Cleaning Patches

rockquarry · Apr 24, 2025

chief38 said:
I buy my patches in bulk from Brownell's - 1,000 patches per bag. I will only use 100% cotton (their brand) and they are very good. I shoot a lot and they never last very long!

The patches they sell in the big box stores or even local gun shops are usually blister packs, expensive and rarely made of 100% cotton. The Hoppes synthetic patches are terrible!

I second what you mentioned about synthetic patches - worthless; like calling a bore snake good cleaning equipment.

Bastogne71 · Apr 24, 2025

My uncle Sam gave me plenty of 22 patches back when I worked for him. I’m still using them today.

AJ · Apr 24, 2025

Bastogne71 said:
My uncle Sam gave me plenty of 22 patches back when I worked for him. I’m still using them today.

My Uncle Sugar did the same for me. A couple of .30 cal ammo cans full, plus cotton tips swabs, pipe cleaners and other assorted items.

The boxes below are a by product of my collecting gun oil cans. I would buy old cleaning kits to get the oil can inside, a lot of those kits still had the patches in them. Below are some of those boxes.

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