My lady and I are getting into wax bullet shooting pretty heavily, which means that cleaning revolvers is almost an everyday chore. We were at a club shoot recently and saw folks using Boresnakes (a registered trademark of the Hoppe's folks). My lady looked at the boresnake, marveled at the way it cleaned a gun barrel, then came home and got out some stiff yarn and her crochet hooks. In about 15 minutes, she had ginned-up this prototype.
She did this as a prototype and I found a cotter-pin to use as a weight. It's simple yarn crocheted into a bore cleaning device. We tried it with the fouling in the barrels of the revolvers and it works great. She intends to pick up some rug yarn because it's more durable. I'm stoked that my lady can make these little critters. She figures that she cam make 50 of them for about $6.00.
Homemade Cleaning Device
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Re: Homemade Cleaning Device
Maybe use a brass cotter pin, just on general principles?
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Re: Homemade Cleaning Device
I'll have to look and see if I can find some. Good idea!Netpackrat wrote:Maybe use a brass cotter pin, just on general principles?
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Re: Homemade Cleaning Device
If you look closely at a Boresnake you will see that it has a nylon cleaning brush imbedded. See if she can work out a way to work one of those in while crocheting?
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I think the bristles in my boresnakes are bronze or some type of metal. I'll have to take a look.
Good idea and job to your gal, PawPaw!
Good idea and job to your gal, PawPaw!
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Mine are bronze.Darrell wrote:I think the bristles in my boresnakes are bronze or some type of metal. I'll have to take a look.
Good idea and job to your gal, PawPaw!
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Mine, too,MarkD wrote:Mine are bronze.Darrell wrote:I think the bristles in my boresnakes are bronze or some type of metal. I'll have to take a look.
Good idea and job to your gal, PawPaw!
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Windy Wilson wrote:Mine, too,MarkD wrote:Mine are bronze.Darrell wrote:I think the bristles in my boresnakes are bronze or some type of metal. I'll have to take a look.
Good idea and job to your gal, PawPaw!
Mine are brass... and large, too.