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Old 05-31-2015 | 01:56 PM
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Like Semisane, the down and out store as we call it, I picked up cotton sheets (striped too) for .50 cents each. So they had three and now I have them. Also cotton T shirts, and cotton socks with holes in them. I am so used to cutting a patch for a rifle, I do it almost automatically to size. With the T shirts if they are too thin, double them.

Funny thing, I used to get the Wal Mart bulk bag of patches but realized they were left over material from a T shirt making company. Then our local wal mart realized they were too cheap for a bulk bag and stopped carrying them and brought in some expensive name brand. Last bag of patches I purchased.
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Old 05-31-2015 | 03:11 PM
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Thanks guys!
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Old 05-31-2015 | 03:30 PM
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I go to Walmart and buy white flannel and cut my own to size. They are the perfect thickness for cleaning your bores.
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Old 05-31-2015 | 04:54 PM
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Regarding patches that are the perfect thickness.

If you wipe the bore between shots as I do, having a patch that fits well - not too thin, not too thick - makes the wiping a lot easier. I suspect those who really hate wiping between shots are using a patch/jag combination that's too tight.

I have jags in three different diameters for my .50's and two different diameters for the 45's and two for the 54's. Then I can use the jag that works best with the patches being used. I just mounted the jags in a cordless drill and turned them down a bit using a file while spinning the jag.
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Old 05-31-2015 | 05:28 PM
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I use a jag to load the bullet..... nothing else. All my patch use is wrapped around a bore brush.
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Old 05-31-2015 | 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Semisane
......I suspect those who really hate wiping between shots are using a patch/jag combination that's too tight......
No, not me. No need to, is why i hate to, and why i don't.
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Old 06-01-2015 | 05:31 AM
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Originally Posted by ronlaughlin
No, not me. No need to, is why i hate to, and why i don't.
Same here, no need to wipe with the Whites/T7 an Optima Pistol/BH209.
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Old 06-01-2015 | 06:19 AM
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I guess you guys who make your own patches don't put much value on your own labor?

I prefer to do more fun things with my time that make patches.

Like rag on guys on forums.
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Old 06-01-2015 | 06:36 AM
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Like you, I'm retired. My labor ain't worth squat.
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