Cutting patches

[Horace]

I want to try cutting patches-(spit patches). How do you guys do it?

 

[jtmattison]

Here's a forum topic that might answer your question:
Patch thread

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HD

 

[Black Hand]

Rip material into strips and cut with scissors into squares. You can make hundreds in a few minutes.

 

[Legionair]

I use a 3'-4' strip of patch material hung around my neck. As I prepare to load I stick the end in my mouth and its good and wet by the time I've poured my charge.

I put the wet end on the barrel, thumb in a ball on top of it, and cut the end loose.

I'm not keen on fumbling through my puoch every shot for a little round patch.

I do not spit patch when hunting or waiting for a shot. Then I do lube with an oil and wax mixture.

This may or may not be real PC, but it works for me, i.e. keeping it simple.

Legion

 

[Ohio Rusty]

Making patches is one of those winter things. Once I know the size I want, I make a perfectly round cardboard blank from the patch size, mark the caliber on the blank, and draw little circles around the blank on the cloth. Ball point pen works well. Once I get a whole bunch of circles, when I have nothing to do or am watching something mindless on TV, I cut them out with scissors. You can make 100 finished patches in an hours long show. Once they are cut out, I can grease them at my leasure. I save the cutting scraps for my char can. Never waste anything.
This is about the easiest thing you can make yourself.
Ohio Rusty

 

[LarryB]

I cut my patches. I went to harbor freight and bought a set of circle cutters for about 6$. Picked out the size patches I wanted and ground off the teeth to a knife edge. Take a mike to the fabric store and get 2 yards of the right thickness and materal. I fold the cloth over, 18"wide and wrap it around a 1/2 in piece of plywood 20 in long and 8 in wide.when completly wrapped you will have 12 or 15 layers. I use a number of tar papper nails to nail it down tight. Chuck your cutter in the drill press and cut 12 or 15 perfect patches every time you pull the handle.
L Butler

 

[musketman]

I want to try cutting patches-(spit patches). How do you guys do it?

If you mean cutting patches at the barrel its simple enough, have your ticking in long strips a little wider than needed...

Measure out your powder as normal and dump it down the barrel...

Next take one end of the strip and place it in your mouth to get wet (or spit on it), align it over the muzzle and start a ball down the barrel with either thumb pressure or the use of the stubby end of a short starter, you want the ball just below the muzzle...

Lift on the patching material and with a knife, cut the material free, (flush with the muzzle) careful not to scratch the barrel with your knife...

Once the patching material is cut loose, finish running the ball down the bore and seat it on the charge as you are accustom to doing...

You can tie or pin the patching material to your shirt, shooting bag, whatever is convenient for you, the strip will bear holes in it from where you cut the previous shot from, just work your way down the length of material as you go until its used up and then start on another strip...

One thing to remember, a dangling strip will pick up dirt, thorns and whatnot, its always a good idea to give both sides of the strip a quick look before you put it into your mouth...