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Paul,the 19th century match shooters din't use the lube disc either. In fact, a set of instructions from the Sharps Company advised the comp shooter to use a piece of NEWSPRINT for the over powder wad. I think the main difference is that many comp men run a bore hog through quite frequently (and 19th century instructions appear to bear this out) whereas the hunter (back then or now) does not. Keeping the fouling soft for a long string of buffalo killing shots seems to require more lube that helps that. I do it because it makes it easier to run a dry patch down the pipe and get most of the offending fouling out with ease. I actually don't have to run a patch down the bore for at least 10 shots, Sharpsguy gets a lot more. But he is WAAAAY ahead of me on this.