Shotgun Wads?

[JD75]

Homemade shotgun wads in a muzzleloader what does everyone use?

I have tried the prelubed stuff from Kranks but have bought a punch and want to make my own.

Any ideas welcome however oddball

James.

[enfield2band]

There was a thread on here somewhere about wads.

Try fibre board from the builders merchants. It is used for expansion joints in concrete. It comes in 3/8" & 1/2" thickness and the sheets are, I think 8'x4', but if you can get broken ones they will be a lot cheaper.
I noticed that it looked very similar to eley fibre wads so I did some experimenting and it convinced me that it was the same stuff.
I stamped some out with a wad punch and then lightly greased the wads with beeswax and tallow and they worked ok in 12 bore shotgun cartridges.

Good luck.

[mat BRC]

i wonderd the same thing, being a tight arse / want to do it myself, i found punches every where, was told its some kind of felt, but not seen it for sale in usefull form as of yet, be good to know so i can make that too lol