Couldn't make it to the range this week end. So naturally, this afternoon I ended up in the computer/gun/junk room just playing around with guns and components.

Tried once again to get a 210 grain.410 Speer Gold Dot (.41 Mag) bullet to load in thenew 45 caliber GM/Renegade barrel with a crush rib sabot. Man, it "almost" goes in - but does not look like it will make it.

Well, anyway, I got to wondering if anyone has ever tried a jacketed pistol bullet with a patch instead of a sabot. Grabbed one of my GPR's .016 "table cloth" patches and gave it a try.The darn thing loaded perfectly! Really snug in the bore just like you would want for a perfect sabot fit. The patch fills the grooves just like you would want for around ball.

Now I know that jacketed bullet is not going to upset upon firing and fillthe borelike a ball or lead conical would, and the patch is not going to seal the bore like a sabot would. But I wonder if I could get a good seal with 20 grains of corn meal under that patched pistol bullet, and if the patch will be tight enough to grip the bullet and impart spin.Heck, I'm gonna try it.

I'm sure I won't be the first. Have any of you guys tried patched jacketed bullets???

The 210 grain.41 Mag Gold Dot is a real neat bullet (picture below). It's designed for hunting and Speer shows a BC of .183.



And it fits the bore perfectly with a .016 patch.