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I saw somewhere a reference to a "Patch Popper". A simple device to hold cleaning patches under control and not flying all over the range or your cleaning bench.
I don't have a dog in this fight. I have no financial interest, but when I see something I think others can use, I feel it's my duty to post it....
I ordered a couple of them from Arizona Sharp Shooters ( bpsteve@cox.net ).... www.arizonasharpshooters.com (It doesn't show up, on the "products" page. It is at the bottom of the home page)
They arrived today and I'm here to tell ya they are the neatest little gizmos I've seen in a long time. Very simple but a perfect solution to a PITN problem. Turn the little knob and a patch simply pops up. One cylinder for wet, one for dry. It just don't get any better!
$75 + $13 Shipping......
Paul Hurd is the source and I imagine you could also order directly from him.
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That is a neat gizmo, but I'd rather spend that kind of funds on ammo or components to load it.
I don't normally clean my guns at the range. The only exception is when I shoot black powder and am hours or a day away from home. Even then sometimes I just wait till I'm home. When I do that I make sure the dirty patches are disposed of properly, and the clean ones are in a drawer of my shooting box.
Joe
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J Miller wrote:That is a neat gizmo, but I'd rather spend that kind of funds on ammo or components to load it.
I don't normally clean my guns at the range. The only exception is when I shoot black powder and am hours or a day away from home. Even then sometimes I just wait till I'm home. When I do that I make sure the dirty patches are disposed of properly, and the clean ones are in a drawer of my shooting box.
Joe
Joe that patch popper is a good piece of equipment for bpcr competition shooting, where you wipe the bore (not just 18 inches of it ) between shots to get the best accuracy at 1000 yds. NRA registered target matches are a timed event, so the less fumbling one must do with equipment during the relay the better.
The guy that came up with this design is a dedicated competitor, and he put a good bit of time and thought into them. I am glad to see he's got the patent applied for, as it would be a dang shame for some skumsucker to take the idea, and attempt to make a profit off of someone elses thoughts, time, trials and testing..
The guy that came up with this design is a dedicated competitor, and he put a good bit of time and thought into them. I am glad to see he's got the patent applied for, as it would be a dang shame for some skumsucker to take the idea, and attempt to make a profit off of someone elses thoughts, time, trials and testing..
If making one for personal use is wrong, I won't do it.....
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BlaineG You can make anything for personal use except drugs and booze.
As long as you don`t sell them, Have fun makin it.
I used to use plastic smokeless tobacco (chew) cans to hold pre wetted cleaning patches for BP
shooting at the range.
Making one for yourself is alright, making another one for your buddy is getting close to the line, making some to sell to others has crossed the line.
Pitchy wrote:I`m on that like a cat covering poop.
I had a good chuckle at that one Pitchy!!!
Steve
heck i even chuckled.
I prob. won`t make any either, too busy making boats now.
Thinking about a mouse trap powered on next.
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Don McDowell wrote: Joe that patch popper is a good piece of equipment for BPCR competition shooting, where you wipe the bore (not just 18 inches of it ) between shots to get the best accuracy at 1000 yds. NRA registered target matches are a timed event, so the less fumbling one must do with equipment during the relay the better.
The guy that came up with this design is a dedicated competitor, and he put a good bit of time and thought into them. I am glad to see he's got the patent applied for, as it would be a dang shame for some skumsucker to take the idea, and attempt to make a profit off of someone else's thoughts, time, trials and testing...
I figured that it was a competition thing. For the small audience intended the cost is probably not that important and I'm sure you'll see them on the line for exactly the reason you suggest.
It's not something that the average Joe would want at that price, but it sure seems as if it's something that even an average Joe could find a use for in his shop were it a $15 item...which I'm sure it would be if it were made in China. Maybe he'll find a way to license it to Ramline or someone like that.
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Yes it's intended market is relatively small, and maybe they will expand it out at some point, but from accounts of those involved in working with the protypes, they are not that easy to assemble so there is some labor costs.
If the maker gets a patent, due to the limited market for such a device i don't see how he can ever recoup the high cost of obtaining that patent. Neat little idea though.
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Since I'm the original poster for the Patch Popper, I received a call last night from Paul Hurd, the fellow that makes them. He saw this and another post where folks were concerned that the price was too high for such a device. He explained in detail how he makes these units and what it costs and as I suggested, he ain't going be buying a Ferrari with the profits. Paul makes next to nothing on each unit. He isn't doing it to get rich, but simply to sell a neat product to his friends in the shooting community.
Just thought I'd add this so folks might have a better understanding......Thanks!
rbertalotto wrote:Since I'm the original poster for the Patch Popper, I received a call last night from Paul Hurd, the fellow that makes them. He saw this and another post where folks were concerned that the price was too high for such a device. He explained in detail how he makes these units and what it costs and as I suggested, he ain't going be buying a Ferrari with the profits. Paul makes next to nothing on each unit. He isn't doing it to get rich, but simply to sell a neat product to his friends in the shooting community.
Just thought I'd add this so folks might have a better understanding......Thanks!
I am duly chastised...I will buy one if I need one
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Chuck 100 yd wrote:BlaineG You can make anything for personal use except drugs and booze.
As long as you don`t sell them, Have fun makin it.
I used to use plastic smokeless tobacco (chew) cans to hold pre wetted cleaning patches for BP
shooting at the range.
here in the Pacific NorthWest pot is legal...so in reality we can grow our own, roll our own, and smoke our own....dude...had to add the word "dude" when one is talking about pot... :)
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I will have to catalog it as just another silly gizmo to waste money on.
So sad...Totally not called for. A fellow shooter builds a GREAT device that has a huge NEED if you shoot Black Powder and NEED to swab between shots out on a windy firing line, and because some folks are ignorant of the need, revert to disparaging the idea. This is just a very small sliver of what is wrong with America.
Man that is really slick. A one man show gathering the materials and cutting and assembling dozens to hundreds of those things would be unbearably monotonous. I have been down that road. $75.00 is very reasonable ..I expect he may never break even. Patents are crazy expensive.. Better buy'em before he gets tired of fooling with making them.
I will have to catalog it as just another silly gizmo to waste money on.
So sad...Totally not called for. A fellow shooter builds a GREAT device that has a huge NEED if you shoot Black Powder and NEED to swab between shots out on a windy firing line, and because some folks are ignorant of the need, revert to disparaging the idea. This is just a very small sliver of what is wrong with America.
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I will have to catalog it as just another silly gizmo to waste money on.
So sad...Totally not called for. A fellow shooter builds a GREAT device that has a huge NEED if you shoot Black Powder and NEED to swab between shots out on a windy firing line, and because some folks are ignorant of the need, revert to disparaging the idea. This is just a very small sliver of what is wrong with America.
Yes, personal opinions and people who have them will be the downfall of civilization as we know it.
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) between shots to get the best accuracy at 1000 yds. NRA registered target matches are a timed event, so the less fumbling one must do with equipment during the relay the better. 
The opposite of PC is not intentionally rude 