Just wondering if there is any concensus as to swabbing an inline between shots: with jag/patch? or borebrush/patch?

randyh, I use a jag and patch. Short/quick strokes are required which is easier with a jag. Not only that a jag/patch can be tight enough so I could see a brush/patch possible getting stuck..however never tried it. I use my brush sparingly forremoving plastic and other heavy fouling.

Jag/patch.

I've hear of both ways. If I had a hard crud ring build up, I would use a wire brush with a damp patch wrapped around that. I would then swab the barrel hoping the combination of the bristles and the wet patch would remove the crud better.

In my cases, I seldom have a hard crud build up because I shoot mostly Goex. So I use a cleaning/loading jag and damp patch followed by a couple of dry ones..

All you need is a damp patch. If you use a real wet patch and have any doubt that excessive moisture might have gotten into the breech plug, pop a 209 primer or two before you reload. Also I like to swab with an open action. That way if things are too wet you can see evidence of this by moisture coming through the breech. Then I push a dry patch down there and pop a couple primers to make sure all the moisture is out of these.

1) Spit/damp patch (not wet) down and up, flip and do again.
2) 50/50 mix of 99% Isopropyl Alcohol and Windex damp patch down and up, flip and do again.
3) Dry patch down and up, flip and do again.

=Very clean and dry bore ready for the next shot, easiest sabot loading and your most consistant point of impact for grouping.

Regards,

Tahquamenon

I started using a nylon bore brush (28 guage shotgun) with a damp patch wrapped around it fairly recently -and I think it is less likely to get stuck than a good tight jag. In fact, the old technique of working the jag/patch down the bore a little at a time doesn't seem to be necessary. Only problem I have seen is that the brush/patch swab seems to be more likely to let solution get down into the breech plug and nipple area - causing a misfire on the next shot. Using a sparing amount of solution seems to have solved this issue.

My Omega using 777 builds up quite a crud ring, to the point where the jag/patch would get stuck and I would have to pop the breech to push the rod through. I found that if I squirt a couple drops of #13 TC bore cleaner on a patch the crud ring just melts away. I follow that up with a dry patch and I'm good to go.