Originally Posted by
robkayak
What do you use to soften the fouling? When I ram a 30% beeswax 70% lard patched ball down my Brown Bess; I push the softened fouling with it. This leaves a fairly clean bore for the ball to travel up. If I just drop the ball & tap the but, it will work for a few shots but the fouling builds up & eventually obstructs the ball. The accuracy of this latter method is best sumed up as 'His mind was as blank as a volunteer's target'
With the former method I can hit a man sized target (shooting from a rest) 6 times out of 10 at 100 meters.