Hi CptCurl. Thanks for the reply. I've read your article a couple times at least in the last few weeks. Very helpful and fun to read. And,I especially liked the paper patch manufacturing part. My wife's got the same cutter so I'm good to go.
I'm sticking to 1 1/2 Swiss and the recipe on the barrel. I've got some different papers to try. Just waiting for the swage die to show up. This one is .448".
The twist is 1 in 36 so I'll make the bullets 270 gr. like the barrel says.
Hi and thanks DerAmi. I patched a couple of .451" minie balls and 120 grs Swiss and they shot three inches apart at 40 yrds. off hand so who knows. I'll see what it really does when I get the swage die. Patches fell off at the muzzle and no leading. Beeswax/balistol cookie between two .060"veggy wads. I'm going to switch to thinner wads I think.
I've already ordered the die at .448" so for now that's it, but I'm going to get some original cartridges and see what the diameter was they used.
