Hello All,

[Don McDowell]

Doug I love shooting paper patch, I'm one of the few folks that have ever launched into the national matches shooting patched and come home with a medal for my efforts. But with that said, I really think when a person is just starting into learning the art of shooting blackpowder cartridge, the greaser's are the way to go. It shortens up the learning curve substantially.
While it is possible to slap together a patched load capable of minute of rock or half minute of deer, if a person gets dead nuts serious about accuracy with patched, there's a lot of things that have to be done just right and with boring repletion.
Your Shiloh will shoot patched just fine as it comes from the factory, but you will have to resize after every firing, and you'll need to wipe every shot, as the standard chamber can give you fits with paper rings.
Besides these old timey rifles are like Lay's potato chips you can't have just one,,, and if you try patching and like it the next one needs to be a dedicated patch gun (with the possibility of going to greasers just to keep your sanity if necessary)