Patent ID: 7441363

Claim:
A method of cleaning a bore of a gun, said method comprising the steps of: providing a cord comprised of an elongated, continuous flexible material with a plurality of receiver openings between a first end and a second end thereof, wherein said plurality of receiver openings are sized to snugly receive and retain a swab; providing a first swab; applying a cleaning solvent or an oil to said first swab; inserting an end of said first swab into a first receiver opening of said plurality of receiver openings; pulling said first swab through said first receiver opening until said first swab has a first portion and a second portion extending outwardly from opposite sides of said cord; providing a second swab; applying a cleaning solvent or an oil to said second swab; inserting an end of said second swab into a second receiver opening of said plurality of receiver openings; pulling said second swab through said second receiver opening until said first swab has a first portion and a second portion extending outwardly from opposite sides of said cord; extending said cord into a bore of a barrel of a gun until said first end of said cord extends outside of a first opening of said barrel and wherein said second end of said cord extends outside of a second opening of said barrel; reciprocating said cord for cleaning said bore; removing said cord from said bore; severing a portion of said cord that is contaminated from said step of reciprocating said cord for cleaning said bore.