Patchbox Question...

[MikeChapin]

I have one rifle with a patchbox that I never use. They are nice decoration but whenever I have used them they manage to come open at the wrong time an lose whatever is in there. When I build a rifle I just don't put one on.

 

[Fishhog]

In my TC's which are on the small side I carry an extra new flint,a patch worm connected together with a piece of rubber tubing a ball screw/puller and a few dry patches to keep it all quiet when I walk.Not much room but never fails on a woods walk or 3D walk shoot I end up pulling the ball puller out to yank some ones "I'm sure I put powder in it "loads out.Not that that has ever happened to me LOL..Ray

 

[bwhoffman]

Depending on which gun it is.....
mine have one or more of the following...
..spare nipple, spare flint and pad, ear plugs, cleanout screw, 8x32 stud on a short bolt(stuck rodpuller,I use the10x32end normally)..
any of these get wrapped in patches or materialasto not rattle.

 

[jtmattison]

I've heard of the patch box being filled with grease for patch lube.
TOTW had/has a rifle listed there with a hole drilled in the butt and filled with grease. No patch box, just grease. Weird.
I opened my patch box once just to see if the hinge worked properly.
I've never stored anything in it.

HD

 

[bob308]

i have a harpers ferry. it is spring loaded and stays shut. so i have a flint and a take down tool from a trapdoor that works for all the screws and springs in fact it could have been made for the rifle except for the date. a spair frizen and main spring.

 

[tg]

I have put one thing or another in cap or patchboxes in the past, but no longer use them I have one gun left that has a woden lid, I do not use it but it definately needs to be there to make the gun "complete" IMHO it is an early Virginia Smoothrifle.

 

[Roy]

Yep when I have one I use them. I put cleaning worms/patches or tow in them... possibly a turn screw and an extra flint or two. :thumbsup:

 

[Ephraim]

while deer hunting I keep M&M's in my sliding wood patch box they sure come in handy at times.
Ephraim :thumbsup:

 

[Ridge]

I keep prelubed, precut patches in mine. I only use them when I'm trying to shoot fast though. Otherwise, I cut at the muzzle.

 

[jtmattison]

while deer hunting I keep M&M's in my sliding wood patch box they sure come in handy at times.
Ephraim :thumbsup:

They melt in your mouth, not in your patch box...I hope.

:haha:

HD

 

[Ephraim]

And M&M peanuts are great for tree rats too.
Ephraim

 

[brubincam]

-----I glued mine shut----- :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:

 

[Ephraim]

How do you get to the M&M's?
Ephraim

 

[rabjr]

:haha: I may try that Ephraim. :thumbsup:

Actually planned on wrapping a few things in a piece of leather and store inside my patchbox but just didn't get to it this year. I do intend to though.

 

[Emet Huntsman]

I carry a spare flint, worm and ball screw in mine.

 

[biliff]

Lacking any imagination, I put patches in mine.

 

[flm_shooter]

I carry a spare flint and ball puller in my wood patchbox. Never felt it was too big. I wrap them in a couple cleaning patches.

Now, I carry cleaning patches, spare flints, and a ball puller in my bag. But somehow, I have found myself without each of those items in the past, hence their inclusion.

I love the idea of earplugs. Those will go in next.

 

[wildeagle]

I keep getting these little lines on my fore head when I think about patch boxes. They require considerable effort to install, so I figger there must have been a good reason to have them on a gun.Were they truly used or were they just a fashion statement of the times. I've read that the patch box makes the longrifle truly american, so I keep going HHHMMM,HHHMMM, and another line appears. But I do enjoy reading what you guys put in there, or don't whichever the case may be. :hmm: :hmm:

 

[dodgecity]

The original owner of my rifle kept beeswax in it. I know that because I had to clean it all out when I bought the rifle. I use it to carry 1 flint, 1 flint leather, 2 asprins, 1 spare vent pick (in case I lose the one on my pouch), and a feather that I use to plug the vent. Mine is pretty secure in that I have never had it open accidentally.