Thread: graphite wads
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Old 01-27-2012, 01:12 PM
ray h ray h is offline
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Harold I think where they really were useful was with plain base cast bullets. I think they felt it protected the base of the bullet and maybe left some lube in the barrel for the next shot. I'm guessing after gas checks started to be used they felt there was no need for the wad.
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