If you want some excellent cheap cotton patches, cut upyour old white cottonsocks that have holes in them. They make an excellent patch and it is a good way to get rid of the old socks. When I first started cutting up old socks, I even saved the patches, put them in an old nylon stocking and sent them through the washing machine on cold water cycle. Then I would dry them on the line by hanging the stocking outside in the air. If the patches were still damp when I shot my rifle, all the better for swabbing I figured. I would then reuse them until they were nothing but tatters. I finally got tired of that and I buy cheap cotton patches at Wal Mart for $2.00 for a large bag of them. Then I just throw them away.....