what a difference
07-11-2010, 07:12 PM
#1
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: South Dakota
Posts: 147
what a difference
shot some round balls from my TC Greyhawk today for the first time, I started out with 80 gr. 2f goex .15 prelubed patch and .530 ball. shooting 50yds my group was about 4 inches, not good. Tried a different patch an old cotton patch that I lubed with CVA patch grease, stuff is probably 20 years old. Powder and rest of load the same only now I had a group size less than an inch. I never would have guessed that the patch could make that much difference. Anyone ever have this happen to them? Something so small make such a difference.
07-11-2010, 07:17 PM
#2
Banned
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Boncarbo,Colorado
Posts: 9,186
yeah i used bore butter, wonderlube, crisco and each one my patches were shredded and my group suffered. I used birchwood casey barricade, sprayed down the patches until they didnt soak up any more, squeezed out the excess and the patches came out of the barrel perfect, almost could reuse them again, groups shrunk greatly too.
Its always the small things
Its always the small things
07-11-2010, 08:10 PM
#4
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: River Ridge, LA (Suburb of New Orleans)
Posts: 10,917
All of the variables make a difference to some extent - patch, lube, seating pressure, bore condition (wipe/no wipe), powder (type & volume), trigger control, sight picture, how the gun is held (tight/loose/straight/canted), shooter's condition (relaxed/up tight), etc., etc. It's a damn wonder we ever get good groups. 
