I tried that in a .30-30 a long time ago. It worked as far as it goes, but the real issue, for me anyway, was getting the fool thing into the case neck.

Here's another dodge to get around GC usage: paper patching. Any of you BPCR guys employ that? I never did, but I did try the old fad of wrapping a .30 bullet with teflon plumber's tape. It worked pretty good - no leading, decently good accuracy and high-ish velocity with a soft bullet, but in the end was enough of a pain in the butt that I dropped it.

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