Read my patches please....

[Sparkitoff]

Today I shot a new-to-me rifle. I previously shot it for one 5-shot group. However, today is the first time I used my Bear Grease Lube made from a Grizzly Bear I got in August this year. Normally I don't look for the patches, I just look at the group - and I use the same 7:1 Ballistol/Water lube on everything. These were previously coated in the bear grease at home two days ago and stored in sealed jar. They were also pre-cut. I have never pre-cut before but rather cut at the muzzle from a strip. What do you think?

Note: If it matters, its an original Purdey English Sporting Rifle, .58 caliber percussion. Using .570 Hornady ball with Wal-Mart ticking.

 

[springfield art]

Today I shot a new-to-me rifle. I previously shot it for one 5-shot group. However, today is the first time I used my Bear Grease Lube made from a Grizzly Bear I got in August this year. Normally I don't look for the patches, I just look at the group - and I use the same 7:1 Ballistol/Water lube on everything. These were previously coated in the bear grease at home two days ago and stored in sealed jar. They were also pre-cut. I have never pre-cut before but rather cut at the muzzle from a strip. What do you think?

Note: If it matters, its an original Purdey English Sporting Rifle, .58 caliber percussion. Using .570 Hornady ball with Wal-Mart ticking.

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And I thought reading tealeaves was an arcane science! But BP shooting is art and science, this is an example of that. Good photos! and good luck!

 

[Johnny Tremain]

They say you will spend lots of money on muzzle loading.
Besides that they look ideal.
Forget about meeting that hot blonde, your at the range.

 

[david w]

Today I shot a new-to-me rifle. I previously shot it for one 5-shot group. However, today is the first time I used my Bear Grease Lube made from a Grizzly Bear I got in August this year. Normally I don't look for the patches, I just look at the group - and I use the same 7:1 Ballistol/Water lube on everything. These were previously coated in the bear grease at home two days ago and stored in sealed jar. They were also pre-cut. I have never pre-cut before but rather cut at the muzzle from a strip. What do you think?

Note: If it matters, its an original Purdey English Sporting Rifle, .58 caliber percussion. Using .570 Hornady ball with Wal-Mart ticking.

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They look fine to me, No burn out, no cutting, no bloww-by.

 

[Okie Hog]

Patches look great.

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

They do look fine!

But I'll admit to being confused a tad as to how you wrote it ... for was that your 7:1 water to Ballistol patching material that was then also coated in grizzly bear grease? A 'double lube' should protect for sure! Charge?

 

[Sparkitoff]

No, those are just the grizzly bear grease.....

 

[oldwood]

Looks like a 4" group at 50 yds.. .. As four this old man ,I would be happy.

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

No, those are just the grizzly bear grease.....

Thanks for clarifying! Looks darn good to me - keep at it!

 

[russellshaffer]

Put on a little more grease and use them again.

 

[nhmoose]

No burn through it seems good to me.

 

[EC121]

I see some torn spots that could have been done loading but no burnt spots. All about the same size and maybe location. Look at the crown and see if there are any sharp edges. Mark the patches with a magic marker and load them with the mark in the same spot on the muzzle to see if it is a sharp edge and where it is..

 

[Stykbow]

I see some torn spots that could have been done loading but no burnt spots. All about the same size and maybe location. Look at the crown and see if there are any sharp edges. Mark the patches with a magic marker and load them with the mark in the same spot on the muzzle to see if it is a sharp edge and where it is..

I see it too. Can’t tell if it’s all the way thru or just chewed up a bit.

 

[oldwood]

Uns guys always learn me something. What a good idea to put a marker stripe to see if a cut through place can be isolated.......

 

[SDSmlf]

How does your gun shoot?

I ‘read’ patches by how accurate and consistent my gun is shooting. Patch collecting isn’t one of my hobbies. Pretty looking patches and an inaccurate shooting gun just doesn’t cut it for me, but with an inaccurate gun, patches may provide critical clues as to what may be going on.

 

[Robby]

What quantity and type of powder were you using with the bear grease load?
Robby

 

[Sparkitoff]

80 gr Goex Fffg

 

[ADK Bigfoot]

Keep on keeping on. No issues with those patches.

ADK Bigfoot

 

[ronaldrothb49]

What problem are you trying to solve? The patches don't mean squat, what did the target look like?

 

[Billy Boy]

Today I shot a new-to-me rifle. I previously shot it for one 5-shot group. However, today is the first time I used my Bear Grease Lube made from a Grizzly Bear I got in August this year. Normally I don't look for the patches, I just look at the group - and I use the same 7:1 Ballistol/Water lube on everything. These were previously coated in the bear grease at home two days ago and stored in sealed jar. They were also pre-cut. I have never pre-cut before but rather cut at the muzzle from a strip. What do you think?

Note: If it matters, its an original Purdey English Sporting Rifle, .58 caliber percussion. Using .570 Hornady ball with Wal-Mart ticking.

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They look OK. to me, center burn out or totally frayed/missing ‘edges’ would be a probem.