Cleaning patches?
#11
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.
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.
#14
Boone & Crockett
Joined: Apr 2007
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From: River Ridge, LA (Suburb of New Orleans)
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.
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.
#16
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Aug 2008
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From: Rapid City, South Dakota



