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Still waiting on the Knight order, So I got out the JB paste and went ahead and stroked the barrel of the 52 Disc Extreme went ahead and ran 50 strokes.Started with the spin jag and thought didnt seem like wasnt tight enough, so switched to the factory jag that came with the gun little better but still seemed to easy!! Then I got to looking seems the patches I ordered are CVA 2 inch patch vs the 2 1/2 inch they should have been. So seems like another issue again so anyhow they seem all full thin. Is there a thickness diiferance between the 2 and 2.5 patch? Are who makes a good nice thick 2.5 patch?


Jason

I use t/c 2 1/2 inch round patches and butchs 2 1/2 in square twill patches. The butchs work better in my 52

donjose

Jason, they should be 2 1/2 patches... they will work a lot better...

These are the ones that I use...

http://www.trackofthewolf.com/catego...m=OX-CLEAN-58M

Look at the line with this Part Number

OX-CLEAN-58M

These will be even a bit tighter but with the Spin Jag might be just right...

OX-GI-3M

a great patch material is white flannel you can pick up at just about any Walmart. I cut it into about 1 1/2 - 2" squares and with the proper jag is nice and snug. Now it takes a bit of time to cut a yard of material into these squares. especially if you don't have a roller cutter. I use a steel yardstick, a utility knife and a 1x4 for my cutting surface to cut the material into strips. Then my scissors to cut the strips into squares.

I'll be different. I use square 2 1/4" patches for .50 cal.

I do it about the same as you Bronko. Sometimes my "squares" look kind of funky but they seem to work just fine. I will buy a yard or two of the flannel and cut them into pieces out in the shop when I am having my morning coffee. I get enough patches from a couple yards to last me quite a while.

Sounds great,
Like I said seems like a little tighter might have been nice, but I think the 2 inch will work, I hope till I order some more cause come hell or high water as soon as the Knight order shows this Sunday will be smoke day :)

There's a company named Southern Bloomer Manufacturing Company that makes a variety of cleaning patches and muzzle loading patches.
Their .50 cleaning patches measure 2"X2" and come with 500/bag.
Their Universal Rifle-Pistol Cleaning Patches measure 2.5"X2.5" and come with 125/bag.
They also make 3"X3" shotgun patches and many other sizes.

http://southernbloomer.com/products.html

Southern Bloomer Mfg. Co.
1215 Fifth Street
Bristol, TN 37620

Phone: 423-878-6660

I normally do 2x2 squares.

I like the old army surplus patches, I bought several cases of the the last time I seen them at the army surplus place about 30 years a go. They are thicker than any of the for sale by a company patches I have seen. I think they are just right.
Also many thanks to the person who mentioned the new Elite Hoppes for Blackhorn it is just as good as he said. Sorry did not notice the name. First thing I tried that is better than Hoppes #9 mixed 50/50 with alcohol or Montana X Cowboy.

Wal Mart rips off the shooter by selling a bag of patches here, for $3.95. They claim there are 250 patches. Its nothing more then the ends off a T shirt from some factory they own, with the Winchester name on the bag. But you can cut numerous patches off one "chunk" of their patch.

They used to sell a bag for $1.99 and they were a thicker better deal. But those were discontinued I was told for these new "Winchester" patches. Wal Mart's constant rip off the consumer makes me kind of ill.

I cut them any size I think will fit. After years of cutting my own, I can hack off a chunk and make it work in the rifle. Other wise I use old cotton T shirts of mine. Old cotton socks... and any other thing made of cotton that I can cut up.

+1 for getting plain white cotton flannel by the yard at Wally World or your local fabric store. A cheap roller cutter (also at the fabric store) and 3 yards of fabric, you should be good to go for several years. About 2.5" square or thereabouts works fine.

Thats what I use too... they seem to work pretty good.

Those are really good patches. Gibson's stores sold them until they were driven out of business by China Outlets. China Outlets in Lawton sold them for awhile but no more: All they have now is thin cheap trash made in China.

Went to making my own patches from whatever is around. Am presently using a bag of my worn out socks. The material is thick and it works well.

I use Kleenbore. Pretty pricey at $12.00 for 500.

100% cotton. Made in USA.

Several years? You must not shoot much. I use them for my centerfires too, but I'm on my 3rd package of 2 yards in this past year, and I'm about done with it. That said, I do shoot fairly often.

So far that's what I do I buy the 2 yard packs of flannel at Walmart and cut them up. It's the cheapest I've found so far. I normally get white, but One time they had a light yellow on sale and I bought it, and this past time they had pink on clearance so I picked up a thing of it to use. The light yellow worked fine, so I don't see any reason the pink wont. If one of these isn't on sale though I use white.

I've also heard of using t-shirts and I suspect this is cheaper, but I've just never tried it.

I don't shoot as much as some, more than others. One square yard of cloth = about 207 patches ((36/2.5=14.4) x 14.4 = 207.36).

I only shoot BH209 so I only use the patches at the end of my session. 207 patches go a long way. :barmy:

I agree, use any light color on sale. I draw the line at pink.

I have a bunch of the Military cleaning patches. They work great. When I used BJ Bore polish I used a 50 cal swab. Then I cleaned it with the military patches.