ram an overpowder patch down atop your charge and then seat the patched RB atop it?
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I have never heard of this very interesting, do you see different results with accuracy?
I've never done it either but recently I watched a guy do it because he believed this procedure was less harmful to the patch holding the RB!
pretty neat may have to give that a try almost sounds like a shotgun wad
You will find many recurring threads that talk of using a wad or folded patch between powder and ball. Especially when using a thin path around the ball to minimize gas cutting. Also useful for those who don't wipe the bore between shots to push fouling out of the grooves and leave it between the powder charge and the patched ball. There are cases where accuracy is improved or that more shots can be fired before wiping the bore to remove fouling.
hanshi
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Using a dry, over powder patch or felt wad, etc, is a practice to protect the prb patch from getting burn holes. If your fired patches are in good shape with no holes burned through then you don't need an op patch/wad.
I've done this extensively trying felt/leather/wasp nest/toilet paper/tow and more. All appeared to work well in protecting the patch. Some shooters use wadding to prevent contaminating the powder with lube. Sometimes there is a slight improvement in accuracy but not always. Velocity often shows an increase in FPS and very frequently the loads are more consistent. By that I mean the velocity spread is less with a lower sd.
If patches are not burned an op wad is probably not needed. But on the other hand I've never seen an instance where it caused any problem either.
I've done this extensively trying felt/leather/wasp nest/toilet paper/tow and more. All appeared to work well in protecting the patch. Some shooters use wadding to prevent contaminating the powder with lube. Sometimes there is a slight improvement in accuracy but not always. Velocity often shows an increase in FPS and very frequently the loads are more consistent. By that I mean the velocity spread is less with a lower sd.
If patches are not burned an op wad is probably not needed. But on the other hand I've never seen an instance where it caused any problem either.
