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is it justme and my ml.i can only shoot twice without cleaning the gun a third load just won't go down.i switched to power belts as i thought it was just plastic fowling.it helped some.sometimes with sabots i couldn't even get a second load down.

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I clean mine every shot too. It seems like last year the sabots were tighter than years passed. Several times I used a little bore butter on the sabots. I know your not supposed to need to, but when you can't get them down you have to do something.

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Spit patch/dry patch between every shot for me.

I do that since I can repeat the same cleaning regiment while hunting since spit is a readily available "cleaner". LOL

It does work well.

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Same here. Never have any troubles reloading.

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Yep, I always run a spit patch followed by a dry patch between shots. That nasty crud ring is a pain. You should have the same level of fouling between shots for the best accuracy.

Bulet suppliers swap to different sabots regularly. Probably a contract thing. So there is no guarantee that the bullet/sabot combo that shot well for you this year will shoot well if you buy a new batch in a year or so. You never know.

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Bulet suppliers swap to different sabots regularly. Probably a contract thing. So there is no guarantee that the bullet/sabot combo that shot well for you this year will shoot well if you buy a new batch in a year or so. You never know.

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Boy aint that the truth. When I find a sabot that works I try to stockpile at least 500 of them. They aren't that expensive and it's nice to know they're there when you need them.

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I spit patch and flip the patch to run it down the barrel. I can shoot all day and not have to clean and that is shooting BP, FFG with any bullet combination.

Running a patch down the barrel is not considered cleaning nor is using a patch soaked in solvent.

You may have a tight barrel and what will help that is to shoot 100 or so all lead bullets down that barrel, conicals that is.

Shooting a Sabot will not "polish/lap" that barrel.

Go buy yourself some lead and shoot a can of powder.

Your loading will become easier and your accuracy will improve.

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