Cleaning 30 caliber smoothbore

[atvguns]

Any idea for a jag to clean .300 smoothbore everything I have tried either gets stuck on the back stroke or looses the patch. I'm thinking about some 30 caliber mops but not sure if they would leave the bore dry enough between shots

 

[Britsmoothy]

In my 45 I use a loop.

 

[tenngun]

How long of barrel is it?
If your short enough a regular .30 kit with slotted patch holder might work fine

 

[atvguns]

How long of barrel is it?
If your short enough a regular .30 kit with slotted patch holder might work fine

42 inch narrel

 

[ppg1949]

Buy two 7.62 GI cleaning kits and piece them together to make a long one. I did this with the 5.56 kit to make one long one cleaning rod. I also did this with two Outers shotgun cleaning rods. I use that on my 32ga m/l shotgun.

 

[2 shots]

turn down a 032. drill and a file if you dont have a lathe

 

[64Springer]

Use a bronze bore brush for a .22 and wrap a patch around it.

Almost impossible for a patch to come off.

Also almost impossible to get the brush stuck.

But, if anyone can screw up swabbing out a bore, it's muzzleloaders.

 

[nhmoose]

Try a .270 jag ?

 

[1950DAVE]

Use a bronze bore brush for a .22 and wrap a patch around it.

Almost impossible for a patch to come off.

Also almost impossible to get the brush stuck.

But, if anyone can screw up swabbing out a bore, it's muzzleloaders.

At's what I do with my .27 smoothbore.

 

[Hermit Tim]

Any idea for a jag to clean .300 smoothbore everything I have tried either gets stuck on the back stroke or looses the patch. I'm thinking about some 30 caliber mops but not sure if they would leave the bore dry enough between shots

I don't know about anybody else but I'd love to see a picture of that gun.

 

[atvguns]

I don't know about anybody else but I'd love to see a picture of that gun.

 

[Hermit Tim]

Thanks. That is a pretty sweet little shooter.

 

[shaman]

Any idea for a jag to clean .300 smoothbore everything I have tried either gets stuck on the back stroke or looses the patch. I'm thinking about some 30 caliber mops but not sure if they would leave the bore dry enough between shots

Have you tried tow on a tow worm?
I'm in the exact opposite situation. I have a .75 cal Brown Bess. However, nothing was working for me until I bought some tow and did it old-school.

 

[atvguns]

Have you tried tow on a tow worm?
I'm in the exact opposite situation. I have a .75 cal Brown Bess. However, nothing was working for me until I bought some tow and did it old-school.

I will give that a try, I ended up pulling the breech plug last night and working on getting in cleaned out now. Part of the problem is fouling and rust down in the barrel that I couldn't see from the muzzle end.

 

[atvguns]

Use a bronze bore brush for a .22 and wrap a patch around it.

Almost impossible for a patch to come off.

Also almost impossible to get the brush stuck.

But, if anyone can screw up swabbing out a bore, it's muzzleloaders.

That seems to work pretty good thanks for the suggestion