You probably aren't sufficiently cleaning the fouling from the bore with the first patch. You want that patch damp but not soaking wet. I store my presoaked patched in a small glass jar or in a small women's powder case when in the field. The proper amount of moisture on the patch is seen when you can't wring any drops out of it by squeezing and twisting it. If your "damp" patch isn't sufficiently moist then you are probably not getting all the fouling out. I also use a T-handle on the rod - do you have one?

1. Damp patch (I use 50:50 isopropyl alcohol and WWF) down the bore in short strokes. Flip it and repeat. After 10 shots at the range I swab more thoroughly - swab once, flip and swab, then get a new damp patch and repeat.

2. Dry patch in short strokes.

Doing this I've never had a patch stuck.

To get a stuck patch out there are several options.

1. Buy a patch puller, which is nothing more that some curved wires on a tool that screwes into your ramrod. I take one in the field with me along with a ball puller and T-handle. Whith those three things I can remove a stuck patch or a stuck bullet and still keep hunting.

2. Pour a small amount of cleaning solvent or alcohol down the bore and it will loosen the patch and make it easy to pull out.