Started shooting round balls with my GPR again. Might need some updates.

[eekjellander]

not doubting you, just didn't expect that.

I never took it as doubting ,just if you didn"t know it is interesting (pro + con) like most things .I just happen to have lots of experience Thanks to Larry ,Over many yrs with many cal/rifles .It is interesting if you take my suggestion and look into his experience you too might ask if this would apply to this thread /hope Lewis chimes in as I do not know if it applies here /Thanks Ed

 

[eekjellander]

Hold a match to it, bet it melts.

Never held a match to it but I guarantee having shot many 1000s of rds of 45/70 BP thru the C Sharps 74 and never saw flames /or lightning tho there is a boom + smoke using dacron as described ,back to the question I asked would it work like the cotton ball mentioned By Lewis ? That is the only question I asked ,I already know having many yrs experience pulling the trigger on dacron loads in my described experience /just sayin Ed

 

[Idaholewis]

I just wonder if dacron ,(I use in other guns) would work as well as cotton as I have lots?

Ed, Dacron is something i have No experience with, in fact i have never seen it before? I came close to getting some this Winter for Cast bullets in my .300 Win Mag, But i ended up Switching Gears. I know many use it as a “Filler” in Large Cartridge Cases with Smaller powder Charges for Shooting Light Loads, and Cast Bullets.

As for using a Cotton Ball (I Use about 1/2 of one) as a Wad Behind a Patched Roundball, It DEFINITELY Works They will Catch Fire Though, I Started using a HIGH Heat Cooking Oil Lube (Avocado Oil) Saturate The Cotton Balls, Then Press them out, It doesn’t Take much Oil. I Wrap them in a Good Absorbent Paper Towel, Press them Good N Snug in my Bench Vice (I do this SAME Method with Dry Wool Felt Wads that i Punch) I prefer my OP Wads very Lightly Lubed, Not Enough to worry about Powder Contamination. For Hunting, I use a BONE DRY Wool Felt Wad

 

[eekjellander]

For those doubters if wads work under patched balls please use your chrono and you will aside from better groups will noticed increased FPS cutting back on gas cutting (That"s a fact) if your patch/ball size is not up to the task . It does protect an undersized/inferior patch material (not all patch material is equal) and we all on occasion make poor choices . Wads do work in my guns ,maybe not in yours/Ed

 

[Valkyrie]

First time out with used rifle.
GPR, .50 cal
Hornady .495 RB
.015-.018 Joanne pillow tic
60 grns. of 3F Swiss
50 yards, Lyman 57 peep rear sight, front blade sight.
20/80 moose milk- Ballistol/water patch lube.

Shooting off the bench with bullsbag to zero sights with new Lyman rear sight, the numbers 3 & 4 refer to 3rd and 4th sight adjustments. The two shots in the 3rd adjust we're not tight due to the set trigger getting away from me. Final adjust number 4 has 3 shots in it.

Bottom line, given the right load GPR's can be very accurate rifles. I hope the above setup helps, I last shot mz ldr competition in 1978 with a Johnathan Browning Mountain rifle. But I currently have been shooting various rifles and pistols most every weekend. Prepping like you for a club shoot re round ball. Also just purchased a .58 Cal Birmingham Parker Hale Enfield, so I've got my work cut out for me..

 

[gle3105]

Valkyrie, Welcome to Mod.Muz. TY for the info especially since you are shooting a GPR. So busy with other stuff here I didn’t even give thought to .495 rb’s. I have pin gauges all the way up to .510. Need to recheck my GPR.
Haven’t in a many year. Too busy shooting SML and in lines.
But,,,I’m back to smoking again!