Originally Posted by
1874sharpsshooter
I'd be willing to bet you could stretch it thin enough to meet the legal requirements, but then again if something works why change it. I might try that onion skin sometime. I was just always led to believe any wood pulp paper was bad and I thought onion skin was just a thin wood pulp paper. It's obvious that your paper patching is working good though , thats what counts.
Original onion skin was 25% cotton. The older "air mail" paper was also 25% cotton onion skin. It is getting tough to find 25% cotton onion skin paper. Every time I find it I buy it. The 100 % wood pulp onion skin might work ok. The problem would be the ash content. It might be a little tougher on barrels.
The problem with stretching it to make it thinner is that is an unknown variable. Cutting the paper for that and installing it wet would be tough to get the stretch and make the ends meet.
The methods I have written about are repeatable by anyone that wants to try it. The biggest problem is finding the paper. I have had amazing luck with the paper patched bullets. Ron