threefeathers
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I'm also a t-shirt user.
gun Rag
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jcwit
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Years ago My wife and I were Flea Market Dealers. At one of the shows we attended we sat beside a dealer selling and demonstrating artificial chamois think Sham Wow. He used a new towel with every new demo he started. After the show he gave us all the used towels. Ended up with over a hundred towels. Cut up they work fantastic as a wipe down rag when impregnated with the oil/protectant of your choice.
MtnSpur
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I converted to microfiber and I've used just about every cotton/flannel/silicone rag known to modern man. A fellow gun guy I know works at O'Reilly's Auto Parts and he's into restoring high dollar old classic cars. He says one day "I shine my $125,000 Chevy with microfiber I reckon it's good enough for my $1200 Python". As long as one stays vigilant with lubricant (CLP, Eezox, etc) and remembers to wipe down the weapon before putting em up, microfiber does a great job.
oldbear
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What he/she said.
Deltaboy1984
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Old T shirts or the Red or Blue Mechanics rags I find on the street and carry home and wash to use.
Detritus
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I've only bought one ready-made gun rag in the past 12 years and that was because I left the house without one of my normal rags a few years back and didn't find out till i was an hour from home.
The rags I've been using for that period, were made from a 2yrd piece of "medium-weight 100% cotton broadcloth" I found in the "bargain bin" at the local craft/fabric store. each has lasted an average of 2 years (12 years, I'm on the last of 6), they're cut and sewn like a 20" square napkin, then I soak em in Hoppe's gun oil before first use and after a washing (if one becomes to crudded up with powder residue etc), between washings I re-wet if needed.
I replace then when they become too ragged after a wash to use.
I've also seen cotton "mattress/pillow ticking" (the blue and white striped stuff alot of muzzle stuffer guys use for patches) used for wipe rags.
The rags I've been using for that period, were made from a 2yrd piece of "medium-weight 100% cotton broadcloth" I found in the "bargain bin" at the local craft/fabric store. each has lasted an average of 2 years (12 years, I'm on the last of 6), they're cut and sewn like a 20" square napkin, then I soak em in Hoppe's gun oil before first use and after a washing (if one becomes to crudded up with powder residue etc), between washings I re-wet if needed.
I replace then when they become too ragged after a wash to use.
I've also seen cotton "mattress/pillow ticking" (the blue and white striped stuff alot of muzzle stuffer guys use for patches) used for wipe rags.
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