Tried Balistol Water dry patch today. The first pic shows a 3 shot 35 yard group using 15 grains Swiss 3F a .010 patch and a .315 swaged ball using the dry patch method and a 7 to 1 water/Balistol mix. The second pic I use 15 Grains Swiss a .o15 Patch and a .310 swaged ball. For this target I aimed sitting the 1" orange dot on top of my front sight. Posted a new target for Pic #3 and shot the .010 and .315 Patch and ball combo again. Then for #4 I shot the .015 patch and .310 ball again. These two groups I aimed dead center cutting a 2" dot with my front sight. The .315 Ball and .010 patch loads nicely with out requiring a short starter while the .310 ball and .015 patch was tighter and required the short starter and was tight loading with the ram rod. Both loads shot equally well but I decided to see how long the accuracy lasted without any swabbing. At this point the barrel had not been swabbed for 12 rounds. I reposted target #1 with the 1" dot and went back to sitting the dot on the top of the sight. I fired a total of 18 more rounds using the .315 Ball and .010 patch combo so the final target has a total of 24 rounds in it with no swabbing. I really liked the results of the dry patch. No greasy oil on my hands or gun, Fouling was not a problem, Both combos produced good squirrel accuracy and the .315 ball and .010 patch loaded with no short starter so 1 less thing to carry in the woods. I am going to try this again in the next couple of days using Goex 3F for comparison but like what I am seeing so far.
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