Customer Reviews

The Paper Jacket

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This is a convenient 6"x9" paperback of which the appearance belies the quality of the content. On first impression the paper back (cover) is too thin, almost fragile, and the paper yellowish and low quality, while the 45 odd b&w photographs were clearly not taken by a professional photographer. Once you dig into the 140 pages of text however, this book's quality becomes apparent. In Chapter 13 Mr. Matthews covers the casting, hardness and sizing of the bullet intended for paper patching and how it can be bumped up or swaged as need be. This is followed by suitable papers for patching, determining suitable patch dimensions and the actual application thereof to the bullet. The tools used are also discussed. He then covers a few topics which jacketed bullet shooters may find quite esoteric. These include bullet lubrication, waterproofing the patch as well as how to load a paper patched bullet. The booked is wrapped up by two chapters delving into the theory underlying paper patches.
One reviewer mentioned that the book did not provide enough detail on how to apply a patch. In my respectful view this book does. You just have to read it cover to cover once. I learnt a lot from this book and consider it money well spent. My only criticism of it is that it is a book that will be used a lot initially by a novice paper patching shooter and, being a paperback, I would have liked it more durable. The solution is of course to buy two right from the outset.
Information wise it is an excellent and recommended publication.

This is the best source of info on the subject I have found. It answered all of the questions I had about how this was done. The info on making and using the simple bullet swedge tool alone is worth the price of the book. Paul has written some other books and articals on this subject, but for this project (loading ammo for my M1867 Danish roller and Ruger #3 .45-70) this was a great help. The M1867 having extra deep rifling required some special work to make a proper bullet, and paper patching/jacket was the right answer. My thanks to Paul for putting it out there.

Not quite what I was expecting. Info is out of date. Looking for more info on paper patching for long range single shot rifles for target and hunting. Wanted explicit info on how to cut patches,roll the patch on and seating the round in the cartridge. Out of the whole book only about 10% was devoted to the actual patching process.