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How tight should the patch and ball be?

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Post by Winterh 27/01/22, 07:51 pm

Take the diameter of your ball and multiply it by 3.1416 ( pie) . That gives you the circumference. Reduce that by 25% and you got it.
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Post by Bronko22000 27/01/22, 09:00 pm

In a perfect world that would work but we, or should I say I, might have a rough time putting the ball directly in the center of the patch. I'd like a little room fro error.

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Post by deerstalkert 13/02/22, 10:27 pm

i make my patches so they just drape over the muzzle . i think my patches for the .54's are right at 1 inch. being just the same diameter of my barrel i lay them on the muzzle evenly and the ball goes centered by its self.
but then i can't hit squat so maybe that's why. to small patches?

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