Lubed patches and powder fouling?

[John Spartan]

Sorry for the stupid question but I did try a forum search but with “roundball”, “patches”, and “lube”, I get a avalanche of results.
Been shooting undersized ball (military paper cartridges) since the start and want to try PRB to see how accurate I can be. Bought some ball in the size recommended by the musket maker and did some reading but I must be missing it.

Seems most folks use lubed patches (I get the reasons why) but was wondering: Does jamming a lubed patched ball on top of the powder foul it in anyway? Not enough to worry about or does it all burn properly anyway?
Had planned on using patches soaked, then dried, in Ballistol.
TIA

 

[deermanok]

Not unless your lube is dripping wet.

 

[John Spartan]

Perfect. Thank you!

 

[ord sgt]

The patch grips the rifling. It helps seal the bore, resulting in a more complete burn of the powder. Unless the patch is too loose, there will be little to no blow-by.

 

[Rifleman1776]

Your post is confusing. What are you shooting? A rifle or smoothbore? For a rifle, your patch must not be real wet, simply lubed on the side touching the barrel with some kind of oil. There are as many different lubes are there are stars.......almost. Do another search to see what folks here like.

 

[hanshi]

I like well lubed patches. For patches used with a liquid lube - think Hoppes BP Lube - I get the really wet but not so they are drippy. Any excess lube will be squeezed out when the prb is being started and collects on the muzzle. A grease lube such as TOW mink oil also gets well rubbed into the patch so it goes and saturates the patch. Again any excess collects on the muzzle. I've never had such lubes do anything to the powder.