Jumpshot. I have used both, and prefer the kind I described. However, its important that the jag have the right diameter for the bore, either way you make it.
His comments about the stiff patches that we use around the ball pushing crud down into the powder is the reason I stop my rod one inch from the breechplug, and only after pulling out 99% of the crud, will I use a clean cleaning patch that is dry to go down to the breech to soak up and moisture and crud sticking in that last inch.
I have tried the idea of letting the thick patch around my ball push the crud down into the powder, and supposedly blow out when the next charge is fired. I got eratic velocities doing that, and wider groups. If I did not shoot the load off quickly, within 2 minutes, I might be lucky to hit the paper.
The relative humidity here is high, particular from April through November. It also can be high during " January thaws", and even as early as March if we have an early Spring. That means that I can have about 2 good months, and parts of two more when its both cold and dry here. I suspect that ISUSTEVE has the same kind of weather in Iowa. As much as I would like to tell him he can shoot lots of shots without cleaning and have no ignition problems or problems with accuracy, I can't. Its just not my experience here.
The closest I have come to being able to do that here, was taking a suggestion from Roundball, or someone equally as experienced, and putting more Bore Butter in the barrel and on the patch if the ball starts to get hard to run down the barrel. That does seems to melt the dry crud, and allow future shots to be loaded without stopping to clean. It doesn't cure the other problem I have with this technique, but if you are shooting at large targets, and are not looking for one-hole groups, it works fine. Just fire that next shot before the stuff begins to foul the powder charge. Bore Butter does not seem to do it, like other lubes and cleaners seem to do.
This is the Corn Belt, where we kid each other about sitting out and watching the corn grow in June and July. Actually, If you put a measuring stick in the ground during June and July, you can see as much as 1 inch of growth per day, and sometimes more on corn, it grows that fast. Our high relative humidity is what makes this all possible.