Pro Shot Products 12 Gauge Shotgun Jag, Gold (J12)

Excellent

Its well made, fits the cleaning rod perfectly and works great with patches to clean the barrel and its cheaper than Brownhills.

I much prefer this Pro-Shot jag to the usual type of plastic or brass jag which have a slot to attach a piece of rag. I use this Pro-Shot jag with the round pads used to remove face and eye make up. They are cheap as chips for a pack of 100 and work really well at cleaning and polishing your shotgun barrels. The spike on the Pro-Shot jag secures the pad in place and the grooves stop the pad from coming off the jag inside the barrel. So, you can draw it back and forwards inside the shotgun barrels. As long as you don't push the jag out of the end of the barrel the pad stays put. Perfect results every time.

At first glance it appears the jag is to small for a 12 gauge bore. There is a lot of room in the barrel around the jag making it appear to be a better fit for a 16 gauge than a 12 gauge. This perception is false. Draping a 3" patch over the jag results in a lot of slack inside the barrel. Used this way the jag is loose as a goose. You can not just drape the patch over the jag if you want it to work well. The problem of extra play is based solely on how you place the patch on the jag. Do NOT drape a single layer patch over the jag and expect a tight fit. That will NOT happen. People applying the patch incorrectly has resulted in reviews that improperly claim the 12 gauge jag is undersized. It is the correct size when the patch is folded prior to use. The patch has to be folded in half then folded in half again. This results is a nice tight and yes, thicker square patch about 1 1/2" x 1 1/2". When this twice folded patch is pushed through the bore on the jag the result is a tight bore fit. By folding the patch into a smaller square the patch becomes thicker which fills the bore as expected. The end result is a tight fit. The patch holds onto the jag forward and backwards in the barrel. The downside of using a jag after having already cleaned your barrel with a normal loop and patch is the jag removes a lot more dirt from the barrel. The barrel you thought was clean before using a jag will be proven to still be dirty after using the jag as a follow up cleaning tool. You may need to use more patches but you will end up with a truly clean barrel. I recommend getting one of these as the price is fair, it is USA made (a HUGE plus), and it cleans much better than a loop ever will. This part is for a shotgun. It does require a shotgun rod or an adapter to use the normal size cleaning rods. If you do not have an adapter or a shotgun rod with the larger thread buy one when you get this. "Pro Shot shotgun jags have a No. 5/16-27 thread, and can be used on a rifle rod with a shotgun adapter" To use this jag on a smaller rifle cleaning rod you will need something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Breakthrough-Clean-Technologies-Shotgun-Adapter/dp/B074N91Z3Q/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=shotgun+adapter&qid=1574456551&s=sporting-goods&sr=1-3 or you can buy a purpose made shotgun rod like this: https://www.amazon.com/Shotgun-Cleaning-Universal-Standard-Thrreads/dp/B06XPLGL5K/ref=sr_1_11?dchild=1&keywords=shotgun+adapter&qid=1574456551&s=sporting-goods&sr=1-11 The only possible downside is this jag being made of brass may react to your cleaner resulting in a false positive for copper fouling. The proper paint being applied would protect the brass from being affected by cleaning solvents. Brass being stronger than plastic makes this a great choice. P.S. If you have a full choke shotgun I do not know how this will fit.

Must have, works great

Excellent jag for cleaning my 12 gauge. Forms a good seal with standard cleaning patches without being too hard to push through, and brass won't scratch the iron.

Does what it should, solid brass

Purchased after reading about the value of a JAG. The price is right and it is a key element of my gun cleaning routine after shooting. Patches and a brush go only so far in cleaning the barrels of my shotgun. The Jag (I typically need two patches to get a tight fit in the barrel) does a fantastic job of removing additional residue. I am frequently surprised by the amount of lead fouling that is swept out with the JAG that was not removed by scrubbing with a bronze brush. It is also useful after I remove the chokes for cleaning behind the chokes (a focus area after cleaning the barrels with the chokes in) as it holds a patch well enough to swab in both directions.