For those with a 700 or 800 barrel what do you use for a
pull thru cleaner and where do you find one?
Thanks for your time!
Pete
pull thru cleaner and where do you find one?
Thanks for your time!
Pete
N/A Pull Thru's for cleaning
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Patch-Worm and Ballistol, check out Steve's AEAC video on barrel cleaning for instructions. Small advertising "flags" scroll through at top of page, click on Patch-Worm one. WM
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Hoppes BORE SNAKE without brushes ... Nice Squeaky snug fit .. Pulled DRY & no solvents etc ( I run Waxed bores )
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I make my own with weed whacker replacement line & a small, copper, single hole crimp at one end. You can make them as long or short as you want. REALLY simple to make & saves $ too. Even though the copper crimp is softer than barrel I put a small nylon spacer in front of crimp just to be safe. 
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I make Pull/Pull lines with UV epoxy in the center of the line and on the ends of the cut points for easy patch penetration. Push the patch on, load with your favorite liquid/paste and you can pull it both ways in the bore.
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I've broken a few patch worms over the years and decided on the Boreman pull through. Only used it once so far but really like it. Something similar could be made with kevlar or spectra line looped over and heat shrink applied over the full length.
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I use the Napier Pull thru cleaning kit. Works really well and no chance of breaking it while pulling through the barrel.
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After breaking two patch worms after not much use I trashed them.
40” Crown Saver.
40” Crown Saver.
JL Crown Saver
Barrel cleaning tool for pulling patches. Lewis' Crownsaver has become the standard by which all others are measured. It is just a plain good design and is one of the tools every Airgunner needs in his bag of tricks. Find a fold technique and patch size to match the bore and you can clean...
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I use at least 20# test fishing line. It is cheap and you can easily run it through the barrel, tie a loop and run it many times over through the barrel.
Form loops to hold cloth patches and once your tie the entire string in a loop, you can continuously run it through the barrel as needed.
WD40 works very well for cleaning. Ballistol *may* be better, but WD40 has never failed me and is cheaper. Use it on my PB pistols and have for 30 years+.
Just a thought... it is what I do, it is really cheap and works as well as Patchworm without the cost.
To each their own...
All my best!
Kerry
Form loops to hold cloth patches and once your tie the entire string in a loop, you can continuously run it through the barrel as needed.
WD40 works very well for cleaning. Ballistol *may* be better, but WD40 has never failed me and is cheaper. Use it on my PB pistols and have for 30 years+.
Just a thought... it is what I do, it is really cheap and works as well as Patchworm without the cost.
To each their own...
All my best!
Kerry
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Not a pull thru cleaner guy, as I like to just pull thd barrel, clamp it in a padded vice and run mops and brush with a Dewey rod. But, sometimes I’ll use a pull thru between official cleanings as a freshen up, and I only use the Boreman pull thru. Very well made, very strong pull line, machined grab handle, and compact enough in its own case to easily toss in a range box
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i use patch worm and i just cannot think of a way to break one ? maybe loading up with several patches till it is very hard to pull through ?
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I push a nice heavy duty high tensile strength string through the bore with a loop tied on the end. The looped end gets several cotton cleaning patches put on it, (the number of patches is dependent on bore size), and pulled through.
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Nice - I made a simple diy cleaning snake for my .177 air rifles. by using 0.065 weedeater line folded in half and push through front of barrel to the small opening of the breach and put the cleaning cloth through the loop with some cleaning solution/oil and pull back through the barrel. easy and cheap.
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