JB bore paste and jags

[RetiredArmy]

Have been reading threads about not using brushes wrapped with a patch while using an abrasive, but instead to use a jag with a tight wrapped patch. Someone please show me a picture of how you are wrapping your jag when using jb, iosso or what ever you use.
Thanks Bill

 

[divingin]

If I have to use an abrasive (for lack of a better term) I use either the VFG felt pellets or a Parker-Hale jag with a big patch. Pellets are easier (if somewhat less frugal costwise), but I think the P-H method gets better pressure.

 

[TrapperBR549]

I use the parker hale style. I just wrap the patch around it, not over the end, just like you would do if using a brush. I put a little kroil on it which helps hold it in place and then rub the jb on it.
Sorry, no picture though.

 

[JEFFPPC]

A Montana nylon brush wrapped with a patch works just fine. I wet the throat with Hoppes than wrap that same patch around the brush and rub a bit of Iosso or jb on it. When finished clean it out well.

 

[fatelvis]

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[bobm]

Shown is how I use a Parker-Hale jag when using abrasive paste. Roll on a full snug fitting patch and wet the patch end and close the wrap. Smear a liberal amount of paste on the full outer surface. Moisten the patch with a few drops your favorite solvent.

The other pictured jag is home made from bronze rod. It is slotted to accept a pre made roll which is smeared with paste. I spin it in a drill to remove stubborn carbon deposits in the chamber necks.

 

[chkunz]

When did JB turn so ugly?

 

[coldboreshot]

I use tight-fitting bore mops. Rub IOSSO into them and go to work. Does a great job.

 

[ebb]

What Divigin said Parker Hale jag. When you wrap the patch it may be too tight just unroll a little and trim it off with scissors till it is tight but not too tight. Remember how much you cut off for the next one.

 

[jelenko]

Using a borescope, I've found that a patch wrapped around a worn bronze brush gets the carbon in the corners of the grooves/lands faster than even a really tight patch wrapped around my parker hale.

 

[Brians356]

Shown is how I use a Parker-Hale jag when using abrasive paste. Roll on a full snug fitting patch and wet the patch end and close the wrap. Smear a liberal amount of paste on the full outer surface. Moisten the patch with a few drops your favorite solvent.

I, too, use Parker-Hale jags with paste cleaners. It has never made any sense to me to wrap a patch around a brush, there's simply too little support, too many gaps between bristles. And bristles can poke through a patch, seems to me. The Parker-Hale also has some gaps between its "lands", but the tops of the lands are semi-cylindrical and very broad compared to bristles. A tight patch will be much more effective at scouring and "short-stroking" abrasive compounds like J-B.

I find (or cut) the best size patch for a loose, snug, or even tight fit in the bore, and wrap it around the jag forming a cylinder (sharp "teeth" grab it and help hold it in place.) I feel this applies cleaner more evenly to the bore. But you can also use it to simply push patches through like a pointed jag, as when trying to remove crud after soaking.


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[jelenko]

That's what I thought until I looked at the results with a bore scope.

 

[bobm]

When did JB turn so ugly?

I agree. It looks and spreads like VEGEMITE.

 

[divingin]

I agree. It looks and spreads like VEGEMITE.

Looks like it was thinned with oil or something. I use Iosso, but the JB's I've seen others use looks much thicker and smoother.

 

[Brians356]

Looks like it was thinned with oil or something. I use Iosso, but the JB's I've seen others use looks much thicker and smoother.

I use Corbin Benchrest Bore Cleaner.


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