Patent ID: 8572883

Claim:
A gun barrel cleaning apparatus that captures cleaning patches, the apparatus comprising: a flexible cable, the cable having a handle end and an attachment end, the attachment end having a coupling portion with a threaded bore; a piercing adaptor comprising a body portion with a threaded male coupling portion extending from a first end and a threaded male coupling portion with a spear point extending from the opposite second end, the threaded male coupling portion extending from the first end sized to couple with the threaded bore of the coupling portion of the flexible cable, the piercing adapter having an external knurled surface; a jag having a threaded female coupling portion sized to couple with the threaded male coupling portion with the spear point, the jag having a plurality of circumferentially extending grooves therein; and a cleaning patch pierceable by the threaded male coupling with the spear point, whereby the cleaning patch may be piercingly attached to the piercing adaptor on the threaded male coupling portion with the spear point and may be captured thereon by threadingly attaching the jag to said threaded male coupling portion with the spear point.