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Round or Square cleaning patches?

MillerMiller Member Posts: 175 ✭✭
edited June 2002 in Ask the Experts
I wanted to see which kind of patches you guys prefer. Do the round or square have any advantages or disadvantages over the other? Or is it just a matter of preference? Thanks again guys
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  • GreenLanternGreenLantern Member Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Wow, I guess I've never thought about it. I usually only see the square ones stocked so that's what I grab. They work fine as far as I'm concerned.
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I generally grab round ones, but I really can't see much difference either way.
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  • chuckchuck Member Posts: 4,911
    edited November -1
    I have used round and square ones, does any one know where I can find some dimond shaped ones.
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  • madness522madness522 Member Posts: 15 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Want diamond shaped patches?? Do what I do and grab a pair of scissors and an old tee shirt. Customize the patches to your application. Round, square, diamond shaped or I'm particularly fond of rectangular patches.

    Guilty until proven innocent...
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  • IconoclastIconoclast Member Posts: 10,515 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If I'm using a jag, I use the round, otherwise square, and often self-cut rectangular, particularly in larger bores.
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  • NighthawkNighthawk Member Posts: 12,022 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I cant see where there would be any difference I have always used square ones. It might be worth experimenting with !!

    Rugster
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  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    I generally just hack a piece off of a t-shirt... could be square, rectagular, or a shapeless mass and I don't notice any improvement one way or another.

    "...hit your enemy in the belly, and kick him when he is down, and boil his prisoners in oil- if you take any- and torture his women and children. Then people will keep clear of you..." -Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, speaking at the Hague Peace Conf
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  • kgnovumkgnovum Member Posts: 594 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've used all of the above shapes and alll work well. when I'm done wetting, brushing, etc. I wad up a piece of toilet paper so it fits tightly in the bore and shove it through with the rod. This pushes "everything" out the end of the barrel and works better than any patches. It forces up into the lands and grooves and works like a "pig in a pipeline". Try it. KG
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  • bama55bama55 Member Posts: 6,389 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I use whatever I have on hand, or, like the others, take the
    scissors and cut one to size from an old t-shirt. I haven't
    noticed any difference.
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  • chuckchuck Member Posts: 4,911
    edited November -1
    quote:
    I have used round and square ones, does any one know where I can find some dimond shaped ones.
    God all mighty I think I need to get a LIFE
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  • gunner@nwinet.comgunner@nwinet.com Member Posts: 23 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    When I need a diamond shaped one I just rotate a square one 45 degrees. Seems to work fine.
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  • I.ShuteI.Shute Member Posts: 647 ✭
    edited November -1
    If this is your most serious problem you are one lucky shooter!
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  • varmit huntervarmit hunter Member Posts: 1,674 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The barrel is round-Round patches.

    The most important things, Are not things.
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