Square patches

[T Gregory]

Anyone ever pre cut square patches and use them instead of cutting at the muzzle or using round patches? Any disadvantages to this?

 

[64Springer]

IMHO square patches give you an uneven seating surface.

Four sides of the ball will have one pressure while the four hypotenuse sides will have more pressure because of the extra material.

And those hypotenuse tag ends may keep the bullet from exiting the muzzle the same way every time. The trick is to not have a giant sail catch the wind as the ball is trying to exit the bore.

A round patch has equal pressure all the way around the ball.

 

[Jaegermeister]

Square is all I use. The ball doesn’t give a s#!t.

 

[Erwan]

It depends, for what is it, it is mostly good enough for hunting and frequently a bit baddest for target shooting at fifty yards and more...
I don't think that it is very important to hunt with square or round patches and with more consequent loads than for target shooting...

 

[Flintlock]

I've been cutting patches this way since the square was invented and have not noticed a problem. I hunt small game with large bore rifles (head shots) and have not noticed a difference in accuracy.

 

[david w]

When I first started my muzzleloading experience, I thought patches had to be round. I soon discovered I could cut my own patches square. The only time I don't use square patches is when I decide to cut at the muzzle.

 

[1950DAVE]

Might save me 5 sec over my muzzle cut.

 

[david w]

Might save me 5 sec over my muzzle cut.

Yep, save 5 seconds. I prefer to use my neck knife. Especially after I switched to water stones. Be careful of your finger tips though! If you patches turn red, there is a root cause.

 

[Piquant]

I cut them square almost off but still connected. Pre-lubed in an old meds bottle and tear off as needed.

 

[oldwood]

My hunting and shooting buddy and I , were arguing this issue for 10+ yrs. , Round vs. Square patching. Extensive shooting , and experimentation exposed my overly cautious doubt , that round is more consistently accurate than square. I concede , square/round , no difference.

 

[Omahkapi'si]

I like a hexagon patch.




I have both square and round and don't notice a difference in the big hole in the target.

 

[1950DAVE]

Too wasteful.

 

[david w]

I like a hexagon patch.




I have both square and round and don't notice a difference in the big hole in the target.

There are some of us that has to be different. I like pentagonal.

 

[Omahkapi'si]

I bought a bunch of these little ones on sale at Cabelas a couple of years ago. They are quite nice and easy to use if you happen to come across them.

https://www.3riversarchery.com/traditions-lubricated-shooting-patches.html

 

[Flintlock]

I like a hexagon patch.




I have both square and round and don't notice a difference in the big hole in the target.

We really need to start a new thread on the obvious advantages of the Hexagonal patch. LOL Some might get all kinds of bent out of shape.

 

[david w]

We really need to start a new thread on the obvious advantages of the Hexagonal patch. LOL Some might get all kinds of bent out of shape.

Let's not rule out dodecegontal.

 

[Urban Coyote]

Recover some patches cut at the muzzle, if I remember correctly they're a lot closer to square than round.

Can we talk about blowing down the barrel again?

 

[Frontier's]

Actually it really depends on the shape of your barrel.

Round barrels should use round patches, octagonal should octagonal patches and so on.

Square patches from a round bore doesn't make sense, as a square shape obviously doesn't fit in a round hole. Even if you did some how beat that square patch down the bore, it will create uneven pressure and wobble all over the place on it's way out the bore.

 

[david w]

Actually it really depends on the shape of your barrel.

Round barrels should use round patches, octagonal should octagonal patches and so on.

Square patches from a round bore doesn't make sense, as a square shape obviously doesn't fit in a round hole. Even if you did some how beat that square patch down the bore, it will create uneven pressure and wobble all over the place on it's way out the bore.

In my hillbilly experience, the recovered "cut at the muzzle" patches seem almost perfect round to me. The outside of the barrel has no influence. All of today's barrel are round on the inside. I repeat, round. How about a hex to round barrel? What type patch woud that require?

 

[Frontier's]

In my hillbilly experience, the recovered "cut at the muzzle" patches seem almost perfect round to me. The outside of the barrel has no influence. All of today's barrel are round on the inside. I repeat, round. How about a hex to round barrel? What type patch woud that require?

The pushing daisy patches design was made originally for octo to round barrels.