nchawkeye once the barrel is clean after a few swabs the bullets goes in great and the patches go in great its just the first swab after you shoot the gun. underclocked i checked the breach plug out before i put it in the gun and it looked really good no signs of been eroded. The patchs slide real good until i get to where the bullet sit and then you have to really push the rod to get it past this point then its all you can do to pull the patch out. If not for t handle i dont think you could get it out.