Teflon Patching

[max]

Does anyone know if Wayne Lamson is still making his "Tough Ass" Teflon patching"?

[Standing Bear]

Here is a phone number I have for Teflon patching.

820-935-2801

[Michigan Flinter]

 Wayne isn't making patching anymore .wish he would start up again I only have about a yard left  .I keep it in my safe and use it only for the chunk gun .

[max]

Very sorry to hear that. I'm in the same boat as you hoarding the last foot or so for matches. His product was exceptional.

[dagner]

  no he is out of business

  dag

[Osprey]

http://www.theminute-men.com/

Most of our group gets their Teflon patching from the above link, may be what you want.

[Kermit]

Whoa! Seven bucks for fifty patches? And then add on shipping? Maybe I'm not serious enough about squeezing out that last teensie bit of accuracy... 

[moleeyes36]

Never used Teflon patching, so I'm in the dark about them.  Since the patching is dry, how do you keep the fouling softened?  Do you need to wipe with a wet cleaning patch between shots?

Mole Eyes

[smylee grouch]

I use teflon patching in all my target guns and, yes I have to use a damp patch between shots. Every one else that I know who uses teflon also cleans between shots.

[Don Steele]

I've used it in the past, and as already noted..a wipe between shots with a "just damp" patch has always been required.
Thickness of the "wiping patch" and degree of it's "wetness" WILL affect group integrity, even with teflon material.

I haven't used it in quite a while, but I'm getting ready to give it a try again for bench shooting with my flintlock Hawken, once I get a few other issues worked out.
I've never spoken to anyone who has used a good quality teflon patch material who didn't believe it tightened their groups. It is pretty pricey, and probably not a good way to spend money until you have already worked out the other variables. IMHO.... it's not worth going to until you are routinely getting "one-ragged-hole" kind of groups and have reached the point where you need a little extra help shrinking the size of the hole.
Other's experience may vary...this is mine. 

[Daryl]

Don - that is good information. I keep having more variables to work out and now that the eyes are letting me down, well, it's getting more difficult all the time.

[plastikosmd]

I get mine from minute men. A yard goes a long way, good people too

[Kermit]

Thanks, Plasti, I'd overlooked the bulk sheet material. I'd want to cut my own anyway.

Did I see somewhere, maybe this site, someone describing making your own teflon patch material?

Just curious, but is teflon lying outside the limits of discussion for this site's traditional orientation? Seems pretty modernish, kind of like u----hammer actions.

[Standing Bear]

Here is a phone number I have for Teflon patching.

820-935-2801

Call Bonnie at the above number.

[D. Taylor Sapergia]

At the risk of departing a little from this thread, I had a guide/outfitter in the shop last evening.  He wanted to see the progress I had made on the Jaeger rifle on the bench, and a discussion on hunting ensued.  I showed him MY hunting rifle - the .62 cal Hawken which impressed him apparently.  We talked about hunting techniques for moose, when you are using traditional muzzle loading rifles.  His comment was 'why limit yourself when you could be using a Kevlar stocked in-line rifle with a scope?'  I tried to give him a feeling for the philosophy behind using traditional equipment, but I'm not sure I made any headway.  Some folks don't want to work too hard when a perceived easier way is available.  The use of the very rifle he was proposing is the culprit that killed our "Primitive Hunting Season" here, around twenty years ago.
I return you now to your regular programming.