I use teflon tape on my breechplug - no grease at all. I never pull the plug until I'm finished shooting and have gone through 40 or 50 shots in one session and hadno difficulty taking out the plug. Put enough tape on the threads so that the plug is a little stiff getting in. It makes a good seal.

When I'm doing my "clean barrel" load development, I use three or four patches(both sides) dampenedwith Butch's Bore Shine or Windex w/vinegar. The first patch is pretty wet, each following patch a little dryer. Then both sides of one clean dry patch. Then an alcohol patch. After that, the bore is in a fully clean state. Actually, the third damp patch usually shows very little to nofouling. But I only go through all of that for the final"clean barrel" sight in, andafter I've found the load I want to shoot. When I'm testing loads I use both sides of one damp patch and both sides of one dry patch between shots.

I still have someT7 on hand, plus some Pyrodex and JSG. Probably five pounds in all. When that's all used up I plan to stick with GOEX FFFg for all of my guns. So I'll be working some more with GOEX and the Mustang in future shooting sessions.

One thing I advise. Make a shooting plan before you go to the range, and be systemetic. Plan something like five three-shot or five-shot groups with the same bullet and sabot and different powder charges.Next time out, do the same with a different bullet, or a different powder, or with the best powder charge from your last session with different sabots. And keep your targets with the load and distance noted on them, ora good note book. Believe me, you will NOTremember what combinations you've shot or how they did otherwise.

I wasted a lot of time and powder early on with haphazard range sessions. Shooting two or three bullets of one kind, then two or three of another with a different powder charge,and then something else entirely different. Itwas kind of fun, but I really didn't learn a lot about any of the loads..