Poll
Question:
Do you use cut or uncut patches, ungreased or pregreased?
Option 1: Precut dry-grease at muzzle
Option 2: Uncut dry-grease at muzzle
Option 3: Precut greased
Option 4: Uncut greased
Option 5: Spit patch
Option 6: Other
Do you prefer to use precut patches or cut at the muzzle? And do you use pregreased or grease as you load? Thoes who use other please specify wha
Ned
Right now I use pre-cut, pre-lubed
I buy ticking from Wally-World, pre-cut them square, and lube them with my own concoction of lube.
I use the Oxyoke precut mostly and pre grease the patches and store in a cap tin until needed . I use my homespun zip lube made from deer tallow.
I buy pillow ticking by the yards,cut in strips and roll up and stick in my bag.
Use them for cleaning also.
Keep a 8" long strip tied to the outside of my bag and use it to wipe the frizzen,pan and flint off in between shots.
Been using wonder lube but may switch to crisco soon.
Tom,
So you cut and grease at the muzzle?
Ned
Right now I'm using pillow ticking cut into strips and cut off at the muzzel.Put it in my mouth for a min. before I put it into the rifle.Just because this is the way I was taught.
Sometimes I cut and grease at the muzzle.
Or I will cut some ticking and put it in my lube tin.
Or Ill cut and spit the patch
Quote from: R.M. on October 22, 2008, 07:44:49 PM
I buy ticking from Wally-World, pre-cut them square, and lube them with my own concoction of lube.
Thats exactly what I do as well. ;D
In a pinch though I will spit and cut at the muzzle.
I buy ungreased .018 or .015 pillow ticking patches and lube them with either moose juice or moose snot.
I use Oxyoke lubed when hunting and pilloe tik with seetiol and beas wax when just shootn.
For target shooting i use cutup flannel sheets and use spit for lube. For hunting i use pillow tacking from Walmart. For lube i use 1 part Crisco, 1 part paraffin wax, and 1/2 part bees wax by weight melted together. I put a few tablespoons of lube in a small can and melt it then stir in a 100 patches with a stick. My patches are very much like store bought patches. Pre soaking patches in Hopes #9 plus also works good for me for target work.
Mike
.010 wonderlube! works great! not a lot of fouling.
kit
Quote from: kit_carson on November 25, 2008, 11:00:31 PM
.010 wonderlube! works great! not a lot of fouling.
kit
Same here thmbsup
Pre-cut pre-lubed.
precut dry spit for lube
I was told many years ago to wash the factory sizing out of all cloth used for patches, because that stuff is abrasive to the bore- especially at the muzzle. Any input on this?
williedee
I cnnot tell a lie :P I was taught by Old Salt and haven't used anythig but spit and I'm still playing with the patches I started with some I bought which were to easy to push down the barrel and he gave me som .018's that I am working with now and seem to be a lot tighter, hopefully the rain here will let up so I can do some fine tuning and hit waht I am aimin at....
Pillow tick for me :Spit-Cut-Shoot!!!!!!
Actually I do a little of two or three. I sometimes used precut-prelubed. Then at times I use precut- lubed at the muzzle. At times I try to do a little cutting at the muzzle (not to good at it). I usually lube the patch strip for more than one load just before starting the ball.