cleaning patches

[rde1911]

I bought some cleaning patches that were not soft and fluffy flannel. They were a course cotton weave and were more abrasive than the normal patches. They were an off white in color. I cannot remember wear I bought them or what the name was. Does anyone know the brand name of these patches?
Thanks
Here is a photo of them.
The ones I am looking for are on the right

You can see that they are a course weave

 

[billwill]

Maybe some old GI type?

I put on my best manly manner and hit the fabric store or the fabric section at Walmart for multiple feet of cotton flannel. Sharp pair of scissors and you have a ton of patches, any size you want. I'm cheap.

 

[islamoradamark]

saw some on Brownels there off white and say course

 

[Stephanie B]

If you can't stomach the crafts section, you can get a bag of t-shirt material in the painting aisle of your local Big-Box hardware store.

 

[STCM(SW)]

I use old "T" shirts I cut up.....
Work just as good as the nice ones I paid for.

 

[smokindog]

Also white cotton socks and all the scraps from my wife's sewing!

I use old "T" shirts I cut up.....
Work just as good as the nice ones I paid for.

 

[vytoland]

look in the second hand stores in the towel/fabric/sewing material area.....

 

[jbull380]

Old t-shirts here as well

 

[JohnK]

Those look like some of the US surplus, sold after WW2.

I bought 10,000, around 1967, and am STILL using them.

 

[Krell1]

Old t shirts and socks for me. I haven't bought any patches for years. I keep a cabinet shelf handy over my reloading bench where I keep my supply along with shears to cut the size I need for the gun I'm cleaning. So far it's worked for me.

 

[chief38]

Brownell's sells similar ones that they call "military patches". I use them for 38/357, and 30-06 calibers and they work quite well.

 

[sipowicz]

We use those in the LASD...I will try and find out where we get them...

 

[pownal55]

I don't know what they are but a coarse weave like that should clean better as long as they don't fall apart.

 

[LoboGunLeather]

Last time I actually bought cleaning patches was when I spotted a box of a couple thousand GI surplus at a gun show years ago, bought it for a buck or two.

My wife knows that I never throw away old T-shirts, handkerchiefs, and toothbrushes. They go into my gun cleaning gear.

I almost always go through 6 or 8 patches every time I clean a firearm, and being a cheap old fart I don't like to pay for them just to see them go into the trash.

Cotton dress shirts are in an entirely different category. Those work great for patches used in my antique muzzleloaders, although they are pretty good for cleaning patches, too.

 

[rde1911]

We use those in the LASD...I will try and find out where we get them...

Thanks for looking. These patches work great with J-B bore cleaning compound. I know it sounds crazy to buy patches when I should be tearing up all of my old clothing, bedding and towels.

 

[smokindog]

If you're looking for the texture that your picture seems to show, go buy some muslin. ALWAYS remnants at the fabric stores, sometimes for free. My wife always checks and often scores something for VERY little or no cost!!!

Thanks for looking. These patches work great with J-B bore cleaning compound. I know it sounds crazy to buy patches when I should be tearing up all of my old clothing, bedding and towels.

 

[Kinman]

Eastern Maine Shooting Supplies, Inc. will carry what you want, so will the Track of the Wolf and possibly The Log Cabin Shop. Blackpowder shooters use that stuff by the 1000 lots. The square military patches are getting harder and harder to find, I went through the last of mine a year or so ago. That coarse weave buff colored is military, its available but in the same weave as the white flannel circle patches.

 

[1sg]

Milsurp. Identical to the stash I have. Among the best patches out there IMHO...