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Bulseyetom Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1025 Location: Santa Maria, Ca Joined: Oct 31^st, 2010	question on paper patched 38 caliber bullets Feb 14^th, 2019 at 10:44pm	Print Post
	I have a 38-56 Rolling Block with a modern barrel so I am going to assume for this discussion that it is 0.375 and not 0.377 or more. I can slug it to verify before I order bullets. On GunBroker there are 310 grain patched bullets available in 0.375, 0.377, 0.378 and 0.380. I will be hunting deer with these bullets. My knowledge of paper patched bullets is about equal to my knowledge of The Theory of Relativity so I have several questions. 1: What diameter should I pick or should I try two sizes? 2: What do I do to protect the spare cartridges that I carry in the field for follow up shots? 3: Do I forget about sizing the brass and seat the bullet by hand then lightly crimp? All loads will be with that new fangled smokeless powder if that makes a difference. Thanks. Tom


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GT Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2368 Location: Northeast Wyoming Joined: Jun 28^th, 2015	Re: question on paper patched 38 caliber bullets Reply #1 - Feb 14^th, 2019 at 11:20pm	Print Post
	Tom, There's a few on here that know a lot more about PP bullets than I but I'll share what I have been told and discovered. For BP I've found that bullets - the cores before paper- work best if they are bore size, paper takes them close to groove diameter. For smokeless, the cores work best if they are about .002 larger than bore diameter then with paper they come out to groove diameter or slightly larger. A member here turned me on to Jojoba oil for lubing and protecting the paper- that has worked exceptionally well for me- wet your fingers with it and wipe it on the patch. For holding the bullets in the case, I made an expander that takes the case to about .0005 tight on the bullet and then a slight taper crimp with a sizing die. (this was for smokeless loads) BP I don't size. my 2 cents Greg

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