loose noose
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Here I've been talking about shooting BP for several months, as well as building BP arms, favored cleaning proceedures, and never once have I mentioned what I use for lubed patches. In fact dry lubed patches. Back around January of 2003, I got some info in regards to Patching Material and how to, by a feller named Dutch Schoultz AKA Harold V. Schoultz. It's where you use pillow ticking, water, along with water soluble oil, and lay your strips out to dry on a flat surface to dry. The trick is to go with 2 parts of water, with 1 part of water soluble oil on up to 10/1. stir until you get the moose milk solution and cut the pillow ticking into 2" strips submerge in the solution, and set on a flat surface to dry. Once dry roll up the strips and place in a 35 mm film case to preserve. you might want to mark the end of the container exactly what you made, for example 10/1, 2/1, etc.once you've shot some of these loads to determine you're most accurate load, stick with it and watch your groups shrink. Mine for the .54 Hawkins is 4/1, for the .32 flinter it is 6/1, for my .45 Kentucky rifle it is 5/1, my newly built 50 flinter I haven't figured that out yet. Of course there are a lot of other variables, but ya might try this out.