oldsmellhound

You know, I never really knew what the crud ring really was until this year. For the first 5 years I used a muzzy, I just had a .45 cal CVA Hunterbolt. Always shot loose T7, and never got the "true" crud ring. I mean the gun would get a little more difficult to load after 3 or 4 shots with no swabbing, and accuracy would suffer, but that was it. I can shoot 20 times with no swabbing easy.

Then I got a CVA Wolf and it was only slightly worse.

This year I picked up a Knight Vision and discovered for real what this crud ring is.

I think the design of each gun, as well as several other factors can make a big difference.