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I use cold weather windshield wash year around. Ingredients are all compatible with black powder fouling in cold or hot weather. Water, liquid soap and alcohol. You only want the patch damp not soaking wet. I pull them pre-cut and soaking in the wash from a plastic bottle, squeeze them out and load.i was out today on a late season muzzle loader hunt and i shot off yesterdays load at a fence post cuz i was worried about condensation. i missed.
so i reloaded from my T/C speed loader and the T/C prelube patch was frozen solid. i had an H of a time getting the ball/patch down so i figure the patch was frozen in the barrel too and didn't lube the fouling. i also think the ball went out ahead of the patch ... ergo a miss.
at the end of the day i shot off the reload and it too was a miss.
so what does everyone do for a cold weather patch lube.
it was only about -14 degrees ... -20 at most.
thx