Abstract: A tool for cleaning and loading muzzle loading rifles includes a tube having a longitudinal axis and a centered throughbore along the axis. The tube includes a head having a knurled outer surface and a front face recess. The recess is adapted to center and support the projectile. A shaft is mounted in the throughbore of the tube and protrudes out of the back of the tube, wherein the diameter of the shaft is less than the diameter of the throughbore. Accordingly, when the shaft is fixed to a cleaning rod, the tube is free to rotate on the shaft.

Abstract: A debris retaining and retrieval tool for cleaning the barrels of rifles. A serrated brass cutting blade is positioned between two spaced plastic guide discs and further between a plastic lead-in guide element and a plastic follower guide element. The elements are combined by a bolt and nut and fastened to a ram rod. The spaced guide discs and the cutting blade entrap the scraped barrel residue of powder, plastic and lead to be carried outside the cleaned barrel for removal by a toothbrush.

Abstract: A debris retaining and retrieval tool for cleaning the barrels of rifles and especially muzzle loading black powder rifles. A serrated brass cutting blade is positioned between two spaced plastic guide discs and further between a plastic lead-in guide element and a plastic follower guide element. The elements are combined by a bolt and fastened to a ram rod. The spaced guide discs and the cutting blade entrap the scraped barrel residue of powder, plastic and lead to be carried outside the cleaned barrel for removal by a toothbrush.