Duro-Felt

[hawkeye2]

I decided to try felt wads in our revolvers and placed an order with Duro-Felt ( http://www.durofelt.com/products.html ) last Thurday. It was in my mailbox today (Monday), fast shipping. It looks to be a quality product and I'm looking forward to lubing and trying it. The item I ordered was the off white medium 1/8" felt with the intention of saturating them with a stiff lube that won't run in the hot weather here in VA.

 

[Billnpatti]

Ya done good, Hawkeye. Duro Felt is a great product. It's 100% wool felt with no synthetics. It's perfect for making wads.

You may or may not have read my many tips on lubing my felt for wads but if not, I'll tell you how I do it. I "butter" the felt sheet with my lube of choice just as if buttering toast. Get it on nice and evenly and then microwave it for a few seconds to melt the lube into the felt. Let it cool and start punching out your wads. I keep my newly made wads in a plastic jar. When I go afield or to the range, I keep them in a Mintos tin. I may have misspelled that name but you know what I mean. Anyway, it keeps them clean until I am ready to use them. :thumbsup:

 

[BullRunBear]

I'm sure you'll be very happy with the Duro-Felt material. I use it as wads in my C&B revolvers and 45 caliber BP cartridges. Even with the cost of a good commercial punch, it's a deal compared to the cost of commercial wads. I saturate them with the Gatofeo formula in a double boiler, let them dry on wax paper until stiff and hard, and keep them in old tobacco tins.

Jeff

 

[Kansas Jake]

My experience with them is similar. BTW I keep my lubed wads in a HC plastic zip lock bag in my old metal tool box that I use for a shooting box at the range. :haha:

 

[kingsax26]

I'm sure you'll be very happy with the Duro-Felt material. I use it as wads in my C&B revolvers and 45 caliber BP cartridges. Even with the cost of a good commercial punch, it's a deal compared to the cost of commercial wads. I saturate them with the Gatofeo formula in a double boiler, let them dry on wax paper until stiff and hard, and keep them in old tobacco tins.

Jeff

I checked out durofelt....they seem reaaaaalllyy expensive I dont see me getting many wads for my 20ga from a piece of material 12" x 24" for 30 $....i can buy alot of fiber wads for that price http://www.durofelt.com/image_80.html

 

[Kansas Jake]

I ordered from Duro-Felt because I wanted wool felt to use for C&B revolver wads. I wasn't having much luck locally finding wool felt or old beat up real felt (wool or beaver) hats for cheap. The couple of cheap beaver hats I found fit me and were too nice to punch into wads. :grin:

Wads for a shotgun probably are easier to find.

 

[MSW]

Another vote for these folks - great customer service and reasonable prices... the "Fortune 500" could learn a thing or two.

 

[hanshi]

I've ordered from them before and was totally satisfied with the product and service.

 

[BullRunBear]

I use the 1/8" hard felt which is less expensive than the 3/8" material referenced in your link. Does your 20 ga. need the thicker material?

Jeff

 

[Billnpatti]

This is the stuff that I use http://www.durofelt.com/image_26.html It is less expensive and a 12 X 36 inch sheet will make a LOT of wads for a 20 ga. shotgun. I haven't taken time to figure out just how many 20 ga. wads you can punch from a sheet of felt of that size but it will be several hundred. No matter how you slice it, making your own wads is still cheaper than shooting store bought wads. But, if your mind is made up then "ya gotta do what ya gotta do"