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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2016 14:37:56 GMT -7
Folks use different patch material/thickness with their front stuffers, be they rifled or smooth bore. What patch thickness are you using? 1. Caliber of rifle. 2. Bore diameter - lands. 3. Groove diameter - groove diameter/groove depth. 4. Ball diameter. 5. Patch material. 6 Patch thickness. 7. Do you load using a ball starker. 8. Do you load with only the wiping rod for seating the ball atop the powder? (No ball starter used) 9. Lubed or dry patch or spit patch. 10. What lube, if using lube. 11. Why do you use what you use.
I'm not the most learned with front stuffers and would like to draw upon the experience n' knowldge n' field experience from folks among here. thank you... see ya down the trail here . . .
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Post by Bullshop on Jul 19, 2016 9:30:13 GMT -7
No ML expert by any stretch here but the last few times I tried I used paper for patching. I used 100% cotton paper cut into strips about caliber wide and three calibers long. These paper strips were laid across the muzzle in an X pattern in sufficient number to get the fit I wanted with the thickness of paper used. This cotton bond type paper comes in different weight/thickness at 9, 16, 20, and 24 pound. I like to adjust the paper thickness to get the tight feel I want with the diameter ball I am using with three paper strips. Patching this way has produced some very accurate shooting for me. Still experimenting with ways to lube with this patching method. Best so far is to push a couple paper strips on the powder drop in a ball of lube about half the size of the projectile ball being loaded then the ball patch as described.
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Post by missionary on Jul 21, 2016 9:49:00 GMT -7
Greetings Have seen the paper strips wrote about in Mr Ned Robert's book about "Cap Lock Rifles". Seems the "false muzzle loaders" were very happy with the results. Maybe it is time to give the rifled barrels a paper test.
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