ORIGINAL: randyh
Hesitated to post this cause no matter how I word it, it will come out sounding dumb. I hear folks talking about running a spit patch down the barrel and then reversing the patch.Here's the dumb part..... do you just stick 1, 2 or ?? patches thru the slotted tip or do you somehow thread the patches over the tip so you also reach the face of the breech plug?
Told ya it would......
Many ways to do something, but I just use the caliber sizecleaning jag for the rifle which pinches/holds the patch in place during it's trip down and back up the bore;
To clean down into the tapered chamber of my patent breeches, I keep a separate rifle rod set up with a .30cal bore brush, anduse it to patch down into the breech...the brush bristles grip the patch so it doesn't come off...I do the same thing with lubed patches after cleaning/drying the rifle.