Most of my shooting at the range has been with spit patches. I read in another post that spit patches should only be used when the gun will be fired right after loading. This pretty much rules out using it for hunting. Is range shooting about the only time spit patches are usefull? I guess the long hunters and trappers didn't do it much, since they never knew when their next shot would be.
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When to spit patch
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shoould not matter if you are using a wad between the powder and all. :v
I believe that the problem with using a spit patch is not so much that it wets the powder as that repeatedly leaving the wet patch against the mild steel for extended time could cause rusting in the barrel.
Sort of on this topic, would using something like Lehighs cause the same problems as using spit? I have always used mink oil or bear grease for my lubrication.
Sort of on this topic, would using something like Lehighs cause the same problems as using spit? I have always used mink oil or bear grease for my lubrication.
I thought the main problem with spit patching and then leaving the rifle loaded was that the patch would no longer be lubed when fired. If all the spit evaporates off before being fired that would be just like firing a PRB with no lube. Is this the big problem with spit patch?
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Yes, but the main problem is a rusty ring you get where the ball is seated when the patch dries out in the barrel. You will work that much harder to get the crud out of a gun that is fired with a dry patch. ( I am not referring, of course, to a patch that has a dry lube in it.)
I don't spit patch at all. I ain't about to go chawin' on cloth, and it's a dry climate here anyway so I don't know that it would do much good. I prelube patches at home. I carry some spare dry patches and my lube in case I run out of prelubed ones. I prefer to keep things as consistant as I can so I use the same prelubed patches to hunt with.
