Paper patching in movie "Shooter"

[Roughneck08]

If anyone has the movie, watch the special features of the movie, Mark Walhberg goes out to Gunsite to practice and get instruction on how to actually fire all the weapons and the correct way to do it all. I do believe he hit the 1200 yard target, by himself with M24 or M40 either one. Pretty neat for a hollywood actor.

 

[Palehorseman]

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"You really should get some more molds there Palehorseman."]

If SHTF, one cannot have too many molds, wheel weights, primers, or, too much powder.

For the future, invest in precious metals:

 

[Shadow Man]

Mark Walhberg goes out to Gunsite to practice and get instruction on how to actually fire all the weapons and the correct way to do it all. I do believe he hit the 1200 yard target, by himself with M24 or M40 either one. Pretty neat for a hollywood actor.

But he is still a felon, and shouldn't, in theory, have been allowed anywhere near those weapons. I could think of dozens of other actors who would have done a better job than he, and are not felons to boot.

 

[navyretired 1]

I agree type casting for Bob Lee Swagger was waaay off ,but he (Wahlberg) did a pretty good job in the role he just didn't fit the mold from the book too well. I've read all the Hunter books about Bob Lee and his dad and there are not many technical mistakes on fire arms.
Now on paper patching, It's primarily for lead rifle bullets but the theory is compatable to jacketed. Paper patching is the poor mans Sabot, Sabots leave you a projectile untouched/damaged by rifling so it is airodynamically perfect. In lead the paper also protects the base from melting and becoming unstable, negates the need for lubing, prevents leading of barrel, and detaches just like Sabot as soon as leaving barrel by air pressure and centrifical force. Paper patching has gone out of style because its a lot of work with specialized molds, not because it's; inaccurate, hard on bores, or is only for hollywood. The only thing I've ever heard or read that it wasn't real good with was the old Pope gain-pitch barrels as they tended to rip off paper in bore as the bullet spin accelerated in bore.
I have actually fired recover 5.56 mm bullets from range berm to show they could be accurate and they were. When recovered after second firing you could not feel and could barely see the origanal engraved marks from rifling. Not paper patched just reloaded

 

[redneckdan]

No need for specialized moulds. You can take a standard cast bullet, size it down .006 inch and wrap it. It just so happens that lee makes .452 push through sizers that work dandy for sizing patching bullets for .45-70 Other calibers you will have to order a custom die, they run about $30.