Tom as you already know shooting PRB's is just a hobby for Rondy season for me, so I am a long ways from being qualified for much here.

A couple of things that I have found in my attempts to master the art...

Really not knowing the size of your bore, i would still start with a 0.015 patch and I use regular cotton patches vs. the pillow ticking patches that most use. For me shooting with a couple three Remegades the cotton patches stay together much better than the pillow ticking. I also should say I am shooting T7 and with the heat generated by the T7 are probably most of the problem. I should also say that I have tried and re-tried the pillow ticking...

This is the patch I use.

http://www.trackofthewolf.com/Catego...Size=25&Page=2

OX-15-50-W Shooting patches, .015" cotton, .50 - .59 caliber, per 100, wonder-lube

I really like the Wonder Lubed patches and now they come in heavy foil packaged - to protect them from drying out.

I also use Caygad's 'Moose Milk' formula to produce some really good stuff. On the shooting site I add the 'Moose Milk' to the patches to dampen them further.

This has proved to be very successful for me.

These are my re-claimed patches and wads...




You can see the pillow ticking patches shot with the same load. They really do not looked burned up... just shredded.



Again I am a real ameture so I am sure you will get better advice... from others.