Did this at the first rondy I went to with Ol Leon many years ago. Dry patched and wham, stuck rod. Could not pull it out, did not know what to do so I just leaned over and told Leon, "hey, got my stick with a dry patch stuck at the bottom of my barrel."
He reached over and pulled a little cup out of his bag, "go fill this with water and pour it down your barrel" in typical greenhorn manner I said "Leon, then my barrels gonna be soaked" Leon "yup, then when the patch is out, gonna need to dry it out with some patches" he laughed "betcha not gonna do that again."
Well as soon as I got the water all the old farts just started hooten and hollerin.
Ol Leon was wrong about one thing, I've done it twice since then, but I'll never tell.
Oh yeh, by the way, what was Leon doing with a little cup for water in his possibles bag anyway?