I haven't seen this question posted,so I'm going to ask it. When I inspected the patches after shooting the Deerstalker flint, they all look good. The load was 50grs of Goex FFFg,lubed patch and a 490 RB.
When I inspected the patches after shooting the Traditions Hawken percussion, they were almost ripped apart, the centers had holes. The load was 40grs of Pyro P, lubed patch and a 490RB.
The RB, lube and patches were identical, RB cast from WW, lube 4 parts olive oil 1 part bee's wax and patch made from .010 cotton scraps from wife's quilting. The only difference was rifle, powder and the amount. I did wipe every 3rd shot on the flint but didn't wipe on the side-lock.
Is this normal, or am I missing something. :hmm:
rex (westcoastBPgramps)
BP shooting is fun
When I inspected the patches after shooting the Traditions Hawken percussion, they were almost ripped apart, the centers had holes. The load was 40grs of Pyro P, lubed patch and a 490RB.
The RB, lube and patches were identical, RB cast from WW, lube 4 parts olive oil 1 part bee's wax and patch made from .010 cotton scraps from wife's quilting. The only difference was rifle, powder and the amount. I did wipe every 3rd shot on the flint but didn't wipe on the side-lock.
Is this normal, or am I missing something. :hmm:
rex (westcoastBPgramps)
BP shooting is fun