Wet patch problems?

[Wink]

Ive read in previous posts that a lot of you swab with a wet patch or spit patch between shots. Does this ever cause problems with igition?

 

If you get the patch to wet it will force moisture into the flash channel and cause ignition problems. A slightly moistened patch is all you need to clean some of the crud out. I just chew on a cotton flannel square and use that. If it is to wet pat it on your leg before shoving it down the bore.

 

[flintlockmdj]

Most use a damp patch rather than a wet patch, there is a difference.

 

[gmww]

I found that it can be if I don't follow the spit patch with a dry patch. It wasn't until the 5th or more firing without a dry patch that I start to notice the distinct pop.......bang. When I started using the dry patch, then it went away.

 

[Snuffy]

Ive read in previous posts that a lot of you swab with a wet patch or spit patch between shots. Does this ever cause problems with igition?

Spit patch won't - unless it contains old food/liquid consumed. It really all depends on what you used to make the patch wet. :hmm: Use a mild solution and not a gun oil or harsh cleaning agent.

 

[jtmattison]

Just stick the patch on your tongue for a few seconds and it will be damp enough to swab with.
Follow with a dry patch if you think it needs it.

HD

 

[Blivetmaker]

Some rifles will thank you for trying this: Mix Ballistol with 8 parts water. Yeah, I know oil and water, but ballistol is water soluable. Use this to wet the patch you shoot with and lightly blot so the patch remains good and soaked but drip free. In timed competition you don't have the extra seconds to wipe and this procedure works
just as well..for some rifles. The wet patch is probably not such a grand idea for hunting but at the range you shouldn't have the gun loaded more than a minute at most. :hatsoff:

 

[fw707]

Just stick the patch on your tongue for a few seconds and it will be damp enough to swab with.
Follow with a dry patch if you think it needs it.

HD

Yep, "damp" is all it takes.
If you run a dry patch first down a fouled barrel, it's likely gonna be tight and hard to get out.
If the load's gonna be sitting in the barrel for a while, like when I'm hunting, I use Crisco or a commercial lube of some sort.