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Black Powder 200 Yard Shooting
Today at 5:46pm
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After a couple frustrating years of not getting consistently good accuracy with my black powder or duplex loads during the hot dry summer months here in the Arizona desert, I've decided give up on blow tubing and shooting dirty and go back to wiping the bore between shots for my two .32-40 rifles. 
For those black powder target shooters among us, is there anyone who can recommend a good water soluble lubricant that I can use to mix with water for damp wiping patches?
Thanks in advance for any help offered.
  

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Re: Black Powder 200 Yard Shooting
Reply #1 - Today at 6:22pm
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I'm a big believer in wiping between shots.
 
I have had the best results with a mixture of 10% to 30% NAPA cutting oil and water.  I wring out the patches using a potato ricer tool.  Be careful of how wet they are. Better to use more patches that are just damp than fewer patches that are soaking wet.

My 32-40's worked best to patch them with a couple of damp patches, then one dry, followed by one that was ever so lightly oiled with ballistol.   I haven't really been messing with BP in my 32-40's in recent years, but plan to start again very soon. 

Chris.
  
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Re: Black Powder 200 Yard Shooting
Reply #2 - Today at 6:33pm
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My second single shot rifle was a 45-70 Shiloh Business Rifle with a LONG throat/leade.  I worked up my best load using the NEI 349C bullet with a 'scraper' groove that I filled with lube (SPG).  Using Goex ctg powder I could regularly shoot sub 2" 200 yd 5 shot groups off the bench using an MVA tang sight.  I really regret selling that rifle.  I remember winning the 300yd match at Tacoma where sitting using cross sticks was the only position allowed and you had to have one hand on the sticks.  I shot a 97 3X to beat the best shooter at that time by one x. I used a blow tube exclusively.
That was the only rifle I had besides a trapdoor so I got very good at shooting it.
  

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