Abstract: A cleaning implement for a firearm comprises a rigid, axially extending, support adapted for connection to the end of a cleaning rod or other manipulating implement. Axially spaced, resilient panels are integrally molded onto a hub through which the support extends. A barb at an end of the support is provided to secure a cleaning patch that is wrapped around the outer edges of the panels and maintained in contact with an interior surface of the firearm during cleaning by the resilience of the panels.

Abstract: A gun bore cleaning system comprising a cleaning patch guide and holder, and a solvent and patch collector. The guide includes a tube having a tapered bushing at its forward end for abutting the breech end of the bore opening, and an inclined patch support surface near a rearward end holds a cleaning patch. As a cleaning rod is passed through the tube into the bore, it captures the patch, impregnated with a cleaning solvent, and pushes it through the bore into the solvent and patch collector mounted on the muzzle of the gun where the patch and any excess solvent are retained. The solvent and patch collector includes an adaptor mountable on the muzzle and a disposable container removably connected to the adaptor.