My 45-90 is a Pedersoli 1884. Mike Venturino's books on loading for the buffalo rifles was a great help to me. Also, having access to Buffalo Arms made the going easy. I don't know any thing about paper patching. I do have Matthews books. I'm not ready for paper patching. I'd suggest taking a look at Accurate 5744 data. You need to know you are dancing with a serious addiction! (-: