Where is the cheapest place to buy wad making material

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gcollins posted this 09 August 2008

I lost my email that told me where to buy wad making material, can anyone help?

I would be great full for any and all help :dude:

Thanks Greg

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CB posted this 10 August 2008

If you are refering to type 1 PVC you can get that at www.smallparts.com

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jerryb posted this 10 August 2008

If you are looking for sheets of 1/8” medium or hard felt or cork, try MSC.  Walmart sells nice thick .200” cork board tiles at a cheap price.  This one works the best of all the wad materials that I've tried with plain based bullets in my rifle.

JerryB

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Nozzle Rag posted this 15 October 2008

www.durofelt.com has a wide range of felts for making bullet wads. Pretty cheap too.

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R D posted this 20 October 2008

I have found material to use from packing material, I save it from the packages that i receive. I also get material from my local auto supply. Their gasket material gives a good range of hard wads. You will probably have to go to a real parts store not a box type.

R D

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JeffinNZ posted this 21 October 2008

jerryb wrote: If you are looking for sheets of 1/8” medium or hard felt or cork, try MSC.  Walmart sells nice thick .200” cork board tiles at a cheap price.  This one works the best of all the wad materials that I've tried with plain based bullets in my rifle.

JerryB Jerry.  How do you cut cork wads?  I have always found it a pain to work.

Cheers from New Zealand

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CB posted this 21 October 2008

I use Sil Seal from Lowes, but I have hole punches from a leather shop that I use to cut wads for my larger cases. Try The Leather Factory:

http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com/>http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com/

Jerry

 

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Nozzle Rag posted this 22 October 2008

I buy punches from Harbor Freight or similar places. Last batch I bought were $4 for 6 punches. I accidently bought a metric set and then found that the 11mm punch fits a 44 Colt Army clone perfectly. Soak the felt wads in a melted hard lube for an effective seal with no lube bleed into the powder. Works for me

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CB posted this 22 October 2008

I will have to remember that, I need to make a trip to HF in November, so I will pick up a set of those while I am there.

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Thanks for the info.

Jerry

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jerryb posted this 22 October 2008

I use sharpened tubes about 4 inches long in a drill press.  You have to take them out every once in a while to empty out the wads.  Inside diameter about .005” larger than case neck interior.

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CB posted this 22 October 2008

I have done that also, but some times I can't get the tubing the right size.

Jerry

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Dale53 posted this 20 December 2008

I have cut thousands of wads for .40, .45 and .32 with press mounted punches offered by Buffalo Arms:

http://www.buffaloarms.com/browse.cfm/2,242.html

These cut perfect wads in a very short period of time (they advertise 1000 per hour and I have found that a realistic number).

Dale53

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PETE posted this 21 December 2008

 As Dale53 says..... And BA also sells material to make wads out of.

PETE

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cblambert posted this 23 December 2008

Ballistic Products has an interesting catalog that may contain what you're looking for.  I turn to them for my supplies for my 12,20 & especially 16 ga. shotshell components.  I've had good results with their fiber wads- of course they're too big for cartridge use but use an old peice of brass chamfered & deburred to “punch out the diameter you need"  most of their wads are of a somewhat stacked so you can eisilly cut them to the height required.  From what I've read a fiber wad with a “pea” of Spg works great to fill large volume Black powder cases & keep fouling in check...good luck & Merry Christmas!

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CB posted this 23 December 2008

Thanks for the info, this gives me another option for my reloading.

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Merry Christmas

Jerry

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mike morrison posted this 06 January 2009

the hard cardboard used by frame shops to matt pictures makes a good hard wad. the wad cutters from buffalo arms that fred makes are really good. money well spent. i have also used the gasket material from the napa auto store also. plastic coated containers that orange juice comes in works for a thinner wad. by the way the matting material form the frame shops. usually the scraps are free. mike

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CB posted this 06 January 2009

I never thought about using matt board, thanks for that idea.

 

Jerry

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pcmacd posted this 08 February 2022

Come on, guys?  Who in the freakin' what is "MSC."

I am bleating to death trying to figure this?

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pcmacd posted this 08 February 2022

One can never own too many tools, and in particular, one cannot EVER own too many punches.

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Boschloper posted this 08 February 2022

Google MSC. They are an industrial supply house. Might also try Grainger or McMaster - Carr. 

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GWarden posted this 08 February 2022

If you use a lot of wads, Fred Cornell makes a wad punch that works great for just about anything you want to make wads out of. The punch die fits in your reloading press, and you can turn out lots of wads in a short time. Fred will make them for any diameter you want.  Fred Cornell, Custom Shooting Accessories.

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