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  1. M

    how to clean between rounds?

    I always use one wet and one or two dry, changing the patch wetness according to the day. I ALWAYS use a loading tube down the barrel with small funnel on the top so I can deliver all the powder to the breech. Otherwise you can get powder grains sticking to the rifling and that will jam up the...
  2. M

    Long Range & Paper Patch

    I always paper patched, both for ML and BL long range matches. For the BL I had the forcing cone reamed for paper patch. I suggest you try drafting paper 1000H (absolutely standard, available at any drafting supply house) this is .002 thou thick (nominal) and very consistant. Hand rolling paper...
  3. M

    loooooooooong range gun

    David. I'm a very ex member of the MLAGB (1960 to 63 it think)now living in Vancouver Canada. I used to make my paper patches from onion skin paper and then discovered that fine drafting vellum .002 thick called 1,000H over here worked very well with both my Rigby barrelled Whitworth LR and a...
  4. M

    loooooooooong range gun

    Hi David. I always thought that the mechanically fitting Whitworth bullet was designed to be used without a paper patch. However, if you want to paper patch it to inhibit leading the barrel I would suggest that you wrap as if it was cylindrical, just ignore the hexagon and, even though there is...
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