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Offline McLernon

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Linen Patches
« on: May 02, 2008, 08:22:04 AM »
Anyone try linen for patch material. I can't find pillow ticking of the right thickness anywhere.

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Re: Linen Patches
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2008, 09:51:28 AM »
Linen will work fine, that's what was used prior to cotton being used over here...It needs to be a good tight weave...

Just curious, what thickness are you looking for??? I've found precut patches in .010...015...018 and .020...

All I use anymore is the ticking from WalMart, haven't miked it but it feels like .018...

btw...Some  guys over at www.muzzleloadingforum.com use cotton drill fabric from JoAnne fabrics, it is suppose to run on the thin side...

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Re: Linen Patches
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2008, 04:46:14 AM »
Good linen is a bit hard to find, most bed "linen" is actually cotton or cotton synthetic blend. I bought an assortment of linen fabric online and of the four I bought only one was a good tight weave and that measured .020" thickness. However, I soon found that linen does not compress as much as cotton so that the loading effort, ie: tightness, of the .020" linen canvas was very similar to cotton canvas of .028" thickness. Linen was the preferred material for patching back when muzzleloaders were state of the art firearms but you'll need to do some searching and experimenting to find a good linen patch cloth today.
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