Non-Wad Wads (per Stumpkiller)

Yea it's like gettin FREE beer from the neighbors, just wait till they ain't home :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup:

 

[Keith]

The guy across the street still hasn't figured out why I house sit for them while they are on vacation.
Let's just keep that our little secret. :thumbsup:

 

[musketman]

The guy across the street still hasn't figured out why I house sit for them while they are on vacation.
Let's just keep that our little secret. :thumbsup:

How about them Non-Wad Wads, they're something else, eh?

What about rubber?

Punching out some cussion wads from the sides of an old pair of hip waders...

 

Poly sheet is punched out into wads for BP ctg. shooters quite commonly. They use 1/10" sheet but I see no advantage for shotguns or musket use, preferring the donacona cushion wad and card wads, with thin B wad.
: The cards sold by Track are 1/8" thick. Wads used to be 1/8" and 1/4" and 3/8" (yes I know you can put two or three together- not the point) aand the overshot wad was called the "BB" wad, not the "B" wad.
: BTW- use of steel-shot 12 and 10 bore wads will greatly increase pellet concentations in cylinder bored guns. A card wad should be used between the BP and the base of the plastic wad due to melting plastic being a possibility, with a thin "B" wad over the shot.
: My bro tried this a while back in his .77 Bess &smoked 16 straight targets to win the trap(trail) event. Prior, he'd break then, but not smoke them like he did this time. "It was evident my patterns were considerably tighter than anything I'd shot in the Bess before - thanks for the wads"- his quote!

 

[Musketeer]

How about them Non-Wad Wads, they're something else, eh?

Your subtle way of coaxing people back on topic is admirable. :crackup:

What about rubber?

Don't you work around rubber? I think yer just tryin' to push yer own product! :crackup:
My local hardware store sells sheets of 1/8" thick rubber gasket material. I might just give some of that a try. How 'bout the styrofoam insulation you can buy at the hardware store in giant sheets? That might work nicely too. :thumbsup:

 

[musketman]

I was a thinking, mostly everyone has a clothes dryer... :hmm:

Wet down and compact piles of dryer lint and let dry into fiber wads, after all, dryer lint is microscopic cloth fibers from your duds...

You can collect trash bags full of the stuff at any laundry mat...

 

[Keith]

Interesting idea. Would nylon and synthetics in the lint be a problem? :hmm:

 

[musketman]

Interesting idea. Would nylon and synthetics in the lint be a problem? :hmm:

Yep, they would melt, so I would suggest you dry a load of cotton towels and T-shirts for pure cotton lint...

And as a bonus, the Mrs. will think you are helping around the house... :winking: :redthumb:

 

[sheriffjohn]

I can tell you from past experience that dryer lint is very flammable. We used it to teach Scouts how to light a fire with flint and steel. That's how my son and his little buddy caught the yard on fire ...dryer lint...two 14-year-olds.

Whatever wadding you use, the tighter the column between powder and shot the more velocity will be gained. I still prefer the old "Alcan" fiber wads from my father's paper shotshell reloading days for velocity. Tightest patterns have come from a combination of fiber wads and a plastic shotcup ("AA"-type) which not only have a good seal but also protect against shot deformation via the plastic shotcup.

Wasp nests work good in a pinch, but you have to use quite a bit to get a good seal.

Just about anything you can pound down the bore will push shot out the other end.

 

The girl guide mix dryer lint with beewsax or parafin wax to make very bright candles wiht multiple wicks. They also make very good firestarters for little girls - and big ones two - maybe even guys.