Pipe Cleaners and .22s

I wanted to swab the chambers on this High Standard and my bag of pipe cleaners was handier than my .22 cleaning rod, so I figured I'd give it a try. Doubled over the pipe cleaner is a snug fit that still pushes through easily. You could even use it to clean a rifle bore by cutting a short section, folding it in half, and then pulling it through with a thin line. You're not going to be doing any serious scrubbing but it'll work for applying solvent or oil.

You can get pipe cleaners with embedded plastic bristles which would be slightly more aggressive but they are probably not needed unless the bore or chamber are really crusty, although I do find them handy for cleaning hard to access spots in guns.