I shot new gun, .72 double rifle cap lock recently for my initial sight in, noticed all my patches ended up about 15 yards out, completely intact. They looked so good I am tempted to reuse them. This struck me as odd because I have rarely found more than fragments of patches when shooting my other muzzleloaders, a .54 cap lock and .45 flintlock, although I have not really looked very hard. This is with all different types of patch types generally 0.1 or 0.15" either strips cut at muzzle or precut, usually prelubed, have not tried spit patch. The intact patches were precut, prelubed from Maine Powder House.
My question is: is this a good or bad thing to have intact patches, have I been doing something wrong all along?
My question is: is this a good or bad thing to have intact patches, have I been doing something wrong all along?