Right Wade, I agree. I used to wipe between shots, as I was taught by a target shooter.
I read Daryl's tutorials (thank you Daryl) on not wiping and it made tons of sense to this engineer's brain. When you wipe, you push the grunge to the bottom of the bore. You then put the powder on top of that, and then the ball. When you fire, and wipe again, you drive more crud to the bottom of the bore.
When you use "wet patching" and no wiping, you put the powder in first with no wiping. Then the wet patch on the ball wipes the bore for you as it goes down. The crud goes on TOP of the powder, and get's blown out when the shot is fired. I also find the wet patch easier to push down the bore. I happen to use Hoppe's BP lube as it feels slipperiest to me when loading. Other lubes work great too.
I have had a lot less instances of delayed firing, or failure to fire with Daryl's method. I am not positive why, but I have suspicions.
Also, clean up is much easier. There is not a big blob of fire hardened crud stuck to the breech face. Additionally, if a person does not fully clean the bore, a thick plug of hardened crud stuck to the breech face can eventually build up to obscure the touch hole and stop firing altogether.
I converted to wet patching and haven't looked back. I hope this helps.
God Bless, Marc