What’s your point. What difference does the direction make if the proficiency is poor?With a slotted tip, I can pull a patch through the barrel. With a solid jag I can only push patch through the barrel.
What’s your point. What difference does the direction make if the proficiency is poor?
Usually with a pointed jag you CAN pull the batch back through if you keep it trapped in the barrel, i.e. you don't push it all the way out the far end. Once it is loose and not pinned between the jag and the barrel, you can't pull it back out. But you knew that already.Just an observation on the difference use, not a recommendation or an indictment. Some people only like to clean one way and some others. Some will never pull a patch back through once it's been pushed the full length of the barrel. Some will push/pull a patch back and forth.
I use slotted ( looped) ends on handguns and shotguns.
There is a trick to them.
Fold the patch into a triangle (or half circle if using round patches) and insert one corner into the loop about 1/4 in, then spread open the larger end, making a cone and fold it over the tip of the loop. Apply solvent and insert it from the breech until it's beyond the muzzle (or the breech end on a revolver). When you pull it back into the barrel the cone will invert and the clean side of the patch will now be on the outside as it gets pulled back. It's the same thing when cleaning after the silicon bronze brush---you use half as many patches that way.
You can apply oil to a patch placed over a wool mop. The wool fibers will press the oily patch against the sides of the bore. Jags are useful as well. It just depends on how you like to clean your guns and what you have to work with.
Good to know. That's Why I asked the question.That's exactly how I use my slotted jags. I thought everyone did it that way? I find it much better and easier than using the pointed jag where the patch can sometimes slip off when trying to pull it back.
But then you're pulling a dirty patch back through the barrel, something the OP wants to avoid.Usually with a pointed jag you CAN pull the batch back through if you keep it trapped in the barrel, i.e. you don't push it all the way out the far end. .
Put them in a sock and tie it up. Throw them in the washer and lay out or run them through the drier to dry.If you are rich. They aren't cheap and get filthy fast.
Sure but the pointed tool works that way just as well for me. If you actually stick the point through the patch and secure it, it is easy to dip the patch in cleaner without getting your hands wet.Slotted jags to dip a patch in the solvent jar and soak the bore with. That way, none gets on my fingers. Brass jags to clean the bore after applying the solvent.
Maybe I should have said the tiny 1/2" mouthed container I have... using the pointy jag, the patch stays in the container, even pierced with the tip. In a bigger mouthed jar, the mouth probably wouldn't pull the patch off.Sure but the pointed tool works that way just as well for me. If you actually stick the point through the patch and secure it, it is easy to dip the patch in cleaner without getting your hands wet.
Slotted jag to dip a patch in the solvent and wipe through. I will run the bristle brush until I reach my psychological level of cleaning happiness. I use cut pieces of paper towels over worn out bristle brushes, to remove the residue. Worn out 22lr brushes are a favorite and work well in calibers 30 and under. That removes the solvent. I also use 45 cal worn out brushes and paper towel patches to clean out the chamber residue. If I want tight, I wrap a linen patch around the appropriate worn out bristle brush. I do this when using JB bore paste. The slotted jag is my primary jag.
Help me here. Are you joking? I don’t see a smilie emoji. How is a cloth swab going to wear out a steel barrel no matter how tightly it is pressed against the sides?Given the frequency that you shoot, you would have probably wear out a barrel by cleaning using the pointed jag if you clean after you shoot each session. Thanks for the tips above as I have quite a few worn out bore brushes that I am too cheap to throw out.
Joking with a grain of truth (not for Slamfire). Slamfire mentioned that he used the slot tip instead of the pointed jags so it was a joke considering the number of rounds that he fires on a regular basis.Help me here. Are you joking? I don’t see a smilie emoji. How is a cloth swab going to wear out a steel barrel no matter how tightly it is pressed against the sides?
Indeed. I have taken to using only one piece rods no matter what length the barrel. And Inthink the pointer jafs center better than the slotted.Joking with a grain of truth (not for Slamfire). Slamfire mentioned that he used the slot tip instead of the pointed jags so it was a joke considering the number of rounds that he fires on a regular basis.
In reality, many barrels have been worn out by overcleaning than by firing especially old military rifles--some are oval at the bore because of it. Usually it is because no bore centering device at the muzzle or breech has been used with the cleaning rod and the rod rubs the bore during cleaning. Multipiece cleaning rods are worse at doing that for obvious reasons.