I am new to breach seating. so new that I haven't done it yet. I plan on breach seating with my cpa rifle when it arrives. I have read of placing the over powder wad ahead of the powder. if the wad isn't on the powder couldn't it cause chamber ringing or some other problem??  I don't know anyone locally who breach seats so really am trying to learn as much as I can. I have been shooting cast bullets for about 40 years and this breach seating is foreign to me. thanks in advance for your help. joe aka argie1891

Re: Wads again ......
Reply #1 - Mar 03rd 2014 at 14:51:02 
OkeyMaple
As no one else has taken on your question, I'll give it a whack.
Are you asking about over powder wads with black powder or smokeless? I'll assume smokeless.
If you read Charlie Dell's book, the Modern Schuetzen Rifle (available on this web site, see the book listing), he extensively covers over powder wads with smokeless powder.
In a nutshell, he concluded an over powder cork wad, approx .09" thick, for instance, seated in the cartridge case .1 or .2" off the powder helps with consistent powder ignition. Place that same wad on the powder and you run a very real risk of ringing your chamber. You probably would not ring the chamber with one shot but over time.
The reason I'm aware of Charlie's findings? I recently read his book.

How do you insert any case without wad,  without spilling powder? you could hold the rifle muzzle up.  but then when bringing down horizontal to fire, wouldnt powder spill a little forward to the 1/16 gap between bullet ?

he ( C Dell) concluded an over powder cork wad, approx .09" thick, for instance, seated in the cartridge case .1 or .2" off the powder helps with consistent powder ignition.

There is no more misunderstood subject in the shooting of single shot rifles than the subject of wads and their roll in chamber ringing. Charlie Dell is often quoted as the authority on the subject. The problem is that Charlie’s understanding of the subject evolved. Depending on what you read and when Charlie wrote it the advice changes. In the next Journal there is an article in which I show how Charlie’s understanding on wads, their placement and their roll in chamber ringing evolved to a more complete understanding. I have kept the articles to chronological order and left them in their entirety so that my personal views would not bleed into the article. For those same reasons and because it is 8 pages of text I will not go into the content. I will only say that for a complete understanding of the subject you must read it all carefully. 

40 Rod

argie, My CPA only took about 2 months. Why don't you just call Gail. She would be able to give you a time line. Dale.