MJN Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 What is your preference for shotgun cleaning patches :- Forbytoo seems expensive (or is it me) Napier Super Clean ? never tried it paper towels ? ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 What is your preference for shotgun cleaning patches :-Forbytoo seems expensive (or is it me) Napier Super Clean ? never tried it paper towels ? ? Ripped up J Cloths Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 I use both forbytoo for my target rifle as the jag is designed to use it and is the right size. I use Napier super clean in my shotguns, you need about a foot of it to go around a jag but you can reverse it and use it twice per length. I find that forbytoo is too thin to go on a shotgun jag and you have to use several bits to get it tight enough. Forbytoo isn't expensive if you buy the large rolls of it. If you buy the little boxes it is. If you want some to try let me know, I have both at home. Cheers Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJN Posted December 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 thanks MC for the offer, I've used the small patches of forbytoo up to now, but I've just ordered some super clean as the cost was so small it was worth trying, you say you need 12" is that to get the right thickness (I can see some comments coming on this). and as 14m of super clean was a 1/3 the price of 15m of forbytoo it seems a cheaper option M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apache Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 Because I'm a tight Yorkshireman I have a 6" bit of superclean on the plastic jag and add an extra 4-6" on top. Only change the bottom layer every now and again. Seems to work ok for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulABF Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 Army issue flanalette cause it's free, as is the gun oil, scotchbrite and cleaning kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 (edited) thanks MC for the offer, I've used the small patches of forbytoo up to now, but I've just ordered some super clean as the cost was so small it was worth trying, you say you need 12" is that to get the right thickness (I can see some comments coming on this). and as 14m of super clean was a 1/3 the price of 15m of forbytoo it seems a cheaper option M. Yes, About a foot, you may have to do a bit of trial and error but it is about that long. It depends how tight you like it Apache, If you were a true yorkshireman you would have wrapped your jag in masking tape so you only needed about an inch and a half of super clean, and even then you would reverse it and use both sides. Edited December 1, 2009 by MC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinFerNan Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 I always used paper towels. Anyway I thought it's fourbytwo (the original bits of cloth I used to use to clean the old Enfield .303 being 4" X 2") Or is it that Fourbytoo a trade name or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJN Posted December 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 FinFerNan try googling forbytoo and then fourbytwo and see which one comes up with shotgun cleaning patches. M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 fourbytwo is timber much loved by builders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinFerNan Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 MGMan - I did and I was right. Don't tell the missus she won't believe you :yp: MC - I know mate, I am a Building Surveyor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apache Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 Apache, If you were a true yorkshireman you would have wrapped your jag in masking tape so you only needed about an inch and a half of super clean, and even then you would reverse it and use both sides. That's a bloody good idea! If I ever meet you in a pub I may buy you a half Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike.ginty Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 I use napier vp90 patches they come in a box of ten i think each individually sealed cleans metal and wood and gives gun excellent protection and a good finish i also have a napier vp90 pad in my gun safe lasts 10 months and stops corrosion and gives added protection to everything in the safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nial Posted December 3, 2009 Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 With the amount I use cleaning my gun I'd be broke if I used a commercial product. I use kitchen roll, folded in half, this is then bent over the top of the jag, scrumpled in and given a quick squirt of napier gun cleaner. Nial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
covlocks Posted December 3, 2009 Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 and as 14m of super clean was a 1/3 the price of 15m of forbytoo it seems a cheaper option So thats 38 strips of superclean and 190 pieces of fourby (I use a 1 1/2 piece width folded in two so it gives a decent barrel fit). @ 2 strips of superclean = 19 cleans and @ 4 pieces of fourby = 47 cleans. Guess the fourbytoo wins on the economy front. There again, as I have a young nephew in the RN who supplies me some nice fat rolls of fourbytoo, it always was the better buy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJN Posted December 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 (edited) cOVLOCKS ? please explain your maths ? m. Edited December 3, 2009 by MGMan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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