Hello, hope everyone is well.
In Australia, the availability of black powder shooting supplies can be hard to find and sometimes rather pricey.
In my cylinder bore 12g shotty I use adhesive furniture anti-scuff felt pads as a combination overpowder/cushion wads. These are the kind you stick under your chair legs. They come factory made in 19mm (3/4”) size.
Don’t peel off the paper to expose the adhesive. Just leave it alone. Dip the felt with your lubricant of choice and let it dry. Don’t let your lubricant get on the underside so it doesn’t touch your powder.
These are slightly oversized for a 12g bore which means they produce a good gas seal as well as scraping some fouling when you seat them (the lubricant in the felt helps keep the fouling soft). I use a 19mm hole punch to make overshot cards from poster board.
This eliminated the need for a card over the powder, though of course one can still be used. Or, you can buy a sheet of this furniture floor felt, remove the paper over the adhesive and stick it to some poster board. Then use a hole punch and mallet to make them.
Recovered felt wads show the paper still covering the adhesive backing and they would be re-usable if you were really frugal.
In Australia, the availability of black powder shooting supplies can be hard to find and sometimes rather pricey.
In my cylinder bore 12g shotty I use adhesive furniture anti-scuff felt pads as a combination overpowder/cushion wads. These are the kind you stick under your chair legs. They come factory made in 19mm (3/4”) size.
Don’t peel off the paper to expose the adhesive. Just leave it alone. Dip the felt with your lubricant of choice and let it dry. Don’t let your lubricant get on the underside so it doesn’t touch your powder.
These are slightly oversized for a 12g bore which means they produce a good gas seal as well as scraping some fouling when you seat them (the lubricant in the felt helps keep the fouling soft). I use a 19mm hole punch to make overshot cards from poster board.
This eliminated the need for a card over the powder, though of course one can still be used. Or, you can buy a sheet of this furniture floor felt, remove the paper over the adhesive and stick it to some poster board. Then use a hole punch and mallet to make them.
Recovered felt wads show the paper still covering the adhesive backing and they would be re-usable if you were really frugal.
, 1/8 thick. Punching them with a 5/8 for my 20 gauge. Woods are real dry this summer so looking for some fire retardant wad material.
