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Post by kbrezlin on Jan 20, 2016 20:58:42 GMT -5
What technique do you use to center wads when loading through a break? No problem getting the bullet to but the wad is a pain.
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mtj555
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Post by mtj555 on Jan 20, 2016 21:17:16 GMT -5
I get them started in my funnel and send them down. I'm using Hankins funnel. Press them in with your finger and push them down with the ramrod. Pretty easy, never had a problem.
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Post by 12ptdroptine on Jan 20, 2016 21:21:01 GMT -5
I drop them in and then align them with my funnel. Then start them with my short starter.
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Post by Kyle on Jan 20, 2016 21:21:37 GMT -5
I have shot only a handful of wads. Removing the brake was the only consistent way I saw at the time to reliably center the wad in the bore while making a visual on the wad for alignment.
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Post by keith on Jan 20, 2016 21:26:20 GMT -5
When I use them I run them through a funnel.
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Post by jaymiller5 on Jan 20, 2016 22:44:38 GMT -5
Wouldn't the bullet's flat base seat it square?
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Post by Richard on Jan 20, 2016 23:34:33 GMT -5
Not all the time Jay! This is a fixture I made up with a sharpened nail epoxied into the end. I stick the wad approximately in the center and run it down thru the brake and into the barrel.  image hosting services |
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Post by shane on Jan 21, 2016 1:26:59 GMT -5
Why not glue them to your bullet?
Hot glue would be quick and easy.
I have never used them, but seems
Like it would work.
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Post by kbrezlin on Jan 21, 2016 5:29:35 GMT -5
That was also the same problem I had, not always centering. Taking the break off and on between shots is no good, but that was the only way I was getting them seated properly.
Richard, I like it! You could really use anything to get it to line up that would hold the wad and just get it going, like and old starter with the finishing nail or a piece of dowel.
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Post by schunter on Jan 21, 2016 8:10:18 GMT -5
Why not glue them to your bullet? Hot glue would be quick and easy. I have never used them, but seems Like it would work. This has been done by a few. Some say it works others have had accuracy problems. |
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Post by jaymiller5 on Jan 21, 2016 12:52:30 GMT -5
Not all the time Jay! This is a fixture I made up with a sharpened nail epoxied into the end. I stick the wad approximately in the center and run it down thru the brake and into the barrel. image hosting servicesInteresting, i expected the wad would self center and the bullet would ensure it is flat on the way down and against the powder. Is the biggest worry that a wad could be pushed going down sideways and not creating the seal? |
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Post by Richard on Jan 21, 2016 14:40:10 GMT -5
Yes it is..................I have had it happen. I had also thought just dropping the wad in that the bullet would line it up?........but not. I was have the base of the bullet actually pinch the edge of the was to the crown and could not get the bullet to go down. Then I was fumbling with a short stick to try to make sure it was flat and using a small flashlight to verify it was seated properly. I came up with this gizmo about a month ago and it works just fine.
Gluing the wad to a bullet could have accuracy problems depending on where the wad lets go of the bullet. If it comes loose while spinning up the bore, then no problem! If it hangs on until after or as its leaving the muzzle, it might throw the bullet off balance.
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Post by jaymiller5 on Jan 21, 2016 17:12:25 GMT -5
Thank you for the details and insight. Never thought it would have been a issue. Now to change how i plan to load through my brake i am getting installed. Looks like the funnel and short ram rod method will be the way i go.
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