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Case Fillers #285614 07/18/12 01:12 PM
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,737 Indian Orchard Massachusetts Krakow Kid OP Sidelock
OP Krakow Kid Sidelock Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,737 Indian Orchard Massachusetts	What's your favorite source for Dacron and/or Kapok?

Re: Case Fillers Krakow Kid #285626 07/18/12 02:36 PM
Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 4,463 Likes: 207 East Alabama Der Ami Sidelock
Der Ami Sidelock Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 4,463 Likes: 207 East Alabama	Kid, I like Kapok-it won't melt. I get it from old style life vest from flea market. Mike

Re: Case Fillers Krakow Kid #285658 07/18/12 05:38 PM
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 470 Back up North Mal Mac Gregor Sidelock
Mal Mac Gregor Sidelock Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 470 Back up North	I like cotton balls, available from any Rite-Aid or Wallyworld. Best, Mal

Re: Case Fillers Krakow Kid #285725 07/18/12 11:10 PM
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 169 Likes: 1 MN R. Glenz Sidelock
R. Glenz Sidelock Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 169 Likes: 1 MN	I get my dacron at the local fabric store.

Re: Case Fillers R. Glenz #285739 07/18/12 11:53 PM
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 622 California PM Sidelock
PM Sidelock Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 622 California	Originally Posted By: R. Glenz I get my dacron at the local fabric store. My wife supplies me also. In straight walled cases like 577, I use fiber wads and I have some of the Kynoch wads to try.

Re: Case Fillers Der Ami #286033 07/20/12 11:55 PM
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AkMike1 Sidelock Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 601 Anchorage	Originally Posted By: Der Ami I like Kapok-it won't melt. Neither does the dacron/ polyester or backer rod(foam) that I use.

Re: Case Fillers AkMike1 #286071 07/21/12 11:59 AM
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MEE Boxlock Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 6	I have heard from several shooters that polyester melts in the barrel and is hard to clean out. I have used it for many years and have found no evidence of it coating the bore. Maybe I am missing it but I don't think so. My suspicion is they are packing it in tight if they really do have this trouble- that could equate to a secondary projectile, I suspect.

Re: Case Fillers MEE #286095 07/21/12 02:24 PM
Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 4,463 Likes: 207 East Alabama Der Ami Sidelock
Der Ami Sidelock Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 4,463 Likes: 207 East Alabama	I never had trouble with dacron melting,either,I never used it. It just made sense that it would. Mike

Re: Case Fillers Der Ami #286224 07/22/12 01:37 PM
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AkMike1 Sidelock Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 601 Anchorage	I've looked at wads from my shooting and the dacron shows no signs of melting and there is no melted plastic in the barrels. I suspect that this is an 'old wives tale' that has been passed down as gospel for too long.

Re: Case Fillers PM #286242 07/22/12 03:21 PM
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,737 Indian Orchard Massachusetts Krakow Kid OP Sidelock
OP Krakow Kid Sidelock Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,737 Indian Orchard Massachusetts	PM - do you just stack the fiber wads all the way up from the powder to the seated bullet? Never tried this or heard of it. I've LOADS of fiber wads in a plethora of bore sizes. This definitely intrigues me.

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