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Originally Posted by oldgutpile
The interesting thing about paper patching and blackpowder; This combination makes for the perfect projectile as the blackpowder bumps up the lead bullet to fit the rifling perfectly, and the paperpatch helps prevent leading and acts like a modern sabot of sorts. Old technology that modern day manufacturers have bent over backwards trying to duplicate with jacket designs.
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It especially helps when you have an old rifle that is smaller diameter near the chamber than it does at the muzzle (the problem my rifle has) takes it from shooting werever that particular bullet decides to land to quite accurate. Though it is without a doubt worth it, it is also very labour intensive.