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    Patch Lube and Seasoning

    I'll leave one last thought. One of the purposes in using natural oils/fats in BP shooting is to soften the fouling. If it gets blown out and/or fully combusted then there would be no residual grease in the barrel to soften the remaining fouling. So not all of it gets combusted or blown out of...
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    Patch Lube and Seasoning

    So what are you talking about when you say try to "season" them? Are you talking about coating and heating? If you are talking about using fat/oil on patches and shooting then you just admitted that it does season the barrel. Which is it? And who coats and heats their barrel like a frying...
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    Patch Lube and Seasoning

    You're right. It's just your argument not proof. I don't know and neither do you. It's your guess based upon your assumptions of what is going on with grease and combustion inside a barrel. Not good enough for me. Keep talking, but like I said at the outset nobody really knows for sure...
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    Patch Lube and Seasoning

    Ha, ha. Nope on the blackpowder/frying pan test. I like my barrel cross section idea better. Besides, too many different variables between a frying pan and combustion within a pressurized barrel, i.e., holding a frying pan over a steady flame versus a combustion reaction that takes a mere...
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    Patch Lube and Seasoning

    I'm thinking too. You make a point here. You are right that there is probably some combustion of the oil and fats at that high a temperature. But a combustion reaction is a complex thing and temperature profiles are going to vary within the barrel. It would be interesting to model. The...
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    Patch Lube and Seasoning

    BP combustion temperatures are around 2800 F (see attached p. 27 1549C BP combustion temp). That is much higher than the 500-600 F typically used in seasoning frying pans. And polymerization reactions are going to occur in a fraction of a second at that high a temperature. You can't say that...
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    Patch Lube and Seasoning

    Ok. No one seems to understand my point. If you are using natural oil/fats as patch lube YOU ARE SEASONING your barrel. BP ignition is darn well hot enough to polymerize/crosslink fats to form a polymer coating on the inside your barrel just like a frying pan. The whole iron/steel...
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    Patch Lube and Seasoning

    I've been reading a lot of posts and I'm putting this out here because I see all sorts of conflicting information to the point where I'm really irked about it. I know this has been covered before but I haven't read anything that really satisfies me or makes me think anyone really knows what...
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    New to Smoothbores with Questions

    SMO, That makes me feel better. I'll have to measure the bore again. I measured it when I first got it but now can't remember what the actual dimensions were. Seems like it was slightly less than .62 I want to say 0.617 but not sure. Sounds like I just need to work with some different...
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    New to Smoothbores with Questions

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    New to Smoothbores with Questions

    Thanks for the input guys. This helps.
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    New to Smoothbores with Questions

    I recently acquired a 20 gauge flintlock (my first smoothbore) and have questions. First, when I clean with patch and jag (20g), the first 2-3 inches seem really tight. Sometimes difficult to even get started through the bore. Once I'm past that initial point it is smooth sailing. Is this...
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