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Ammoholic
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They kept same part number but switched the product from synthetic to cotton patches.

I have no desire to add lint to my guns, I'm use these to clean my guns not dirty them.



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Weird, I actually prefer cotton patches. I don't recall ever having any issues with lint left behind and feel they wipe better that the synthetic patches. That said, though I've been preferring and using cotton patches since 1994, admittedly, I've have never purchased Hoppes brand patches either. Wink

ETA - Kleen-Bore 100% Cotton Flannel Cleaning Patches are my preferred gun cleaning patches.


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I prefer cotton also. I have time on my hands so I make my own from old t-shirts. I haven’t bought commercially made patches in over a decade.
 
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Prefer cotton myself and I know that any hairs left behind will burn. Not sure about synthetic.
Cotton holds liquids and crud better then synthetic IMO.
 
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Weird, I actually prefer cotton patches. I don't recall ever having any issues with lint left behind and feel they wipe better that the synthetic patches. That said, though I've been preferring and using cotton patches since 1994, admittedly, I've have never purchased Hoppes brand patches either. Wink

ETA - Kleen-Bore 100% Cotton Flannel Cleaning Patches are my preferred gun cleaning patches.


I'm with you. I'll take cotton any day.
 
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I always thought the synthetic patches were comparable to wiping your keester with wax paper.
 
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Cotton for me. Old T-shirts and socks if the need arises.
 
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Yep. Cotton. Often make my own patches out of old T-shirts.
I use surgical towels for other gun maintenance.


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Well I guess I'll keep/try them out since everyone seems to like them. Worst case scenario I'm out $10 I guess.



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Cotton is all that I will buy and use!!
 
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Not a fan of synthetic- it doesn’t absorb like cotton does, just kind of smears stuff around. I’ve never noticed a lot of shmutz building up from cotton.




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Only use cotton on mine. I’ve never had an issue
 
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Cotton any day




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Cotton is King !
 
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Use canned air after cleaning.

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Originally posted by Mustang-PaPa:
Prefer cotton myself and I know that any hairs left behind will burn. Not sure about synthetic.
Cotton holds liquids and crud better then synthetic IMO.
 
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Cotton. The touch, the feel, the fabric of our lives…



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have been using cotton since the 50's



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Heck, I didn't even know what kind are the patches I bought. I figure if it says patch for whatever caliber, it's good to go.



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Cotton since 1965


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Well I guess I'll keep/try them out since everyone seems to like them. Worst case scenario I'm out $10 I guess.


That's a bold strategy, cotton.

Let's see if it pays off.
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