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bruce moulds Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 290 Location: the antipodes Joined: Mar 14^th, 2015	beeswax wads in fixed bpcr ammo Apr 17^th, 2017 at 12:32am	Print Post
	has anyone tried this with greasers or pp? good gas seal? any help as a lubricant? how thick is ideal? keep safe, bruce.

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Schuetzenmiester Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 6707 Location: Cool Wet Side of WA Joined: Apr 27^th, 2008	Re: beeswax wads in fixed bpcr ammo Reply #1 - Apr 17^th, 2017 at 1:16am	Print Post
	I tried it with greasers many years ago. Didn't seem to make any difference.

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bruce moulds Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 290 Location: the antipodes Joined: Mar 14^th, 2015	Re: beeswax wads in fixed bpcr ammo Reply #2 - Apr 17^th, 2017 at 6:25am	Print Post
	thank you. that is what some others have also told me. what do others think? the martini 577/450 was loaded with wax and card wads only, and was shot dirty. refer to rourke's drift. could the wax offer a good seal for starting bore diamer bullets? keep safe, bruce.

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Cat_Whisperer Frequent Elocutionist Offline No 1, 9.3x74R Posts: 3987 Location: Mountains of Virginia Joined: Apr 17^th, 2004	Re: beeswax wads in fixed bpcr ammo Reply #3 - Apr 17^th, 2017 at 8:22am	Print Post
	Hmmm. I use 1/8" cork under the bullet (in several calibers) scrapes the bore clean every shot. (using smokeless as Unique, 4227 etc.)

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MartiniBelgian Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1734 Location: Aarschot Joined: Jun 7^th, 2004	Re: beeswax wads in fixed bpcr ammo Reply #4 - Apr 17^th, 2017 at 3:15pm	Print Post
	Well, it would for sure stop gas cutting... And the brits went to greqt lengths in component design to make sure the wad would expand...


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.22-5-40 Oldtimer Offline Posts: 828 Joined: Feb 13^th, 2010	Re: beeswax wads in fixed bpcr ammo Reply #5 - Apr 17^th, 2017 at 4:15pm	Print Post
	In a Ballard .25-25 Stevens, I am using a thin 1/32" beeswax wad on top of drop tubed powder, 1/8" grease cookie, another 1/32" b.w. wad & 1/16" veg. fiber wad under bullet. Another variant is 1/32" b.w. wad on powder. Puff-Lon filled to case mouth & compressed by bullet seating. In both above loadings, Swiss 3FG is used, no compression. Best accuracy is with 1 barely damp patch thru bore after each shot..bore left damp.


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