Painter's rag as patch for shotgun?

[Tom-ADC]

I used to use patches, then bore snakes...now I just use a Tico Tool right after shooting, while the crud is still fresh. Five or six twisting passes and the bores are as clean as if I spent ten minutes futzing with the rod and patches. Last pass out with the Tico Tool I use the "mop" they provide, coated with some Rem Oil, and the barrels are pristine. The Tool cleans the chokes just as well as the barrels, but about every fourth or fifth outing, I pull the chokes, clean the threads, and re-oil lightly.

Why spend more time on anything else to get equivalent results?

Yep been doing the same for years.

[ysr_racer]

You guys are WAY over thinking this. It's a shotgun, go out and shoot it.

[bigbearbear]

I used to use patches, then bore snakes...now I just use a Tico Tool right after shooting, while the crud is still fresh. Five or six twisting passes and the bores are as clean as if I spent ten minutes futzing with the rod and patches. Last pass out with the Tico Tool I use the "mop" they provide, coated with some Rem Oil, and the barrels are pristine. The Tool cleans the chokes just as well as the barrels, but about every fourth or fifth outing, I pull the chokes, clean the threads, and re-oil lightly.

Why spend more time on anything else to get equivalent results?

Yep been doing the same for years.

Seems like the Tico Tool is pretty popular, I'll give it a go once my supply rags and patches runs out, which will be pretty quick given that I shoot every week and clean my shotgun after every shoot.

[supermanuf]

A quick update on this. After the shoot this morning, I tried out the painter's rag and they work better than I expected. The typical cleaning patch for 12 gauge shotgun is really a little too small, with this painter's rag, I can cut a larger and longer piece and ram it through the bore wrapped around my bore brush.

It seems to get all the carbon out quicker than when I was using the typical cleaning patch. I believe this is because with a larger and longer strip of cloth, it fits the bore much more snugly and that really helps.

I do this same method! Works great.

[Oliver_Charles]

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