Patches shot 2 times each. Will get another session out of them. I pick them up after shooting just to keep the range tidy. But they still look ok. 
3rd times a charm
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I'm frugal and I pick up after myself but I've never used a patch twice.
Sounds like birds but it’s just me. Cheap cheap cheap…
After spending $10 at JoAnn's for 2 pieces of 12" wide ticking, I understand!
Then, I came home and found a money-off coupon.
Then, I came home and found a money-off coupon.
Just wait till your Wife finds out you cut up her apron for patches! 
ohio ramrod
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I often reuse the plastic shot cups for modern shotguns, but I never tried reusing patches. It shows you have a well fitting patch and ball combo in a good condition barrel, no rips, tears , or burned through spots.
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rafterob
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One of our dearly departed members used to recycle them. He would put them in a nylon stocking and tie a knot in it then throw them in with the wash. Never did get a report on how many uses he would get out of one patch.
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Could sew them together into a quilt!I'm frugal and I pick up after myself but I've never used a patch twice.
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Cheeze, I'd not want my underwear to be washing with black powder, grease, and lead smears!
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Never crossed my mind, in 40+ years of makin smoke, to reuse my patches…
I started watching for them because of fire hazard In the dry grass and just kept picking them up. Now it’s just habit.
rafterob
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"Cheeze, I'd not want my underwear to be washing with black powder, grease, and lead smears!"
Like I have tried to tell my Wife, "That's what a washing machine is for " She will not wash my dirty jeans with any other laundry.
