Hard times patch worm

[clint campbell]

I was regulating the sites on my 32 today when I lost a patch off the jag and didnt have a 32 cal patch worm. I tried several things with no luck when I figured on cuting a 22 cal copper brush in half striping the brisels off and bending it into a patch worm. It worked great. c

 

[Robert an saa fan]

Great creative thinking Clint!

Thanks for sharing!

:bow: :hatsoff:

 

[PitchyPine]

Very creative. :thumbsup:

 

[wildeagle]

"Necessity is the mother of invention" :thumbsup:

 

Watching McGyver finally saved yer bacon, huh? Fast thinkin'!

 

[bocalbender1]

Utilizing what you've got. What it's all about.

 

[mazo kid]

Good work!! I seldom throw anything away and thus have lots of springs in lots of sizes....coil in expansion and compression and flat springs. I made a patch retrieval tool once by threading a short piece of coil spring on the ramrod (not having that cal. worm) and bent the tip out a bit. Worked great, was quick and easy too. Emery

 

[Blizzard of '93]

Oh yeah, been using one I made from a worn-out .38 bore brush for some time in my .50 . pity the ol' time mountain men didn't have them.

 

[Old Sarge]

SHEER GENIUS! I made one and used it for the first time last weekend. Everybody at the range looked at it. Now, everybody around here is making them. You should be commended! :bow: :thumbsup:

 

[bwhoffman]

...and I have tossed out how many used up bore brushes???

......"S T U P I D"

...great idea! :thumbsup: