Being
a skeptical Yankee, I might be a bit slow to accept new ideas. At my age, I’ve
seen enough new ideas come and go to let other’s try them first before I jump
in.
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| Gun-tips |
One
of the reasons I love upland hunting is there isn’t a lot of gear needed,
unlike duck hunting where you accumulate
a boat load of decoys, calls, waders, and the list goes on.Turkey and deer hunting can be almost as bad if you let it. Upland hunting only
requires a shotgun, a fistful of shells, and a bird dog, and I’ve heard tell some do it without a
dog, but I can’t imagine that.
Anyway,
a company that makes a product called Swab/its contacted me to see if I wanted
to try a few samples, for free. Being a New England Yankee, the free part
caught my attention.
Opening
the package kindled my skepticism. The foam tips looked like they would dissolve
in gun cleaning solvents. Would they last more than one use?
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| Swab/its |
Well,
I’m a believer. The little Gun-tips are great for cleaning inside the gun,
getting the dirt out of all the corners and they don’t leave lint behind.
Solvents don’t affect them and when they do get dirty I have just washed them
out with warm water. Maybe the manufacturer doesn’t want to hear that.
The
bore swipes do a good job. I keep one for solvent and another lightly oiled to run through the bore
when I think it is clean. So far so good. They come in a variety of gauges and calibers.
