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Message: <blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 4347836" data-attributes="member: 15054">Crud Ring is something you do not see but you do feel it.Clean barrel first loading I dump the powder in and tamp the butt of the barrel on the top of my shoe to settle the loose powder.Then insert bullet and slowly push it to seat firmly on top of the powder .The bullet  pushes evenly all the way down the barrel.Make a mark on the ram rod or just remember how deep that rod is in the barrel when sitting on top of that bullet when the bullet is all the way seated.Now after a couple shots and NO cleaning you may notice the ram rod pressure needs to be increased 2 fold to get the bullet all the way seated.Maybe 4" to go until it is seated maybe 2" to go but it is very hard to push that bullet down all the way then all of the sudden it goes and is easy to push down now for the last 1" or so.You just felt the Crud Ring keeping the bullet from seating all the way.Some people may think the bullet is seated at the crud ring. That is a bad situation as black powder needs  to be compressed.  So make a mark on that ram rod.</blockquote>