Bore cleaning tools

[Fast14riot]

Without reinventing the wheel, I'd like to ask for some opinions on various styles of jags for bore cleaning.

I've always used Tipton jags, slotted tip jags and bronze brushes on a 1 piece carbon fiber rod (home made). I'm now getting into a totally new caliber for me and need to buy the appropriate size accessories and am looking at some other options.

Parker hale style (wrap patch around jag)
Tipton extreme jags (non brass)
Should I use a slotted type at all?

Anyone know of a caliber specific kit that has brush, jag, mop, etc, but all for one caliber?

6mm is the new caliber for me, btw.

I do have a bore guide, good chemicals, and a decent routine/habit for cleaning, just looking for the tools.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

No slotted- use a pierce type

Shown: Dewey Aluminum Jag

 

[Fast14riot]

No slotted- use a pierce typeView attachment 1179913

I do use that style, but always with a slotted type as well. I use the slotted for wetting the bore, the regular jags I use for cleaning out the bore of residue.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

No need for a slotted one just put that pierce style on a rod and leave it. You can use it for any patching operation. Slotted jags are for shotguns

 

[Martin52]

I find the parker hale jag the best when a tight fitting patch is needed to properly get into the grooves. Just make sure the rod is turning.

A spear point or tipped jag is good for a looser patch such as when applying solvent.

Martin.

 

[Willie]

I like the Bore Tech spear type, so it doesn't react to solvent, so no false blue on patches.

 

[Texas10]

An all in one kit, that'd be cool! I wet the bore with a bore mop, let it soak and then bronze brush it and patch it out. Then verify with Teslong camera especially in the throat.

Have you tried using VFG felt pellets? The super intensive style has threads of bronze woven in to scrub the bore clean of carbon. They are caliber specific and require a special jag but really do the job.
https://www.brownells.com/gun-clean...ts/weapons-care-system-pellets-prod13839.aspx

Parker hale jags are great, but in terms of aggressiveness to get carbon out, a bronze brush wrapped with a patch soaked in carbon killer is first, then VFG pellets wet with bore polish. A Borescope camera will tell you what works and what doesn't. Without that I was just shooting in the dark and was quite shocked the first time I was able to a shine light in the bore and get a close up look.

 

[Whisky Tahoe Foxtrot]

Boretech or Tipton Ultimate jags will not react with solvent so you know the blue on your patch came from copper in the barrel. check your cleaning rod for brass connectors. They can leave blue trace as well.

 

[hpshooter]

"Boretech or Tipton Ultimate jags will not react with solvent so you know the blue on your patch came from copper in the barrel."

Dewey also makes aluminum jags and rods with an aluminum feral to eliminate false indications of copper.

I have to mention that my new .222 barrel from Douglas has shown NO copper after the first 5 shots, now up to 35 rounds fired. Thanks Stan.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

"Boretech or Tipton Ultimate jags will not react with solvent so you know the blue on your patch came from copper in the barrel."

Dewey also makes aluminum jags and rods with an aluminum feral to eliminate false indications of copper.

I have to mention that my new .222 barrel from Douglas has shown NO copper after the first 5 shots, now up to 35 rounds fired. Thanks Stan.

The one i posted the picture of was a dewey aluminum. I like them better than the other various non brass offers. They have better shapes and angles that you dont realize how nice they are until you use one compared to the others

 

[quest450]

I like the 21st Century nylon cleaning jag

 

[powderbrake]

I like the Dewey " Copper Eliminator" series of jags, brushes and rods. All are totally copper free, so when you use them, and you see blue on the patch you KNOW it if from the bore.

https://deweyrods.com/product-category/gun-cleaning-individual-rods/copper-eliminator-series/

 

[farmerjohn]

I like the Dewey " Copper Eliminator" series of jags, brushes and rods. All are totally copper free, so when you use them, and you see blue on the patch you KNOW it if from the bore.

https://deweyrods.com/product-category/gun-cleaning-individual-rods/copper-eliminator-series/

BIG+1!!!!!

 

[atblis]

Can throw the VFG pellets into the mix. They seem to work well. I typically use them for JB bore paste time.

ETA: See someone already mentioned them. Expensive, but they do seem to work well.

 

[ebb]

Parker hale

 

[K22]

I used Dewey jags, brushes, and coated rods. As other have said, the Dewey aluminum jags will not react with copper solvents and their "Copper Eliminator" rods have no brass parts so you won't get any false positives.

I use bronze brushes for the carbon removal phase of cleaning since I believe the mechanical action of the bronze brush aids in removing carbon more effectively. Dewey's bronze brushes are excellent since they have brass cores and are looped at the end. If you use a quality bore guide and are careful pulling the brush back through the bore you won't harm the bore.

I don't use nylon brushes but if that your choice I believe the Dewey's nylon brushes have aluminum cores not steel which is a good preventative feature from harming the bore.

Some use slotted tips to apply the final pass of solvent to let it sit in the bore for the prescribed dwell time. The slotted tip aids in placing more solvent in the bore by not squeezing it out like a point jag and patch tends to do. However, you can accomplish the same goal with a pointed jag by using a looser fitting patch on the final pass of the solvent.

 

[Richard Coody]

I use boretech proof positive jags with their cleaning rods, c4 and eliminator for typical bore cleaning.

I use a parker hale jag with a patch wrapped around it soaked in c4 and smeared with losso on a short cleaning rod for hard carbon in the throat. If you have never used a parker hale jag.i have found nothing else that will grip a patch like that. Wish they made them like the proof positive. I like to wrap a jag not stick it.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I use boretech proof positive jags with their cleaning rods, c4 and eliminator for typical bore cleaning.

I use a parker hale jag with a patch wrapped around it soaked in c4 and smeared with losso on a short cleaning rod for hard carbon in the throat. If you have never used a parker hale jag.i have found nothing else that will grip a patch like that. Wish they made them like the proof positive. I like to wrap a jag not stick it.

I like the parker hales for abrasives like you describe. Since i dont use them for checking for copper (using a pierce style jag) i just use the old brass ones

 

[tsyarnall]

I do use that style, but always with a slotted type as well. I use the slotted for wetting the bore, the regular jags I use for cleaning out the bore of residue.

No need for a slotted one just put that pierce style on a rod and leave it. You can use it for any patching operation. Slotted jags are for shotguns

 

[Fast14riot]

Well, I ended up buying a complete set of Dewey jags, plated brass, for under $20. From 17 to 45 cal. One of those things that's cheap enough to have extras of. I typically use a foaming copper remover so I never worried about brass jags, the foam turns blue.

Just wanted to say thanks for the input!