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Posted: 8/12/2010 3:00:05 PM EDT
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For an AR-15, 5.56mm.
1" round? 1 1/4 square? |
| I cut my own patches from scrap material from a woman's prison. Patches are usually 3/4" or so. Nothing exact in size. Small enough to fit down barrel but not too large. The material ranges from t-shirt weight to waffle weave material. Sometimes, pillow ticking. |
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Any size for me:
As I have come to strictly use nylon brushes and forgoing jags and bronze brushes. What works for me (YMMV): 1.) I start with a good large square patch. For me, any size really (usually for a .45). 2.) Next, I cut those into thinner strips. This saves me in the long run, as I have to use fewer patches. 3.) Next, I start one end at an angle near the end of a brush that fits the bore. I prefer nylon, as they're more resilient and last me longer using this method. I find this gets in the rifling grooves better than a jag, for me anyway, as the brush pushes the patch out in to fill the grooves. A metal (bronze, or whatever) brush will pierce the patch and nullify this method, for the most part, usually. 4.) I wrap the patch down the brush, slightly overlapping the wraps to hold the patch better in place. Then apply as prescribed in your general cleaning procedures. This works best in conjunction with a bore-guide (I'd hate to try to hold the patch in place moving it through the action/receiver). Illustrated is for a final dry patch. An individual could, at any point in this process, apply any solevents to the patch. 1.) 
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Wolf: I like to do that, but I never thought of cutting and winding in that angled direction. I just wrap 'em squarely. I'll give your method a try. I use nylon brushes too, because the bronze/brass brushes wont release the patch. The regular jags are a PITA to push through in comparison, and I never had to bother with the 'Is the grit on the cleaning rod eroding my barrel when it bows while I'm pushing it through' stuff (ETA: because I pull through, not push through) . OTOH, a Boresnake is nice, if you don't worry about tearing off the tampon string pulling it through.  |
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Any size for me: As I have come to strictly use nylon brushes and forgoing jags and bronze brushes. What works for me (YMMV): 1.) I start with a good large square patch. For me, any size really (usually for a .45). 2.) Next, I cut those into thinner strips. This saves me in the long run, as I have to use fewer patches. 3.) Next, I start one end at an angle near the end of a brush that fits the bore. I prefer nylon, as they're more resilient and last me longer using this method. I find this gets in the rifling grooves better than a jag, for me anyway, as the brush pushes the patch out in to fill the grooves. A metal (bronze, or whatever) brush will pierce the patch and nullify this method, for the most part, usually. 4.) I wrap the patch down the brush, slightly overlapping the wraps to hold the patch better in place. Then apply as prescribed in your general cleaning procedures. This works best in conjunction with a bore-guide (I'd hate to try to hold the patch in place moving it through the action/receiver). Illustrated is for a final dry patch. An individual could, at any point in this process, apply any solevents to the patch. 1.) http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu277/WolfTrack_album/Cleaning/Patchwork.jpg 2.) http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu277/WolfTrack_album/Cleaning/Patchwork2.jpg 3.) http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu277/WolfTrack_album/Cleaning/Patchwork3.jpg 4.) http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu277/WolfTrack_album/Cleaning/Patchwork4.jpg Wolf, I guess you're not concerned about the brush pulling crap back towards the chamber once you remove the patch? Surely you don't unscrew the brush each time you push it through, right? |
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Wolf, I guess you're not concerned about the brush pulling crap back towards the chamber once you remove the patch? Surely you don't unscrew the brush each time you push it through, right? In my experiences: The world is not going to end if I don't screw my brush/patch all the way into the rod. Fact of the matter, I hardly screw it in at all; using the rod itself to push the brush/patch combo through. Most of the time, by the end of each pass, it threads itself on only partially. Other times, it'll just fall clear onto the bench... 
It works for me.
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