Originally Posted by
Alex G.
So... being the newbee BP shooter that I am I have a question. When swabbing with your breech plug still in, either between each shot or between 3-5 shots... arent you just pushing all/some of the fouling down against the breech plug and enhancing the chance of clogging up the flash hole?
Gosh! I have never even considered it because I have never had any kind of problem with hunting or the range.
I use a damp windex patch at the range and a real spit patch hunting if necessary. The bigger problem exsits if the patch is to damp and leaves mositure in the barrel.
It has been my experiance that very little if any fouling actually get deposited down on to the breech plug. Most if not all of it is picked up by the damp patch. You can test this easily by just removing your breech plug, stand the gun on some paper and push a moist patch down through, doubt very much you will see anything fall out but the patch will be plenty dirty.
I say this but I must tell you most of my experiance is with T7 powder which does burn a little cleaner than real BP or any of the Pyros...
Another example might be a bullet that Doc White created that actually cleaned the bore as it was pushed down. Did not seem to create an ignition problem using them either.
Good question...