Good, cheap bore lights

Marplot · Dec 13, 2023

Amazon. I got 12. Switchable
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00N0YC0YW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1
maybe an inch long

Had my bores were so bad! Need to get a .70 caliber brush!

Commodore Swab · Dec 13, 2023

My choice, the fiber bend keeps the light out of the way. I usually have a couple as they keep growing legs when someone borrows it.

Flint62Smoothie · Dec 13, 2023

Marplot said:
Amazon. I got 12. Switchable
maybe an inch long!

… and only 0.43” in diameter, so they should be good to a 45-cal bore.

I use one of the ‘bobber lights’ for smaller bores, in the rare and HARD to find white color, but they are much more expensive.

Thank you for the link!

Felonious · Dec 13, 2023

I've used an LED electrical taped to some watch batteries before. Probably about as cheap as it gets, and it's easy to change the color.

Grimord · Dec 13, 2023

I am old school. I use a small round mirror (from the hobby shop) glued to 1/2" long dowel. Put it down the bore, and shine a flashlight down the muzzle to see the interior.

TDM · Dec 13, 2023

I have a flex neck bore light similar to the one @Commodore Swab has. It works good. Also have a bore scope. It works too good and I see things I’d rather not see.

Indy Durtdigger · Dec 14, 2023

I'm a fan of the endoscopes that plug into the ol cell phone. Cheap and work great. Just make a thread with pics more for archive purposes than anything with one. I'm with TDM. Have a couple rifles that the bores look just fine with a light dropped in the bottom but with the endoscope it's more of a "oh my" with some wincing.

nit wit · Dec 14, 2023

AAA battery dropped down the bore and you shine a flashlight on it.
Nit Wit

Comfortably_Numb · Dec 14, 2023

I use one of those fishing bobber lites. They’ll almost fit a .22

flatcreek · Dec 14, 2023

I use a Teslong bore scope (endoscope) about 50 bucks on Amazon.

Flint62Smoothie · Dec 25, 2023

Hey, @ only 75-cents each … (if placing along side another order) … these are a BEST BUY!

Trimmed down they fit a 45-cal bore.

Old 1700s rusty Snaphaunce bore

Clean bore

Almost too bright for a cell phone photo, but in the flesh they work de bomb!

Merry Christmas all!

russellshaffer · Dec 25, 2023

Drop a pistol case down the bore. Brass or nickel doesn't matter and peek down with a penlight. Lots of good, inexpensive ideas here.

SOLANCO · Dec 25, 2023

Marplot said:
Amazon. I got 12. Switchable
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00N0YC0YW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1
maybe an inch long

Had my bores were so bad! Need to get a .70 caliber brush!

Nice! And cheaper than the lighted archery nocks I've been using.

wiscoaster · Dec 25, 2023

Honestly, I just use a pen-sized LED flashlight and I can easily see lands and grooves from the muzzle all the way down to the chamber. Borescopes and bore lights are for those small-caliber "cartridge" rifles.

I have a Teslong, and it's a nice piece of kit, but I've actually never felt a need to use it.

Dusty_Traveler · Dec 25, 2023

https://www.fishusa.com/Thill-Nite-Brite-Battery-Lights/?sku=111698
Thill Nite Brite These are the best I have found. They will fit every caliber of muzzleloader you will most likely encounter. They last forever (if you can remember to turn them off) and are very bright.

Hawk54 · Dec 25, 2023

Dusty_Traveler said:
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https://www.fishusa.com/Thill-Nite-Brite-Battery-Lights/?sku=111698
Thill Nite Brite These are the best I have found. They will fit every caliber of muzzleloader you will most likely encounter. They last forever (if you can remember to turn them off) and are very bright.

Exactly what I use.

LT Joe · Dec 25, 2023

Hawk54 said:
Exactly what I use.

So what do you find is the best color to use? Red, green or yellow?? Thanks.

Hawk54 · Dec 25, 2023

LT Joe said:
So what do you find is the best color to use? Red, green or yellow?? Thanks.

Red

Flint62Smoothie · Dec 25, 2023

LT Joe said:
So what do you find is the best color to use? Red, green or yellow?? Thanks.

Although hard to find ... I got a white one once ... as I use those too.

Hawk54 · Dec 25, 2023

Flint62Smoothie said:
Although hard to find ... I got a white one once ... as I use those too.

I would go with a white one but have not seen one for sale in many years.

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