Not a stupid question at all Flounder. You made me go and look through my target file to see if I had used thinner patches with a .575 ball before.

DANG!! My memory isn't worth a hoot. Shoulda` checked that file sooner. Look at these targets from June of 2010 with .016 patches.





I do shoot the 54s more Bronko. There's just something satisfying about shooting balls you've cast yourself. Besides, the more you cast the more you shoot.

I got a call from my roofing buddy a half-hour ago telling me he has another sixty pounds or so of soft lead roof jacks sitting in his shed waiting for me to pick them up.

See breathing in all those lead fumes is affecting your brain. You better send some of that lead to me.
PS: What's with the one ball always away from the group? You better teach all your balls to 'stay between the lines'.

I always feel obligated to put one shot out of the group just to prove I'm human.

You're lucky you have a lead source. That .016 patch looks good. If you will shoot pre cut, I have a bunch of .015 if they would work for you.

Thanks for the offer Cayugad. But I have a lot of that .016 stuff. It's from a linen table cloth I got a few years back for a few bucks from a GoodWill, Red White & Blue, or Salvation Army store. Can't recall which. Anyway, that sucker was about eight feet long and five feet wide. That's a LOT of patch material. The neat thing is it has a pattern of colored squares that make it real easy to cut patches by following the pattern lines.