After 8 shots today with the GPR, i did something i said i was gonna do.

I loaded up on a dirty bore and used a dry .018 patch wrapped up in a full size .530 round ball!

It went down almost as easy as a greased patch. I may do some shooting tomorrow with that set up just to see how the recovered patches work.

I've done a great deal of JB Paste in the bore, Aprox 300 strokes worth and then used the birchwood casey polishing cloth. That sucker is as smooth as glass now and the patches i recovered yesterday and today look brand spankin new.

We'll see how she goes tomorrow. Didn't clean the rifle today so i will just go off a dirty bore and see.

Sooner or later it's likely to bite you on the butt Devil.

Did you try it a second time? It would be interesting to see how a series of dry patched balls will group.

Consider this. I know of no historical record regarding dry patch loads (no lube or spit). Do you think there may be a reason for that? Now you're shooting a well polished bore of modern steel, which is certainly less porus than the old original iron barrels and probably smoother. Still, I've never seen a report of such doings at national muzzle loading shoots either.

We'll find out tomorrow. Its already loaded with a dry patch so i plan on just firing that off in the morning and then clean the rifle and shoot until it gets to the point where i will have to use a mallet to seat the round.