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I've used the vegetable fiber wads from John King in some of my BPCR handloads, but hear a lot of good things about low-density polyethylene wads. What is your experience?


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Vegetable wads have always worked well for me, sometimes (using paper patch bullets) combined with a grease cookie made of SPG surrounded with milk carton discs.

After cleaning out the revolting remains of plastic shot cups from BP shotgun barrels I never tried plastic again.
 
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Thanks Steve. I have not heard complaints about the poly wads in BPC rifles, but am familiar with the mess the plastic shot cups make in a black powder smoothbore. Never again.


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Vegetable fibre is just a fancy name for gasket paper wads; after all, they are made from "vegetables). Paper.
That is what I use; either the thin or thick ones; doesn't seem to make any difference. From Buffalo arms.Forgot who made them.
Poly? I never used them but see no reason to even try.
 
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Thanks Tom. Buffalo Arms carries the Walters wads. I have some in .40 and .45; will order some in .50.


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Another oldie I've missed.

I bought a set of hole punches from HF.

A couple sq feet of 1/16" white fiber material and punched a bunch out. All totals less than $10.

Stuffed 'em in a big pill bottle and warmed up a tube of bore butter and let 'em soak.

I use them in a Walker. Just fine, cheap and will keep forever I think. At least 15 years now and still fresh.

These might be worth trying in your cartridge guns too.

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Originally posted by georgeld:
Another oldie I've missed.

I bought a set of hole punches from HF.

A couple sq feet of 1/16" white fiber material and punched a bunch out. All totals less than $10.


I’ve done exactly the same but I don’t lube mine.
The HF set has 3/8’ which works great for 360BPEs, 7/16” which works for 400s and 1/2” which is good for the 500s.
For my 450s I buy from Buffalo Arms but I should make a punch out of a sharpened 45-70 case.
The card stock I make mine from is white card from sterilizer biological test packs.
Works great and is free to me so, you know, I have to use it!
 
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