Spit patches..

[voyageur1688]

  Havent tried a spit patch yet. Have been usin sweet oil for quite a while now with good success. I may try it but then again, I like to do things exactly the same for target shootin as I do for when I am hunting just for accuracy sake. Rather stay consistant than to change anything, but thats just ghow I am.
Voy

[spitpatch]

That is why my handle is "spitpatch."  It works first time everytime.  But, like others here, if I am hunting, I will use Bore Butter or Crisco on the  patch.  If I have to reload, then it will be a spitpatch.  And yes,  a Bore Butter patch is very nasty tasting.  A Crisco one is not too bad. LOL...

Draw a fine bead on em Son.   Bobby

[bull frog]

The best hunting application I have found, for me at least, where spit patches are concerned, is in a good patch of squirrel woods when the little devils are active.  Load one and pop a second patch in your mouth for the next shot.  You know you are going to get a shot before long. 

[voyageur1688]

I might be foolish/ignorant/paranoid on my view here but as cold as it gets where I hunt I dont think youd be able to get  the ball slid home before it would be frozen solid. Aint sure if a frozen patch would be a good thing or not.
Voy

[Red Badger]

Knowing the temps where voy is I would have to agree with him about frozen patches.... but when I shot patience here in jan at -5 I had no problems.... although to voy -5 is warm....

[voyageur1688]

  Yup, -5 is warm for winters here.(darn near t-shirt/shorts weather) The coldest I remember it being when I went out ice fishing was more than -60.  (cars do not like to run when its that cold though--barely got my  old truck to start and had to wait with it idling for bout an hour to be able to shift it due to the gear lube in the trans being to stiff) Been out deer hunting at more than -40 several times. Winters here are NOT for wimps.  Learned many years ago that you can tell how bad the winter is going to be by checking how much fat is on  a deers back.
  Voy