Spit patches

[Horace]

Someone please give me step by step info on spit patches. I know what spit is and even have some but I don't understand how, how much and when. Educate me please

 

[hobbles]

Me too,,,

 

[SCATTERSHOT]

Just put the patch on your tongue until it's wet, take it out and load as usual. real simple. Of course, spit is basically water, so I wouldn't want to leave the gun loaded for any length of time, but for targets and such it works pretty well.

 

[jaybeach]

Just put the patch on your tongue until it's wet

You've got to be kidding! I was told that you were supposed to stand back 3 yards and spit at the patch until you hit it square! :: No wonder I only get two or three shots off in an afternoon at the range, and I go home craving water! :hmm:

 

[musketman]

Of course, spit is basically water, so I wouldn't want to leave the gun loaded for any length of time,

Spit is SALTY water...

Now, it you have a sinus cold, your patches will be extra slippery...

 

[SCATTERSHOT]

Jaybe, I used to do it that way, too, but my aim has deteriorated as I get older.

 

[Slamfire]

Spit may look like water, but it is digestive juice, designed to turn starch into sugar. I can see that given enough time it'll disolve steel also. :shocking:

 

[hobbles]

Hmmmm,,, and I asked,,

 

Spit may look like water, but it is digestive juice, designed to turn starch into sugar. I can see that given enough time it'll disolve steel also. :shocking:

:haha: :haha:.... I should only hope to live thet long, "spit" is my favorite lube for competition shoot'n.

YMHS
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[No Deer]

I cut a strip of pillow tick and just start chawin on the end. As I get to each station, I load my powder, lay the wet end of the strip across the muzzle, start the ball flush with the muzzle and cut the strip off. The end then goes back in my mouth til I need it for the next shot. Can't get much easier. :results:

 

[whiskey]

i met a guy at the North Dakota state fair that was selling a product he produced for car window washing fluid. He researched his product by asking people what they thought was the best thing to take dried bugs off their windshields. When spit showed up as a common answer he had spit analized and produced a similiar concoction as his window cleaner. There is something in spit that helps clean which is why it is so good on black powder. Have you ever used a spit patch to wipe off black powder residue around your lock? It works great, even on that hard crusty stuff under the frizzon.
When I am on the fireing line for any length of time, I occaisona;y wipe my bore with a spit patch and it seems to work great.

 

[eat moose meat]

Spit, its not just for breakfast anymore.

 

[mccoy]

I buy my pillow ticking by the yard at a fabric shop, then sneak it into a load of the wife's laundry to soften and remove the sizing. Don't put it in the drier, line dry it. Then TEAR it into strips about 2" wide and a foot or so long. If you cut the strips with sissors, you have a lotta' little threads to spit out. While you're swabbing the bore from the previous shot, or measuring powder, just pop the end in your mouth and wet 'er up. After dumping the powder down the bore, lay the wet end across the muzzle and thumb a ball in the center. Use your ball starter to set it flush, then the short starter to set it just below bore level. Now grasp the excess material and pull up, and cut flush with the bore face with your patch knife. make sure that your knife is shavin' sharp, and keep yer fingers outta' the way. Now seat the ball and patch with the long leg of your starter, and run it home with your ramrod. If you use a good tight patch/ball combo, it will shoot as clean and accurate as anything you'll find. It's great for target type shooting and warm weather hunting. For cold weather hunting, or all day hunts, you'd be better off with a "sticky" lube. I'm partial to homebrewed bear oil and beeswax for that.

 

[BLAHMAN]

Of course, spit is basically water, so I wouldn't want to leave the gun loaded for any length of time,

Spit is SALTY water...

Now, it you have a sinus cold, your patches will be extra slippery...

Dat's snot funny...I godda cowld....sniff...snorkle, snort! :haha:

 

[Bob J]

There is something in spit that helps clean which is why it is so good on black powder. Have you ever used a spit patch to wipe off black powder residue around your lock? It works great, even on that hard crusty stuff under the frizzon.
When I am on the fireing line for any length of time, I occaisona;y wipe my bore with a spit patch and it seems to work great.

Spit is the UNIVERSAL SOLVENT according to an old time muzzleloader friend who shot competitions in the 70s. I've used it for patch lubricant and still use it for cleaning between strings of shots, if I don't feel like breaking out the Butch's Bore shine. But only use it as a patch lube for target shooting. DO NOT use it for hunting; left for an extended period of time it will rust your bore :shake:

 

[TANSTAAFL]

Spit, its not just for breakfast anymore.

Back in the 60's & 70's I used to do a lot of sport (read hunt & kill fish) free diving. One thing we did about every second dive was remove the mask, spit into it, give a good wipe and then rinse. The spit kept the glass from fogging up, so using spit patches was a natural progression. I just slobbered up and starting chawing on patch material without missing a beat.

 

[USMCsniper]

There is something in spit that helps clean which is why it is so good on black powder. Have you ever used a spit patch to wipe off black powder residue around your lock? It works great, even on that hard crusty stuff under the frizzon.
When I am on the fireing line for any length of time, I occaisona;y wipe my bore with a spit patch and it seems to work great.

Spit is the UNIVERSAL SOLVENT according to an old time muzzleloader friend who shot competitions in the 70s. I've used it for patch lubricant and still use it for cleaning between strings of shots, if I don't feel like breaking out the Butch's Bore shine. But only use it as a patch lube for target shooting. DO NOT use it for hunting; left for an extended period of time it will rust your bore :shake:

If you left it long enough wet enough, it may even be able to freeze your charge, :huh: ?

I use conicals for hunting so no worry to me. Now for plinking you cant beat the ball and spit on pillow ticking. :imo:

 

I use conicals for hunting so no worry to me. Now for plinking you cant beat the ball and spit on pillow ticking. :imo:

Roundballs are great for "plink'n" all sorts of critters big and small, too!! :haha:
As I mentioned before, I use "spit" when competition shoot'n, and a bear-oil/bee's-wax mix for lube when I hunt!!

Have'n taken elk, moose, black bear, antelope, whitetails, mule deer, caribou,... with roundball over the last 30+ years, I have never fired a conical out of any of my muzzleloaders because roundballs perform so well.

YMHS
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[musketman]

As I mentioned before, I use "spit" when competition shoot'n, and a bear-oil/bee's-wax mix for lube when I hunt!!

Have you ever got confused and stuck a bear-oil/bee's-wax mixture lubed patch in your mouth to apply spit to it?

 

As I mentioned before, I use "spit" when competition shoot'n, and a bear-oil/bee's-wax mix for lube when I hunt!!

Have you ever got confused and stuck a bear-oil/bee's-wax mixture lubed patch in your mouth to apply spit to it?

Yep!! :thumbsup:...... "once"!! :haha:

YMHS
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