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Well gents I hate to brag but I think I struck gold! Found a nice chunk of my favorite wadding material! This is only one half of the piece. Next season’s squirrels are in trouble.
 

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Last summer I killed 91 wasps (I started counting because I could believe the amount we were seeing) around the house. Found one small nest, but couldn’t find any others.

This summer they really started picking back up and killed 37. Wasn’t until a recent hail storm revealed the 6 air vents on the north side of our house are loaded with nests. 6 cans of jet spray later, I have more wadding than I know what to do with
 
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I have heard of using wasp nest for patching but haven’t been around anyone actually using it. Do you cut patches for rifles, or is it used wadded up for shot?
 
I have heard of using wasp nest for patching but haven’t been around anyone actually using it. Do you cut patches for rifles, or is it used wadded up for shot?
I posted a thread sometime back in the percussion rifle section called “Wacky Shooting “. In this thread, I demonstrated how I use wasper nest for wadding in a .50 caliber rifle. I put in powder, a wad of nest, a bare round ball and topped off with another wad of nest. It does good out to about 50 yards, but you won’t get IdahoLewis accuracy at long range and you probably won’t win any matches with it.

I like to use wasp nest or jute tow the same way in rifles and smooth bores because it’s so easy to load. It’s not the same as using patched round balls, I just like keeping everything simple.
 
I posted a thread sometime back in the percussion rifle section called “Wacky Shooting “. In this thread, I demonstrated how I use wasper nest for wadding in a .50 caliber rifle. I put in powder, a wad of nest, a bare round ball and topped off with another wad of nest. It does good out to about 50 yards, but you won’t get IdahoLewis accuracy at long range and you probably won’t win any matches with it.

I like to use wasp nest or jute tow the same way in rifles and smooth bores because it’s so easy to load. It’s not the same as using patched round balls, I just like keeping everything simple.
Thanks! I’ll look that up. In my area, it would take two nests per shot. Now if a mud dauber nest could be used....
 
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