1,635 patches later...

Was at the fun store today and talked to an old guy behind the counter about cleaning products.

"What are you trying to clean?"

"Old Turk Mauser. I've put about 50 patches through and I'm still getting copper and powder."

He laughed so hard...

He told me he'd bought a pair of Enfields and started cleaning them last November. Degunking the cosmo was easy, but the bore fouling was something else. Finished up in April. Took careful record of how much time it took and how many patches.

1,635 on one - some similar number on the other. About four bottles of copper cutter and I think six or seven bore solvent. He was using Montana Extreme products.

Interestingly, he thought he'd uncovered a total of nine separate layers of powder and copper.

Says the gun shoots great now. I shrugged and thought...it's a weird hobby...then tossed a jumbo bag of 1,000 patches into the cart.

Sounds like you might need two bags... :lol:

..........or a better solvent.:lol:

How about an electronic bore cleaner?

Add a very good cleaning rod bore guide!

I cut my own patches from White Flannel I buy at the fabric store. I carefully fold the fabric up to about 8 layers then I mark off a 1.5" x 1.5" grid and use a straight edge and single edged razor blade to make the cuts. Amaxing how many you can get out of a couple yards of 54" wide fabric. OK about 1700.

1700? And here I thought I was doing something wrong!!

I found a source of flannette patches at non sponsor IMI (?) IMA (?). I bought a roll about 8" in diameter of natural white fabric with blue lines every 2". My stash of Canadian Army patches is getting low.

Not sure how widespread Fred's dollor stores are in the US but they have several sizes of cotton makeup applicator patches for a dollor or so. I would think most any dollor store would have the same.
Work perfectly and very economical.