Alamosa Bill
New member
Does anyone use a light weight wad to hold the powder down, I’ve loaded plenty without but was wondering if there’s any benefit to it.
Interesting, I’ve just loaded some 44-40 with 5.8 grains of bullseye and used a wad made from a playing card, now I’m not sure I did right?In loads with low loading density, it theoretically will improve standard deviation by keeping powder over the flash hole, which maximizes pressure with some loads. However, taking up the empty space in the cartridge raises pressure, so something very light and low in bulk density, like polyester pillow stuffing is needed to minimize that, and loads should be worked up over again.
Be aware of a number of reports of chambers being ringed by the use of fillers and wads, so this is something to be cautious with.