So the problem I'm having now with my flintlock hunting rifle is the patches are being cut. I'm getting six nice, neat, symmetric holes in some but not all of my pillow ticking patches. This happens every time when I use spit patch, but when using a bullet lube of 60/40 olive oil and beeswax, sometimes it doesn't happen at all, or I only get a few holes, not all six. When it doesn't happen... I get a nice, tight group at 75 yards from a bench. I even tried a thin piece of greased leather, and got 6 nice, tiny holes. Not only does accuracy suffer, but the barrel didn't cut patches in the past....
It's a round bottom rifled, Colerain barrel, ten years old. Should I try to polish the barrel some way? How does one do that?
LD
It's a round bottom rifled, Colerain barrel, ten years old. Should I try to polish the barrel some way? How does one do that?
LD