Gun Cleaning Patches
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2016 4:52 am
I use the "Bag of Rags" sometimes seen in the paint department in hardware stores. What you get is a plastic bag full of clean white T-shirt material rags. - This is very inexpensive compared to buying patches or cutting up T-shirts.
I use a office-style paper cutter, the kind with the curved blade with a handle to cut the rags into 1" or 2" strips.
Then I cut the strips with scissors while cleaning. Different lengths folded for different thicknesses, as required.
Cut a 2" piece off of a 2" strip, then quarter that and you have four .22 patches, etc. etc.
Inexpensive, versatile, easy to use.
I would feel silly now, paying what they charge for pre-cut patches.
Un-cut, the "Bag of Rags" rags are very good for stock finishing projects, wiping a gun with oil, etc.. I always keep a couple of bags of them around the shop.
I use a office-style paper cutter, the kind with the curved blade with a handle to cut the rags into 1" or 2" strips.
Then I cut the strips with scissors while cleaning. Different lengths folded for different thicknesses, as required.
Cut a 2" piece off of a 2" strip, then quarter that and you have four .22 patches, etc. etc.
Inexpensive, versatile, easy to use.
I would feel silly now, paying what they charge for pre-cut patches.
Un-cut, the "Bag of Rags" rags are very good for stock finishing projects, wiping a gun with oil, etc.. I always keep a couple of bags of them around the shop.