Eutycus
Cannon
I mentioned making wads out of an old felt hat. I got it all cut up and now I am left with the sweat band. It seems to be real thin leather. Are thin leather wads of any use in black powder shooting?
This times one. I’ve shot them with and without wads, lube, corn meal, etc. I shoot Colts and Ruger Old Army exclusively. Grease the base pin or arbor as the case may be, load with good powder and an appropriate ball or bullet, cap with a snug fitting cap and shoot. There’s really not much more to it than that.You know shooting a BP revolver is not rocket science. I don't use wads or lube. Just powder and ball. Some guys use wads and lube. Just go out and shoot the dang thing and see what you like best.
That was one of the questions about this post. I've always assumed that the ones made from the Duro-Felt were thicker, harder, and stiffer than the old hat material. The old hat had a thinner felt but yet the 7/16 wads are very stiff. Is there such a thing as too stiff? Or is it possibly the lube. Too much bees wax maybe?
The Wesson oil is just some type of vegetable oil and should be fine rancid or not.My wife gave me a bottle of Wesson oil. She said its out--dated and rancid. A friend gave me a can of Neats Foot Oil. Are either of these okay?
That was my next question, by adding oil or crisco to "too stiff' a mixture would it thin or "unstiff" the grease? I'm thinking that too much beeswax was put into the original mixture. And how would you go about thinning the wads that you already made with the stiff mix? I'm thinking microwaving on a couple of paper towels would liquify the stiff grease and the excess would be soaked up by the paper towels.
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