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Old March 15, 2013, 12:54 PM   #25
Bob Wright
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abherbitter asked:
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What's a jag in this context?
A jag is a cleaning rod tip that is not slotted to hold a patch. It is sort of cylindrical with annular groves, and may or may not have a small sharp point. To use a jag, the patch is placed squared over the muzzle and the jag forced down into the barel. The patch sort of wraps itself around the jag. An undersized jag doesn't squeeze the solvent out as it goes down the bore, acting more like a mop.

As to the detrimental use of steel bore brushes, there are many who hold that belief, not that it was stated nor implied in this thread. I was just heading off what I believed to be forthcoming critism.

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