Discovery !!!!

[rdnck]

I have always patched dry, and being left handed, I suppose I have always done it bassackwards. But here is my method, for better or worse.

I lay the dry patch down vertically with the sharp end of the tail pointed to my lower right. I lay the bullet on the lower end of the vertical facing patch with the nose of the bullet facing to the left. I roll the bullet away from me with my left hand while I hold the patch tight with my right hand. As the roll is completed, I hold the patch tight on the bullet with my left hand while I use my right thumb and index finger to roll the bottom edge of the patch over the base of the bullet. I twist the patched bullet against my thumb and forefinger, tightening the patch on the bullet, and immediately insert the patched bullet into the charged case mouth. There is no tail on the patch, and you can see a small circle of lead on the base of the bullet.

Works for me. Shoot straight, rdnck.