Special Cleaning Felts

Ballistol Special Cleaning Felts are pure wool felt cleaners with brass fibres worked into them, for cleaning heavily fouled gun barrels. Each felt is sized for its calibre, so it presses firmly against the bore and cleans the grooves and lands as well as the surface.

What they're for

• Heavily soiled rifle, pistol and shotgun barrels
• Stubborn residue that a plain felt will not lift
• Spreading gun oil or barrel cleaner evenly through the bore

How they work

When you fit a felt to the felt holder, it stretches slightly and ends up a little larger than the calibre. That small extra size makes it press firmly against the barrel walls. The sheep's wool is very absorbent, so it soaks up oil or barrel cleaner and spreads it evenly as it passes through.

The fine brass fibres give the felt some of the scrubbing action of a wire brush, while it keeps its absorbency and still holds on to the loose dirt it picks up.

Good to know

• Calibres and pack sizes: .308 (60 or 300), .32 (60), .38 (60), .280 (300), 12 gauge (30) and 16 gauge (30).
• They are used with a felt holder.
• Soaked in Robla Solo MIL, they can be pulled through to remove light metal fouling.