maillemaker
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I shoot N-SSA competition which requires over-ball lube, so I don't bother with wads.
I got a bunch of lubed wads for free once, and decided to try them over the powder and under the ball. I tried to stack about 5 of them together to replace the cream of wheat filler I normally use to force the ball to seat at the chamber mouth.
When the ball was pressed into place, the lube from the patches made the bullet squirt back out of the chamber.
Additionally, compressing all those wads squeezed the lube out of them and ruined the powder, causing hang fires.
If I tried wads again I'd probably use a fiber gasket over the powder to protect the powder from the lube in the wad, but I don't think I'll bother with the wad again.
Steve
I got a bunch of lubed wads for free once, and decided to try them over the powder and under the ball. I tried to stack about 5 of them together to replace the cream of wheat filler I normally use to force the ball to seat at the chamber mouth.
When the ball was pressed into place, the lube from the patches made the bullet squirt back out of the chamber.
Additionally, compressing all those wads squeezed the lube out of them and ruined the powder, causing hang fires.
If I tried wads again I'd probably use a fiber gasket over the powder to protect the powder from the lube in the wad, but I don't think I'll bother with the wad again.
Steve