Patch recovery ?

[ss1]

What is a good way to be able to Recovery Patches ? Shoot at sheet, into bag,or what?

 

[***Sean***]

I find mine down range between 20' and 30 '.

 

[Rebel]

If you mean the used patch after you fire a shot, just look for them on the ground 10 or so feet in front of the muzzle.

 

[410-er]

Sometimes it helps to shoot with both eyes open.You can see it float to the ground.Once you find one you will find the rest real close within a 2-3 foot circle.

 

[jtmattison]

Same as what everyone else has said.
I find mine down range about 20-30 feet all within a few feet of each other.

HD

 

[ss1]

Should have added [ sure way every time}: 50cal, rb, 50 to 70 gr 2f & 3f BP. Can only find 2 in 5, at best. Too many patches on grown, and shifting winds. Now , back to origional question, forget about finding radom patches on grown.

 

[roundball]

Should have added: 50cal, rb, 50 to 70 gr 2f & 3f BP. Can only find 2 in 5, at best. Too many patches on grown, and shifting winds. Now , back to origional question, forget about finding radom patches on grown.

You asked if you could shoot into a sheet...I assume you mean a 'bedsheet'...and I doubt you'd be thinking of putting up a bedsheet on a public range so I assume you're shooting on private property...if so, so can't you just select a place to shoot from that's a few yards off to the side of where you're currently shooting so there's no patches on the ground in front of you?

Other considerations:

Have a 'spotter' with you to watch a patch fall and immediately go pick it up after you shoot;

Change to a different size or color of patch;
(plain cotton vs. stiped pillow ticking, etc)

 

[paulvallandigham]

If the range is a mess, is there some reason you can rake up the debris, to give yourself a clean ground area to catch your patches? Is somebody going to arrest you for cleaning up the grounds? I just don't see what the problem is, I guess. I pick up almost every patch I fire at a range, and feel bad that I can't find them all the time on a woods walk.

 

[ss1]

Roundball, if had not been for the spoter, would not have found 2 out of 5. What is wrong, with hanging a bed sheet, blanket on target rack, and shooting it from a distance of???yds. I thought this was a simple question. Can you spread cloth sheet on grown and shoot into it to recover patch. Do not unstand what difference it would make,if public or private, as long as no one objected?

 

[Big John]

Always have had a spotter, if needed, but here's a thought... dye them a bright color.

 

[roundball]

"...as long as no one objected?..."

I don't disagree with that...it just isn't something I've ever heard of anyone needing to do, and not something I would personally do at a public range so I was assuming you were on private[url] land...in[/url] summary, you asked for some help and I simply responded with some suggestions
:v

 

[Halftail]

I'm not sure you need to hang a sheet to do something as simple as retreive shooting patches off of the ground.
You have another option,you could move to Canada and do all your shooting from December till March.Then you could have a sheet of snow and Ice to find your patches on... :winking:

 

[jtmattison]

Always have had a spotter, if needed, but here's a thought... dye them a bright color.

I thought about dying mine bright red or orange so I could find them easier on the public range.
There are so many patches on the range from me shooting I can't tell the old ones from the fresh ones sometimes since I shoot every week.

HD

 

[ss1]

I appreciate all the answers;, however, I will think twice abour asking another [ simple :grin: ] question.

 

[Forster]

How about just spreading out a sheet flat on the range in the area where the patches land? Instead of shooting into the sheet.......

 

[Keppy]

:hmm: How about dyeing them like someone else said. You could dip them in kool aid. Pick your color. Should be able to find them. Don't ya think?

 

[ss1]

Stone Bridge this is the best answer yet ;however like yesterday [wind switching around], it would have taken a sheet 40'wide. To perform disciplined tests on patches, I have to recover each patch as shot. I have to KNOW, not just THINK it is the patch fired. Thanks again for your answer

 

[Rebel]

Is there a reason for this? Are you having accuracy problems that you want to see if maybe a blown patch is causing?

 

[Joel Lehman]

I took and elderly friend to the range with me. He has encellent eyesight. The grass was rather tall, so I asked him to spot the area where my patches were landing. He said he could see the patches fall to the grass.

After 10 shots,I asked him tell me where my patches were landing. He said that he forgot.

 

[hobbles]

When I mix up my patch lube, I ad a different color to it each time, The color used depends on the time of year,,, (food coloring)