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Have fired my Lyman great plains rifle for years with exclusively the .0015 thickness patches lubed with good Ole bore butter. And either soft .490 round balls from Hornady and as of more recently my own hand cast balls which measure up the same. I have been utilizing Triple Seven FFF propellant for just about this whole time (15+ years) Target loads are 65-75 grains or so, and Hunting deer typically 85 grains.
I've always been able to shoot about a 3" grouping at 50 yards. Sometimes the group is slightly better, and sometimes slightly worse. To me, this is acceptable for the ranges I hunt whitetails out to, I'll shoot about 50-60 yards at most. The traditional style setup has served me very well, and I've never wanted to move to an in line.
As of recently, I was doing some target shooting and using some .0010 thickness patches. They simply are easier to ram the ball, especially after 4 or 5 or more shots. Period. So I told myself if I'm going to do a volume of fun shooting with friends (typically bust out the BP on the 4th of July) that I'd use these thinner patches for that purpose....because I can get more shots fired without having to clean.
Recently, I was using these thinner patches to "warm up" for deer season, and noticed the accuracy is approximately the same as im used to. I did retrieve some of the patches, and unfortunately all of them are chewed up to bits....which is not ideal.. not just holey, but pretty fragmented into pieces.
1) Do I not worry about it and utilize this combo w/ thin patches for the season? Accuracy is acceptable...
2) Should I be concerned with chewed up fired patches, and order some more .0015 patches and resight in?
I've always been able to shoot about a 3" grouping at 50 yards. Sometimes the group is slightly better, and sometimes slightly worse. To me, this is acceptable for the ranges I hunt whitetails out to, I'll shoot about 50-60 yards at most. The traditional style setup has served me very well, and I've never wanted to move to an in line.
As of recently, I was doing some target shooting and using some .0010 thickness patches. They simply are easier to ram the ball, especially after 4 or 5 or more shots. Period. So I told myself if I'm going to do a volume of fun shooting with friends (typically bust out the BP on the 4th of July) that I'd use these thinner patches for that purpose....because I can get more shots fired without having to clean.
Recently, I was using these thinner patches to "warm up" for deer season, and noticed the accuracy is approximately the same as im used to. I did retrieve some of the patches, and unfortunately all of them are chewed up to bits....which is not ideal.. not just holey, but pretty fragmented into pieces.
1) Do I not worry about it and utilize this combo w/ thin patches for the season? Accuracy is acceptable...
2) Should I be concerned with chewed up fired patches, and order some more .0015 patches and resight in?