I cut patches out of old t-shirts too. I have used old socks, but I've had them get stuck also. It's a real pain in the butt when that happens. I've even had them hang up with the breech plug out of my inline. It buched up on the threads and I had to tap the ramrod on through with a piece of dowel rod!

If you have an older ML that's hard to get the breech plug out and the ramrod gets stuck while cleaning, you can take a leather sling or bootlace and wrap it around the end of the ramrod with the butt of the gun on theground / floor.Then cinch it tight by pulling to each side usingboth hands till it's super tight. Then pull upward while holding the gun with your knees, or have someone hold onto it. Just watch out! I did thatwith my old T/C Carbine and it slipped off and I busted myself in the face and about broke my nose!!!

chris