I posted this picture on another forum in response to a question, so I thought I may as well post it here also.
These are some shot patches with Wonder Wads from my GP flinter using 95 grains FFFg.
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My wife says I'm totally nuts, but I think I'm Semisane.
Things I've Learned: (1) It's not possible to please everyone, but quite easy to piss everyone off. (2) If you love animals as I do, then you're not a vegetarian. (3) There's no need to act stupid, even if you're very good at it. (4) If you eat right and exercise, don't smoke or drink, you're going to die anyway.
amazing how good of a condition the patches are in with the use of a simple bore button...
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"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, a total wreck, screaming Yahoo, with a big smile on your face."
It doesn't seem to want to turn sideways, or get cocked. When I first started using them I would seat the button on the charge with therod before I loaded the bullet. Then I started just pushing the button in about 1/4" with my finger, loading the bullet, and ramming the whole works down together. I've never had one not go down flat on the charge. I can tell by the witness mark on the ramrod that the button is laying flat.
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My wife says I'm totally nuts, but I think I'm Semisane.
Things I've Learned: (1) It's not possible to please everyone, but quite easy to piss everyone off. (2) If you love animals as I do, then you're not a vegetarian. (3) There's no need to act stupid, even if you're very good at it. (4) If you eat right and exercise, don't smoke or drink, you're going to die anyway.
Heres a .018 pillow ticking patch lubed with borebutter. Recoverd from my GP with 90 grains FFg. I am going to try some TC prelubed .015 patches tomorrow after the Powerbelt testings. Got some all lead powerbelts to try out.
those patches look an awful lot like my dishtowels????
If you had a matching table cloth for those dishtowels, it may be the same fabric. Those patches were cut from a 48 X 72" table cloth I bought at a GoodWill second hand store for $2. They work great in both the GP and my Zouave.
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My wife says I'm totally nuts, but I think I'm Semisane.
Things I've Learned: (1) It's not possible to please everyone, but quite easy to piss everyone off. (2) If you love animals as I do, then you're not a vegetarian. (3) There's no need to act stupid, even if you're very good at it. (4) If you eat right and exercise, don't smoke or drink, you're going to die anyway.
Hey gander, are you cutting that pillow ticking into round patches? I used to do that. Found a simple square cut works just as well.
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My wife says I'm totally nuts, but I think I'm Semisane.
Things I've Learned: (1) It's not possible to please everyone, but quite easy to piss everyone off. (2) If you love animals as I do, then you're not a vegetarian. (3) There's no need to act stupid, even if you're very good at it. (4) If you eat right and exercise, don't smoke or drink, you're going to die anyway.
Shot Patches From The GP
If you had a matching table cloth for those dishtowels, it may be the same fabric. Those patches were cut from a 48 X 72" table cloth I bought at a GoodWill second hand store for $2. They work great in both the GP and my Zouave.
