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Gun barrel and paper patch
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 6:13 pm
by Graybeard
Can you use paper patch bullets in a regular Shiloh barrel or does your barrel have to be made for paper patch bullets?? Seen some were someone said they used to make barrels in the old days just for paper patch bullets? Thanks
Re: Gun barrel and paper patch
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 6:38 pm
by Lumpy Grits
Yes
Re: Gun barrel and paper patch
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:34 pm
by Don McDowell
Shiloh barrels shoot paper patch just fine
Re: Gun barrel and paper patch
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:47 pm
by Graybeard
Ok thanks. Is paper patch hard to learn??
Re: Gun barrel and paper patch
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:13 pm
by Don McDowell
Not necessarily hard but it does take a bit more patience and perseverance to get a handle on than the easy peasy grease groove rout
Re: Gun barrel and paper patch
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2024 7:40 pm
by NDuckhunter2
What is the purpose of the paper patch? Was it to prevent leading? Also do you need to swab the barrel between shots since there are no grease grooves?
Re: Gun barrel and paper patch
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2024 7:43 pm
by Luke
Yes.
Re: Gun barrel and paper patch
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2024 7:50 pm
by Luke
Re: Gun barrel and paper patch
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2024 11:59 pm
by desert deuce
The top four scores in the IRONMAN aggregate at the 2024 Desert International all used grease groove bullets. Just saying.
Yeah, I know. Facts are inconvenient things.
Re: Gun barrel and paper patch
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:08 am
by desert deuce
That is a minimum of 200 rounds on paper for score to shoot the IRONMAN at the Desert International at Ben Avery Phoenix.
Re: Gun barrel and paper patch
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2024 4:14 am
by ian45662
Not only does their standard barrel work well with paper patch, so does their standard chamber.
Re: Gun barrel and paper patch
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2024 6:18 am
by bobw
And there are those of us who enjoy the std chamber with Shiloh's 7° leade installed. Or better yet cut with an original style tight Sharps chamber that can effectively use less expensive softer alloys without the need to resize our brass each time they are fired. A guy can choose lots of options when starting with an idea. Bobw
Re: Gun barrel and paper patch
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2024 9:54 am
by Don McDowell
desert deuce wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 11:59 pm
The top four scores in the IRONMAN aggregate at the 2024 Desert International all used grease groove bullets. Just saying.
Yeah, I know. Facts are inconvenient things.
So it’s probably safe to assume more shooters lost the match shooting greasers than patched. So the real question is are you more secure running with the pack?
Re: Gun barrel and paper patch
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2024 2:13 pm
by desert deuce
Well, you could look at another way and say none of the paper patchers finished in the top four. Another fact.
Re: Gun barrel and paper patch
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2024 2:59 pm
by Don McDowell
So? If you didn't have the top score your were loser 1,2,3 etc... If loser 1 didn't win, shooting greasers didn't help much did it...