JoAnns #40 cotton drill

[longcruise]

There is one oddball in that group. I wondered what might have been used on the frontier by longhunters and explorers of the backcountry. It occurred to me that they all would have had ready access to brain tan. So I picked up the piece in the picture below from Tandy. It's not actual brain tan but rather a soft suede leather. It actually works great but I haven't used it beyond experimentation. Unless you want to provide your own, it will definitely hurt your pocketbook!

 

[bob45acp]

Great to know…too bad it’s out of stock everywhere near me. Even their website

I just ordered 2 yds yesterday on line 9/18.

 

[Lippy984]

I just ordered 2 yds yesterday on line 9/18.

I’m glad you responded…just checked now and they had it available online. Must have been bad timing the other night

 

[William O.]

I was always taught never to put anything other than 100% natural material down the barrel. When you think about synthetic, I picture images of burning plastic in a barrel . Any percentage of synthetic material just doesn’t seem right at all? I would think that over time it would build up and create one enormous headache!

Not necessarily burning but melting is a better term. It is an amazing sight that you think can't happen. However, I personally have seen synthetic material become one with the metal barrel of my rifle and it's all but welded together. Cleaning is more like chiseling for the first hour or so a then you scrub with an abrasive for another hour, give or take.

 

[MtHoot]

Not necessarily burning but melting is a better term. It is an amazing sight that you think can't happen. However, I personally have seen synthetic material become one with the metal barrel of my rifle and it's all but welded together. Cleaning is more like chiseling for the first hour or so a then you scrub with an abrasive for another hour, give or take.

Exactly that’s why you really need to make sure your patch material is pure and 100%. I have seen guys using denim from Jeans that have that unknown give/ stretch material woven in them which most certainly synthetic. Just comes down to basics I guess. If you know you know…

 

[Togo]

I picked up a couple yards yesterday at my local JF. The gal that was helping me locate it couldn't find any. She called on an older lady that found it, she said nobody ever buys it anymore, she said a salon used to buy it for hair removal. Anyway the online price was $4.79, they had it listed at $8.99 they price matched the online price and she had a coupon on her phone that almost dropped it by half. so I paid just over $5 for 2 yards out the door.

 

[Grenadier1758]

I must admit in the nature of full disclosure, that JoAnn's #40 Cotton Drill Cloth is manufactured in India. The cotton fobers are from the long staple cotton plant and the threads are well suited for the cloth we need for patching round ball. I've know the source of their cloth for years and will continue to buy and use JoAnn's #40 Drill Cloth.

 

[rmefbowhunter]

I just ordered 2 yds yesterday on line 9/18.

I found the same issue of it having been out of stock but now available anew. Just ordered a couple of yards to try.

 

[longcruise]

I came close to shooting up the last of my supply today. Gotta restock!

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

I picked up a couple yards yesterday at my local JF. The gal that was helping me locate it couldn't find any. She called on an older lady that found it, she said nobody ever buys it anymore, she said a salon used to buy it for hair removal. Anyway the online price was $4.79, they had it listed at $8.99 they price matched the online price and she had a coupon on her phone that almost dropped it by half. so I paid just over $5 for 2 yards out the door.

Same here, same price !!! ... just bought some today due to this post! It is very timely, have a ton of 0.600" roundballs, but one arm is asking for a thicker patch.

 

[LME]

You're in luck! For once I remembered to save the receipt. It's Drill 40 #00683532
.018" thick.
The best patch material I've used. I bought 2 yards of it a few weeks ago.

Is that the same material prelubed patches are made from?

 

[The Crisco Kid]

Is that the same material prelubed patches are made from?

Beats me. I don't use pre-lubes unless I make my own.

 

[64Springer]

Beats me. I don't use pre-lubes unless I make my own.

Strange how different lubes affect things.

I used those pre-lubed pillow ticking patches with that yellow lube for many years. Ox-Yoke I think. Balls flew everywhere. 2.5 inches at 25 yards. Will never go back to a pre-lubed patch.

Those Taylor Pork Roll patches give me three holes touching at 25 yards. Could be the weave. Could be the bee's wax/coconut oil/olive oil mix.

Looking forward to trying the JoAnn's drill cloth.

 

[Grenadier1758]

Is that the same material prelubed patches are made from?

JoAnn's #40 Cotton Drill Cloth is not used in any prelubed patching unless you are doing the prelubing.

 

[The Crisco Kid]

Here's the #40 converted to patches that fit my .54. 240 patches in a few minutes with a 1 3/8" hole saw.

 

[64Springer]

Is that some kind of circular knife?

Where did you buy it?

Cuzz I like it.

Thanks.

 

[The Crisco Kid]

It's a hole saw with the teeth ground off and then sharpened. I have various sizes for different calibers from 32 to 54, which also works for 58.

 

[64Springer]

Fricken Smart.

Thanks.

Aaaaand.....

 

[beardedhorse]

Long cruise. In .54 caliber barrels what round ball size did you switch to? I use .015 in my Green Mountain .54 and a .530 round ball. Lube with beeswax and bear fat.

 

[The Crisco Kid]

I use a .530 ball and a #40 drill that's .018 the way I squeeze the mike. I have a Rice barrel. I use a lard/beeswax mix. I used to use crisco but have gotten away from it, other than my "handle". The Lard Kid just doesn't sound right for some reason.