Cotton, soaked and well wrung out with melted Bore Butter
Shots all within a 9" circle at 50 yards (so needs work)
7 shots in order...........
Shots all within a 9" circle at 50 yards (so needs work)
7 shots in order...........
Need more information. Patch thickness, ball size, powder load and make of powder.
The patches are horrible.
Looks like a muzzle cut I saw several years back, but the above info would be needed.
I suspect your crown needs polishing as well as the rest of the bore, unfired barrels have a lot of little burs that r. I saw one of these homemade "crown cutters "and made one to use , it cuts a perfectly smooth centered crown with 220 grit paper. I rotated the drill from 12-3-6-9 every 5 seconds to have even pressure all the way around, I only used the weight of the drill to cut.
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Any chance the patches are a cotton blend instead of 100 percent cotton?
As for the bore, a small piece of green scotchbright pad used like a cleaning patch ( you will need a smaller jag) run up and down the length of the bore 50-100 times with smooth everything out.
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