I've been told by some that Teflon coated patches are no good and season the bore with a layer that can build up in the rifling and be difficult to remove. Some others say Teflon coated patches are the next best thing compared to bore butter soaked patches. I've seen a lot of competitive rifle shooters use Teflon patches but not so many pistol shooters. Please share your thoughts and experiences, concerns and questions with me here on Teflon coated patches.
Teflon patches for rifle/pistol
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In my over 40 years shooting Teflon patches and making the Teflon sprayed
patching I will say that nothing I have ever found will beat it. Why do you think
it dominates the Nationals at Friendship? Now when it comes to the single shot
pistols it seems to be a different story. When I got my first real pistol for accuracy the Cimmarron Mark1 match pistol I thought I would use a Teflon patch. Wrong. Very hard to load and it didn't shoot worth a darn. I was trying a
bore size ball with .010 Teflon patch. This with a Green Mt. 45 barrel. I had to
make a lube up with 2oz water souable cutting oil with a quart of water. Some
call this moose milk, panther -CENSORED--CENSORED--CENSORED--CENSORED-, goat snot and so on. But it was the most used
patch lube at the Nationals before Teflon came on. It worked! With a bore size
ball and .017 thick patch the pistol would shoot 1 1/2 five shot groups at 50 yards. In other words , it will keep all shots inside the "X" ring at 50 yard on a
regular NRA 50 yard pistol target. I since use this lube in all our pistols, all calibers. Wet the patch and squeeze out enought to have a wet patch, but not dripping. Pistols just seem to be different than rifles in loading. In over 40 years
of shooting Teflon, I have not had any buildup in any of our rifles. You do want
to dampen the un-coated side with spit or water before loading. Just dampen not
wet. Hope this helps some.
Phil
patching I will say that nothing I have ever found will beat it. Why do you think
it dominates the Nationals at Friendship? Now when it comes to the single shot
pistols it seems to be a different story. When I got my first real pistol for accuracy the Cimmarron Mark1 match pistol I thought I would use a Teflon patch. Wrong. Very hard to load and it didn't shoot worth a darn. I was trying a
bore size ball with .010 Teflon patch. This with a Green Mt. 45 barrel. I had to
make a lube up with 2oz water souable cutting oil with a quart of water. Some
call this moose milk, panther -CENSORED--CENSORED--CENSORED--CENSORED-, goat snot and so on. But it was the most used
patch lube at the Nationals before Teflon came on. It worked! With a bore size
ball and .017 thick patch the pistol would shoot 1 1/2 five shot groups at 50 yards. In other words , it will keep all shots inside the "X" ring at 50 yard on a
regular NRA 50 yard pistol target. I since use this lube in all our pistols, all calibers. Wet the patch and squeeze out enought to have a wet patch, but not dripping. Pistols just seem to be different than rifles in loading. In over 40 years
of shooting Teflon, I have not had any buildup in any of our rifles. You do want
to dampen the un-coated side with spit or water before loading. Just dampen not
wet. Hope this helps some.
Phil
Thanks kwhi43. I did notice a lot of rifle shooters at friendship using them but I had talked to some people on the pistol line and it was a no go opinion. The reason why baffled me as I so no real difference between rifle and pistol: still a single shot barrel, a muzzleloader, patched and fired the same way why would some people not go for it? I tried it in a .45 cal Yazel flint. Shot decent. Made the loading way easier. I was using too big of a patch and the barrel on this one is choked I think.
The reason for the Teflon patch to be damp is so it will conform to the round ball better and seal the square corners in the rifling. In my rifles we shoot 454 in the 45. 408 in the 40 cal. This with .022 thick patching. A tight load indeed. But it
loads very easy and wins lots of matches.
As for as making it. Best advice FORGET IT!. Go buy it. When I was making it
I was buying the Teflon Green Food Grade from DuPont for 32.00 a quart. This
would spray about 14 yards of material. I used a paint sprayer and had to wear
a mask. If you get any of the surry into your lungs you will die. It is not a liquid
but a slurry. Forget about making it and just buy it. I will not make any anymore.
loads very easy and wins lots of matches.
As for as making it. Best advice FORGET IT!. Go buy it. When I was making it
I was buying the Teflon Green Food Grade from DuPont for 32.00 a quart. This
would spray about 14 yards of material. I used a paint sprayer and had to wear
a mask. If you get any of the surry into your lungs you will die. It is not a liquid
but a slurry. Forget about making it and just buy it. I will not make any anymore.
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I was having to dampen the patches because when they were dry they were burning through. Dampen them and they were staying intact with a good seal. Shot so clean you could almost reuse it. When testing new patches I retrieve them and look em over for burn through or tearing.
Jbar4Ranch
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I worked at a lead smelter for 23 years that also turned out "Food Grade Sulfuric Acid" as a by-product.birdshot said:
