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Product Reviews:
pertaining to shooting BPCRS.
Tips and Tricks
Cornell Wad Punch, Walter's Wads,
Case Cleaning, Home-Made Fouling
Remover
Wad Punch, mounted on your reloading press
by Tom Berwick, June 1997
Punching wads for your BPCRS loads can be tedious and painful, particularly if you miss
the punch with the hammer. Also, the noise can be so loud you need hearing protection.
Fred Cornell of Custom Shooting Accessories has solved this problem with an extremely well
made Wad Punch which mounts on your reloading press. The
beauty of this is obvious, no pain, and extremely easy operation. The ram portion of the
punch replaces your shell holder and body of the holder replaces your die set.
After mounting, simply feed the wad material (I use milk carton) through the opening
and lower the ram on your press. A perfectly round wad is produced. I punched out about
200 wads in this fashion so quickly it was amazing. Several different caliber punches are
available. Contact Fred at the following:
- Fred A. Cornell
- Custom Shooting Accessories
- 3579 Wilawana Rd
- Sayre, PA 18840
- (570) 888-9236
Walter's Wads:
John Walters of Moore, Oklahoma makes a high quality vegetable fibre wad
for those of you who don't like to cut your own. John's products are uniform,
pre-cut Vegetable Fibre Wads for Black Powder Rifle Shooting. They are available in
any Caliber from .25 up to 10 guage, in the following four (4) thicknesses: .010,
.015, .030, .060. The wads are priced at $20.00 plus $1.00 Shipping per 1,000 wads.
John also has Pure Tin available - $6.00/lb
1 LB. Bars - Certified Weight & Purity. Contact John at:
John Walters
500 N. Avery Dr.
Moore, Oklahoma 73160
(405) 799-0376
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Case Cleaner:
If you want an inexpensive method to clean your cases after firing, try
this. Buy a gallon of Castrol Super Clean™ at your local auto parts
store. Put about 1 oz of the concentrate in your brass cleaning jug, fill with
water, and drop your cases in after firing. If you want to keep your cases out
of the sludge, get one of the stainless steel scrubbing pads at Walmart and put it in the
bottom of your jug. When you get the cases home, shake the jug a few times, drain,
and rinse the cases in clean water. You can drop the wet cases in your tumbler and
run a few hours. (Don't put wet cases in corn cob. Use crushed walnut hull
instead). Your cases will be sparkling clean and the Castrol is a lot less expensive
than some of the commercial case cleaning products available.
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Bore Cleaner:
Tired of spending big bucks on bore swabbing compounds and cleaners?
There is a simple home-made recipe that does a fine job of removing black powder
fouling from your bore with out costing a fortune. Mix equal parts by volume of
rubbing alcohol, Murphy's Oil Soap, and hydrogen peroxide. This inexpensive formula
makes a great swabbing solution and removes fouling with 2-3 passes through the bore.
Since this solution contains hydrogen peroxide, be sure to run a dry swab through
the bore and if finished shooting, lubricate the bore with a high quality machine (gun)
oil.
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DISCLAIMER:
All products reviewed here were performed by Tom Berwick. All opinions pertaining to
those items are his alone and are not intended to reflect acceptance or endorsement by any
other individual or company mentioned within the body of this Web Site.
For more information relative to this item, please eMail Dave: mailto:dave@lonestarrifle.com
Send mail to Tom Berwick
with questions or comments about this web site.
Last modified:
07/28/09
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Information in this document is subject to change without notice.
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