+2 on War Eagle's comments.
I am intrigued by the "two tone" bullets you are using Von Gruff. Been meaning to delve into it, just haven't gotten around to it yet. Paper patching is another area I want explore too.
In some of the pieces I read on PP there was mention of the abrasive nature of some of the papers used in PP and as barrel life is a consideration I have not gone there. Good bullet fit and even a soft alloy can be driven quite fast. I hade quite a bit of 50/50 lino/ww given to me and I ended up alloying it with ww and PB to give me a 43% PB, 37%WW and 20%lino and drive it over 1900fps for good plinking load even though it would make a good hunting load although range would be compromised compared to the softnose at 2415fps. Tjhe softnose is decidedly simple to make especially as 50 or so will last a long time as hunters. The best thing is that a straight lino at the same velocity gives the same POI and accuracy so practice sessions are simplified.
Von Gruff.
