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Stephen B
PostPosted: Fri Dec 23, 2022 7:18 pm 
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Hi: Does anyone know where I could order one of the following Pull Through bore cleaners from a Canadian source? Air Marksman Deadeye pull through cleaner, Napier Cleaning pull through cleaning kit or BoreMan pull through cleaning kit. If you try ordering one of these from an American source the shipping costs are just to expensive to justify. I have made a homemade version using shrink tube but it is not quite the same.
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TCooper
PostPosted: Fri Dec 23, 2022 8:02 pm 
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Try using 0.080” nylon weedwacker cord with the ends altered to “poke and pull”. Cut one end to a sharp angle to create a wedge shape that easily penetrates the cotton flannel patches. The other can be melted with a common disposable lighter and pushed against a pellet tin lid to form a flat disc. The disc can be shaped with fine sandpaper and a nail file to make a pad for the patch to sit against when pulling through the bore. The precise shaping of the disc is what takes the most time and requires repeated checking during manufacture to achieve the snug friction fit in the bore (with patch). I made a .177cal and .22cal about 20 years ago and they are still working fine.
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Normk
PostPosted: Fri Dec 23, 2022 8:20 pm 
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TCooper wrote:
Try using 0.080” nylon weedwacker cord with the ends altered to “poke and pull”. Cut one end to a sharp angle to create a wedge shape that easily penetrates the cotton flannel patches. The other can be melted with a common disposable lighter and pushed against a pellet tin lid to form a flat disc. The disc can be shaped with fine sandpaper and a nail file to make a pad for the patch to sit against when pulling through the bore. The precise shaping of the disc is what takes the most time and requires repeated checking during manufacture to achieve the snug friction fit in the bore (with patch). I made a .177cal and .22cal about 20 years ago and they are still working fine.



I've tried making these but the melted end keeps breaking off. Perhaps I'm using the wrong material of weedwacker cord? I don't think that I'm overheating the wacker cord, as have experimented, but open to advice.

I ordered some of the "woven" ones from AliExpress, shortened the brass drop weight to pass the magazine opening in the PCPs and have used those.

Not altogether happy in not being able to just pull a cotton patch, so I take a coated cleaning rod to the range.

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Daryl
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WesB sells a leaning kit that Steve (Florida Utuber) talks about.
I bought one and it works great. I also made a couple out of .091" weed whipper cord
with a loop on one end for the patch. They work OK.
I prefer the store-bought version as it is simply superior.
https://airgunarcheryfun.ca/patchworm-t ... field-kit/

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Stephen B
PostPosted: Fri Dec 23, 2022 10:10 pm 
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Thanks for the suggestions. I have used the patchworm, but the piece fused to the whipper snipper cord came off.
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mangerover
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I make mine from old fly fishing line. Irish guy on you tube had a good video
https://youtu.be/tdOF-x-Brw8
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Daryl
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Stephen B wrote:
Thanks for the suggestions. I have used the patchworm, but the piece fused to the whipper snipper cord came off.


I'll check mine and give it a wee "shot" of ultra-thin CA to ensure that doesn't happen.

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