Cleaning patches ; round or square ?

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Cleaning patches ; round or square ?

Posted: 4/20/2021 1:56:04 PM EDT

Another noob question. On most all videos of cleaning ML's they use a round cleaning patch to clean and lube the bore, and all the round 2" to 2 1/2" patches are marked as muzzleloader cleaning patches. Will 2" to 2 1/2" square patches work or are the round one preferred for some reason ? 2" or 2 1/2" preferred ? -Thanks

Posted: 4/20/2021 4:49:07 PM EDT

[#1]

It doesn’t matter

Posted: 4/20/2021 6:37:18 PM EDT

[#2]

I use square for cleaning. I guess it had to do with round patches for round ball so itmust have carried over to cleaning. But the old way was a patch pushed into the muzzle with a ball then the patch was cut. The patch could have started off as a square then became round.So there it is.

Posted: 4/20/2021 7:26:29 PM EDT

[#3]

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It doesn’t matter

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What he said.
So long as you keep it clean- don't matter.

Posted: 4/22/2021 11:46:39 AM EDT

[#4]

Square or round makes no difference so long as it will fit in the bore. I use a wad of Tow fibers whenever possible when cleaning real BP. Highly efficient.

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Cleaning patches ; round or square ?

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