Newspaper wads.

Trigger · Oct 2, 2024

Was thinking trying newspaper in the shotgun..

There's options..

Phone book.. newspaper. Printer paper. Paper shopping bags.

I'm just curious to try that. Seen a few videos. Posts. Topics. Etc.

I'm not sure how much. Fold it up like? Huh.. . I was thinking half the size of a dollar

.. fold it up stuff it down?

Is cotton paper an option or the same stuff more money.

springfield art · Oct 2, 2024

Good use for liberal rags like New York Slimes or Washington Compost!

Trigger · Oct 2, 2024

I was thinking

Elmer's And water... a phone book.. then punch wads.

But then at that point.. it's nothing going on there.

mushka · Oct 2, 2024

In a shotgun I have used Paper towels torn and packed in tightly and it worked well.

Trigger · Oct 2, 2024

I wouldn't mind using baseball cards either..

What would be the system. Rip it up stuff it down.

wiscoaster · Oct 2, 2024

I've used newsprint. Works just fine. Doesn't start any fires, either. Just rip and crumple. No need to punch. Easily spit-lubed if that's your thing.

I think shopping bag paper, though, is too thick and heavy for decent wadding.

Trigger · Oct 2, 2024

OK I think I got a system to try?

That's going to work i think. I formed it with the ram rod head and barrel muzzle.

tenngun · Oct 2, 2024

In a 20 bore I use brown or packing paper, 2x1” folded and run down
This was an old style. I learned it from Dualist 54, and it’s the best I’ve found

Banjoman · Oct 2, 2024

tenngun said:
In a 20 bore I use brown or packing paper, 2x1” folded and run down
This was an old style. I learned it from Dualist 54, and it’s the best I’ve found

This is what I’ve done too. Works good.

SDSmlf · Oct 2, 2024

Trigger said:
I was thinking

Elmer's And water... a phone book.. then punch wads.

But then at that point.. it's nothing going on there.

Not sure I follow adding Elmer’s glue to the equation? Why punch out wads almost as hard as a piece of plywood from glued up phone book pages? And I have to ask, where are you getting phone books? Haven’t seen one in at least 15 years around here?

Maybe punch out a card from whatever thin cardboard you have, but what advantage does Elmer’s gluing multiple pages together bring to the game? Just seems counterintuitive to what I’ve experienced shooting muzzleloaders since the 1970s, but always willing to to learn. Please explain.

Trigger · Oct 3, 2024

SDSmlf said:
Not sure I follow adding Elmer’s glue to the equation? Why punch out wads almost as hard as a piece of plywood from glued up phone book pages? And I have to ask, where are you getting phone books? Haven’t seen one in at least 15 years around here?

Maybe punch out a card from whatever thin cardboard you have, but what advantage does Elmer’s gluing multiple pages together bring to the game? Just seems counterintuitive to what I’ve experienced shooting muzzleloaders since the 1970s, but always willing to to learn. Please explain.

Just to make it thicker paper... it's not going to do anything
Just more work going on to do the same thing as folding the paper up.

I could use a leather punch for the 10ga.. not sure what one or size.

There's allot of things to punch for os cards.

Britsmoothy · Oct 3, 2024

A 2" square rolled into a ball works just fine.
Don't over think it except for the fire risk.

The paper will smoulder!

Smokey Plainsman · Oct 3, 2024

I use greased tow. Great patterns.

Trigger · Oct 3, 2024

Google AI..

I could mix up Borax.. treat the paper with that.

wiscoaster · Oct 3, 2024

Smokey Plainsman said:
I use greased tow. Great patterns.

I've found tow works best for me, too.

Banjoman · Oct 3, 2024

wiscoaster said:
I've found tow works best for me, too.

Me too. I’ve tried jute tow, flax tow, wasp nest, raw sheeps wool, wool scraps, punched wool wads, newspaper, brown paper bag, paper towel, cardboard, cotton cloth, leaves and grass. They all worked, some better than others. I’ve settled on jute tow.

sportster73hp · Oct 3, 2024

Used my 20 gauge last weekend at an event. Patches were too tight so just used precut wool (?) wads. Three or four shots in realized they were dry wads. Finished with them anyway. Maybe not hc but are cheap to use. One over , one under ball.

WALT53 · Oct 3, 2024

Trigger said:
Google AI..

I could mix up Borax.. treat the paper with that.

I read in an old Lyman book where one guy used 2 squares of toilet over the powder and1 over the shot and said it worked as good as anything in his guns .But he also said he only used it when there was snow on the ground ,I give it try once and it worked fine but does smoulder .

Cruzatte · Oct 4, 2024

I've used torn up paper napkins, and even old used cleaning patches. Seems just about anything works.

sportster73hp · Oct 4, 2024

Cruzatte said:
I've used torn up paper napkins, and even old used cleaning patches. Seems just about anything works.

I have used used cleaning patches for rifled roundball shooting. Same idea…

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