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Here’s why the Marines are bringing back Vietnam-era rifle cleaning kits

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — Old-school rifle cleaning kits are about to make a comeback as the Marine Corps phases out its newer, soft cable kits that troops used on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan. The throwback change is one of the decisions to come out of the October combat marksmanship symposium here, where leadership…

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — Old-school rifle cleaning kits are about to make a comeback as the Marine Corps phases out its newer, soft cable kits that troops used on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan.

The throwback change is one of the decisions to come out of the October combat marksmanship symposium here, where leadership met to streamline the service's marksmanship program.

via www.marinecorpstimes.com

So, they're going back to the old style kits that were issued when I was in.

Really, between the toothbrush and the obligatory Q-tips, all you needed was to run the rod a few times after a live fire.

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  1. Trevor Thralls

    With some blanks and no BFA you can shoot the shiznit out of some extra cleaning rods.

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  2. mushdogs

    Still use a vintage surplus cleaning kit for my AR.

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  3. ultimaratioregis

    What the hell is a “newer, softer cable kit”? I never saw anything else.

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  4. Esli

    UR,the soft cable kits have something like a long cable with a braided puffy covering and a weight on one end. You drop the weighted end through and pull the cloth through. As you pull it, the cloth draws tight and fits through the bore snugly. There are some bristles on one end that work like a bore brush and the cloth cleans the bore. It does not clean the chamber at all-At least the M4/M16 chamber.
    The premise is okay, but I prefer what I grew up with. I used this thing for the first time a couple of weeks ago.
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  5. SFC Dunlap 173d RVN

    Don’t forget the shaving brush!

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  6. 77 11C20

    Maybe we were weird but we also used a knotted boot lace.

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  7. timactual

    “Don’t forget the shaving brush!”
    You beat me to it. Put that one in the footlocker display to good use. I still use a shaving brush for computers & keyboards.

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  8. SCOTTtheBADGER

    I like my BoreSnake.

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  9. Casey

    Scott, keep your personal life out of this…

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