Patch height-width-in other words I am done experimenting.

[Dave Roelle]

Dave how were your results at the last shoot? bobw

Hi Bob:

Interesting for sure---------cleaned the pigs and a couple of turkeys and a couple of rams----------this is all with one damp patch, and a chamber wipe that gets about 2 inches of barrel dried as well

Sooooooo-------the load/fouling control seems to fail past 300 meters, i haven't tried drying the entire barrel yet---one damp patch followed by a dry one to see if that improves things between 300 and 500 meters.

We shot a buffler match last time i made it to the range, 821 yards steel buffler with i believe a 24 inch "gong"-----5 shots---4 hits two of which were "gongs"

I wiped one damp and two dry patches, i simply had more time to work on fouling between shots.

Soooo at ranges past 500 meters things straightened up with the dryer barrel condition

I'm playing with thinner papers and perhaps a wiping system that gets the damp patch and a drying patch in one stroke----kinda like a bore pig but just carrying patches, when i get time to do some lathe work i'm going to experiment a bit with that idea.

Whitetail season if open now in Texas so that gonna take away from experiment time.

Keep well and stay safe

Dave