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<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 2986300" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p>No reworking of the load.</p><p>I thought of the leather because I was burning patches and thought if I could avoid that accuracy would improve and I did not have</p><p>any felt or cardboard patches but I did have leather scraps.</p><p>I thought what if there was no spare cloth to use on your round balls 150 years ago what would those guys use.</p><p>I thought I bet they had spare trim pieces of leather from the hides they tanned.</p><p></p><p>Yea I probably put too much thought into it.</p><p></p><p>Buddy in Colorado has a large bore muzzle loader and tried all kinds of loads and patches and felt wads and other stuff to make it shoot.</p><p>It would not shoot at all... talking couch cushion at 50 yards.</p><p></p><p>I told him to measure the bore and I would make him some leather wads.</p><p>When he tried them he no longer hated the gun.</p><p>Less than milk jug at 50.</p><p></p><p>Worth trying that is for sure.. well if you have scrap.</p><p>Something else we discovered with the muzzle loaders is the crud ring issues.</p><p></p><p>Found out when we quit using Bore butter TC1000 we no longer got a crud ring.</p><p></p><p>Now I use 50/50 coconut oil and candle wax for my patches and wads, and to season the bore.</p><p>I have also used the same oil I use in my regular rifles like CLP and No crud ring.</p><p>I will never use Bore butter on stuff again.</p><p>Quite a few friends quit using it also,, found the same thing out.</p><p></p><p>Yea I am ate up with it.</p><p></p><p>The above picture with the full intact patches and 2 leather wads were recovered after shooting.</p><p>You could reuse the leather wads.</p><p></p><p>If it is too small of diameter you can tap it with a hammer on a hard surface and the leather will get larger in diameter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 2986300, member: 15054"] No reworking of the load. I thought of the leather because I was burning patches and thought if I could avoid that accuracy would improve and I did not have any felt or cardboard patches but I did have leather scraps. I thought what if there was no spare cloth to use on your round balls 150 years ago what would those guys use. I thought I bet they had spare trim pieces of leather from the hides they tanned. Yea I probably put too much thought into it. Buddy in Colorado has a large bore muzzle loader and tried all kinds of loads and patches and felt wads and other stuff to make it shoot. It would not shoot at all... talking couch cushion at 50 yards. I told him to measure the bore and I would make him some leather wads. When he tried them he no longer hated the gun. Less than milk jug at 50. Worth trying that is for sure.. well if you have scrap. Something else we discovered with the muzzle loaders is the crud ring issues. Found out when we quit using Bore butter TC1000 we no longer got a crud ring. Now I use 50/50 coconut oil and candle wax for my patches and wads, and to season the bore. I have also used the same oil I use in my regular rifles like CLP and No crud ring. I will never use Bore butter on stuff again. Quite a few friends quit using it also,, found the same thing out. Yea I am ate up with it. The above picture with the full intact patches and 2 leather wads were recovered after shooting. You could reuse the leather wads. If it is too small of diameter you can tap it with a hammer on a hard surface and the leather will get larger in diameter. [/QUOTE]
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