ORIGINAL: stinkbelly
When you are running a patch through an inline, do you remove the breach plug and run it the entire distance or just from the muzzle? Also, when running a patch, are you running one of those 1 inch by 1 inch thin pieces of cloth? It doesn't seem like that would do much. I have been running a 410 guage swab through mine.
I only swab from the muzzle when at the range or hunting! I neverremove breech plugs until when done for the day, and am cleaning a fired rifle. (Many of my rifles have non-removeable breechplugs anyway!)
When swabbing from the muzzle, always use a muzzle protector to keep the rod from wearing onthe lands at the muzzle.
I use 2.5"X2.5" GI cleaning patches. These do a great job. I am not aware of any commercial patches that are as good as the GI kind!