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Ladies and Gents,
Planning on getting started loading black powder for both .45-70 and .45 Colt. Am curious as to the safety and efficacy of perhaps using wax paper as wad material. Not sure of the thickness of average supermarket wax or parchment paper but would think it should work effectively at separating the bullet base and preventing grease migration to the powder charge. What say y'all?
I'll be loading for one each Browning/Miroku 1886 22" SRC and 26" rifle and a USFA pre-war revolver.
Saint Elmer's advice of just fill up the case, strike off the excess with a knife blade, cram the bullet on top any old way and go sounds damn attractive but I'm certain better results can be achieved using some sort of wad.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Planning on getting started loading black powder for both .45-70 and .45 Colt. Am curious as to the safety and efficacy of perhaps using wax paper as wad material. Not sure of the thickness of average supermarket wax or parchment paper but would think it should work effectively at separating the bullet base and preventing grease migration to the powder charge. What say y'all?
I'll be loading for one each Browning/Miroku 1886 22" SRC and 26" rifle and a USFA pre-war revolver.
Saint Elmer's advice of just fill up the case, strike off the excess with a knife blade, cram the bullet on top any old way and go sounds damn attractive but I'm certain better results can be achieved using some sort of wad.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!