Patent ID: 8429846

Claim:
A method of cleaning a firearm barrel having a breech end, a muzzle end and a bore extending therethrough, said method comprising the steps of: providing a cleaning head including a cleaning implement coupled to a shank; providing a cleaning rod; inserting said cleaning implement followed by said shank into said bore from said breech end, thereby establishing a frictional contact between said cleaning implement and said barrel; engaging said shank with said cleaning rod; after said engaging step, pushing said cleaning implement at least partially through said bore towards said muzzle end in a first cleaning direction; and after said pushing step, pulling said cleaning rod in a second retraction direction at least substantially opposite said cleaning direction, wherein during said pulling step, a first sum of all of a first set of forces acting on said cleaning head in said cleaning direction is greater than a second sum of all of a second set of forces acting on said cleaning head in said retraction direction, thereby causing disengagement of said cleaning rod from said cleaning head.