When and where to cut patches.

[wolfe28]

Okay, so I'm getting ready to try out my new front stuffer, and I have a question. When I cut my patch material, when do I do it, and where? Specifically, do I start the ball and cut the material even with the top of the muzzle, just a head of the ball (moving the knife perpendicular to the bore), or should I just sit the ball in the muzzle and trim the material off around the outside of the muzzle?

Finding pre-cut patches in the middle of a city is a pain in the neck.

Thanks

D

 

[Phillip Allen]

the short starter drives the ball just below the crown of the muzzle...then a knife is passed over the end while holding the excess patching taught...that's all

 

[wolfe28]

Thank you.

That's what I needed to know.

Thanks,
D

 

[Plink]

You can also get a punch and precut your own, or even use scissors and make square patches. Many folks cut at the muzzle and it's a traditional method. I'm too lazy for that so I precut my own.

 

[JediJJJ]

Even Lazier

I bet a real lazy man would just order pre-lubed patches on the internet and have them delivered to his door. Hey wait a minute, that sounds like me.

 

[Plink]

Oh, I'm definately that lazy! The problem is I'm also quite cheap! I shoot too many of them to order them precut anymore.

 

[dwave]

Or a step up from lazy and go to your gun shop if they have them.

(Me)