then twisted together, and may be pushed into a depression cast into the base of the bullet. Paper patched or lubricated lead bullets can be swaged in two basic styles, the swc. The width of the paper should be exactly at, or about 110 beyond the bullets ogive, to about 18 beyond the bullet base this allows about a third of the bullet base to be covered with paper at the maximum.