Beg, borrow, buy or steel Paul Mathews books on shooting B
P ctg. guns and paper patch loading. They're all good books to have.
: They are necessary reading & teaching literature for shooting 'dirty', that is, for shooting without having to clean the rifle often.
: My .50 3-1/4 and .45 3-1/4 went from 5" to 10" groups at 100 meters to 1" and 1 1/2" groups for 5 shots - dirty -without cleaning for up to 10 rounds minimum. I used tang sights with globed front aperatures, same as my modern target rifle.
: The final test of a lube/bullet/charge combo, as described by Paul, is to remove ALL of the BP fouling with 1 dry patch down the bore. His methods worked in my rifles.