Old E residue

[mherth]

I just started using Old E and while pleased with the performance, I observe a couple of curious things.

First, when cleaning the bore after firing, I am getting a rust colored residue. The residue is peculiar to Old E and not a byproduct of lube, wad or neglect. Any ideas? Does this residue need to be removed? It is very difficult to clean the bore until the patch no longer shows the redish brown color.

Second, during a match this weekend, several people asked what was in my cartridges and my shooting partner's cartridges as they were getting hit with some granular material blowing back (we had a head wind on the line) from the discharge. I do not use any granular filler; only powder, fiber wad and bullet.

Thanks,
Dan

Dan, you didn't inadvertently mix some powders on the reloading bench did you? I've almost done that and as a result only keep one powder on the bench at a time. and am careful to check what's in the powder trickier as well when finished. I'm finding that it takes more patches to get the barrel clean after using OE compared to KIK and GOEX, but no red stuff.

Please post the results of last weekend's shoot. Thanks.