If the truth be known I actually learned this technique from a group of Canadians that used to come down from B.C. And shoot with us. They all shot trade guns, and we had just discovered them. I’m sure our Canadian contingent will love the fact that we got sent home with our tails between our legs the first time we shot against them up in Oregon, and we were shooting rifles.
After burning a ton of powder, and getting no better, we decided they were cheating. So we watched them like a hawk, and took every opportunity observe them loading, and never caught them doing anything illegal. They even let us examine their trade guns (that was embarrassing) we found nothing.
I happened to be standing near one of the Canadian shooters that had a shooting bag that was very much like shooting bags the early natives had that had no flap over the open bag. I could look right into the bag, and what I saw changed my trade gun shooting forever. He had no wads, nitro cards, or patching, and his powder looked like 1F. I went home and played with my new found knowledge for a year, then went back to Coos Bay and gave them a real surprise.
If you don’t use the entire formula you’re wasting time, powder, and lead.
Hungry Horse