Split Jag

[Starbuck]

I have a 12g miroku shotgun. Brass or nylon split jags - which is best?

 

Have heard that there can be issues with brass jags and tight chokes......

 

Cheers

[station]

Only ever used plastic ones so cannot comment on brass.

[B725]

Buy a box of Napier super clean put about 1.5 inch around the bronze brush,a couple of sweeps of the brush job done.

[bedwards1966]

I only use a split brass jag and a wire brush. The wire brush removes and loosens the worst, then a piece of kitchen roll or toilet paper folded a couple of times on the jag, a spray of oil and run this through until it comes out fairly clean.

 

They don't go through tight chokes - if it's snug enough to fit down the bore then a choke will stop it, for which I then tear off a bit of the paper to make it smaller then stick it through the choke.

 

I've never used the nylon ones, though I doubt if they can get it through a tight choke much better.

[GingerCat]

Bedwards is right, brass all the way for me, you'll only break the nylon one at the point it screws in at some point and that can be an **** to get out of the rod, kitchen paper or old shirts won't harm the bore and neither will the brass, mine pass a full choke with no bother.

[Dekers]

Never been a fan of the split jags, perhaps I live in the past but the look of them frightens me to death, I still use the twisted wire loop, works for me!