Too hot and windy to shoot here in KS. I've been knocking off the " Honey Do " projects and have had a little time to mess around with the guns.

I'm trying to get my hands around the erosion rate on BP's and Vent Liners. With no way of actually measuring the hole size, I could do little more than ponder.

While at Home Depot for another project, I swung by the welding section. They had an acetylene torch tip cleaner kit which had cleaning wires for a wide range of sizes. It's made by Lincoln Electric and cost $3.97



Right next door were tips ranging from .025 to .035. A quick bit of trial and error and I found the the 5th largest wire is .035 and the 6th largest wire is .030. I had to go down to the 9th to get to .025.



Anyway, I thought I'd share in case others are interested in a quick and cheap way to get a handle on the hole dimensions. It will double as a cleaning tool so I feel it's worth the $4.

FYI - My Lehigh Vent Liner shows no wear with 200+ shots. I still can't get the .030 wire through.