How Many Patches Used When Cleaning Your Rifle?

[Cecil S.]

Y'all think I'm kidding, 1 of these days I'll get me one of those bore guide thingies

Bro i fell into the bore guide thing to protect the end of the barrel. Dose it help at my level of shooting? Well honestly I can not tell you but the jag dosent drag on the riffling. I think this is a good thing.

 

[ebb]

correct answer= Till its clean. No extra points for 6 patches no loss of points for 26.

 

[Dolomite]

Great responses so i guess im ok with my 20 patch cleaning. It seems when i see patches mostly white i give it one more 15 stroke sequence with nylon brush and yep patches black again back to more patches...

a teslong borescope will tell you if its clean or not so you don't waste too much time scrubbing or running patches through.

 

[Cecil S.]

a teslong borescope will tell you if its clean or not so you don't waste too much time scrubbing or running patches through.

{ bought a borescope havent used it yet may complicate my life....LOL

 

[Dave M.]

I use a 22 jag and 1 3/8" patch (round).

For 6mm? What 1 3/8” round patch do you use??

 

[Dave M.]

LOL they have 4 calibers!

Exactly. I looked. What oddball selection of cartridges they make for these plugs.
Dave

 

[Coyotefurharvester]

Patriot Valley Arms, "the plug" and the muzzle "Jimmy". Save your patches.

 

[alintx]

About half of what the average guy is using since I started using lock ease . My newer barrels clean up in three or four patches, not counting the two for accelerator and patch out. I shoot prairie dogs, so lots of cleaning has been eliminated using the lock ease. Your still gonna get dark patches, but there's no fouling in it

 

[CJ6]

For 6mm? What 1 3/8” round patch do you use??

Punch cut cheap dish towels. I buy them at the local farm store in a bundle/package.

 

[Bc'z]

Punch cut cheap dish towels. I buy them at the local farm store in a bundle/package.

I actually know a guy that uses the blue shop towels in a slotted jag..
He will wear your ass out on the line for score no question.
I'll keep Flippin patches, he'll keep using shop towels and the world keeps spinnin outta control.
Where's my beer?

 

[Dolomite]

Always remember no matter how many patches you use its about how good you look while running those patches down the barrel.

 

[Martin52]

LOL they have 4 calibres

Looks like their size range has reduced a lot since I bought mine, maybe its a supply issue.

 

[Will Henry]

I actually know a guy that uses the blue shop towels in a slotted jag..
He will wear your ass out on the line for score no question.
I'll keep Flippin patches, he'll keep using shop towels and the world keeps spinnin outta control.
Where's my beer?

I have substituted the blue shop towels for toilet paper. They work very well. Most paper towels are just a little hard. WH

 

[6.5 forever]

About half of what the average guy is using since I started using lock ease . My newer barrels clean up in three or four patches, not counting the two for accelerator and patch out. I shoot prairie dogs, so lots of cleaning has been eliminated using the lock ease. Your still gonna get dark patches, but there's no fouling in it

I started this 150 rounds ago. I saw a big difference yesterday's cleaning.

 

[Jayplace]

Bro i fell into the bore guide thing to protect the end of the barrel. Dose it help at my level of shooting? Well honestly I can not tell you but the jag dosent drag on the riffling. I think this is a good thing.

A good bore guide also seals the chamber so all of the cleaning solvent goes down the barrel and not the action.

 

[DGP4]

A good bore guide also seals the chamber so all of the cleaning solvent goes down the barrel and not the action.

...and your trigger if you're not careful!

 

[Rick300]

Do you guys buy into the "Triangular patch" game? As i see it fitting the Jag is most important but I am a newbie.

I use the triangle patches a lot and really like(d) them. I just opened a new package and it came with a note that stated they can no longer get the high quality cotton that they have been using. Now they are using Chinese cotton and the quality is not even close. I won't be buying more.

 

[Dave M.]

CORRECTION. I just cleaned two 6 dasher rifles last night and perhaps I used more than the normal amount of patches because I put a little Iosso through both. I ended up using a total of 49 patches.
Dave

 

[Cecil S.]

A good bore guide also seals the chamber so all of the cleaning solvent goes down the barrel and not the action.

Thanks Jay , I should have mentioned that I use a bore guide.

 

[Cecil S.]

I use the triangle patches a lot and really like(d) them. I just opened a new package and it came with a note that stated they can no longer get the high quality cotton that they have been using. Now they are using Chinese cotton and the quality is not even close. I won't be buying more.

Thats a damn shame. I havent tried the triangle shaped patches. But I was considering them...not anymore!