noelf2
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Yup, and muskets, and pistols and revolvers and shotguns too, oh my!
I'd guess he got that from kwhi's post in this old thread referenced above -
https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/loading-patched-balls-in-a-revolver.410840/
In reading that thread it seems kwhi43 was saying the practice of fully wrapping a ball was done with success. I don't think he meant a typically patched round ball, which would obviously get stripped off at the forcing cone. I mentioned early on that the ball would have to be fully wrapped for the patch to be effective beyond the forcing cone, but I wasn't understood. Anyway, it seems the consensus is that it's either dumb or not worth it to patch a ball in a revolver cylinder, unless you have no other options.