Hey guys,I've been lurking for a good while and just want to say that ya'll seem like a good bunch of guys. I've learned alot just snooping around on here. Anyway,I've got a strange problem that I'm hoping someone can help me with. I have a brand new T/C Hawken .50 cal.in flint that I shot for the 1st. time on Sunday. After my shooting session I cleaned the barrel in hot soapy water with jag/patch just like I do my other rifles. I then rinsed with patch/jag and clean water and then I proceeded to patch the barrel dry. The first dry patch went down and came back out good. The second dry patch went down smooth and jammed on the way back out. I could push it back down easily but I could not get it to come back out. I poured water down the barrel to wet the patch again and worked it back and forth a little and it finally came out. I then switced to a different jag and tried to patch it dry again and the same thing happens again!! By now I'm really frustrated because there I sit with my brand new rifle barrel rusting inside while I've got a ramrod stuck in the barrel and can't get it dried and oiled.(I'm anal about my guns) :cursing: After finally getting my ramrod out the 2nd. time I wound up having to spray a ton of WD-40 down the barrel and flushing that around in there and forcing the water out that way before lubing with Remoil.I have been muzzleloading for about 10 yrs. and have 4 other rifles and have never had this problem before.(I've had patches stuck in fouling before,but never in clean barrels).I measured the 2 jags with dial calipers and there was 5 thou. of an inch difference between the 2 (second one was smaller)and they both did the same thing. I also tried different patch material that was thicker and had the same result. Basically,if my barrel or patch is WET (with either water or lube) they slide in and out easily.If the barrel and patch are completely dry they slide in and out easily as well. The problem comes somewhere between wet and dry.You can feel the patch getting tighter as the barrel gets drier, but I can easily run a completely dry patch in the completely dry barrel.Does anyone have any experience with this and can someone please help?? THANKS IN ADVANCE and I will return the favor one day,I promise!!!
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