A firearm barrel cleaning cartridge for alternatingly cleaning, wiping, and expelling unwanted debris from an interior surface of a barrel of a typical firearm through a muzzle thereof, comprising:
- a) a hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing that contains an internal chamber defined by a circular-shaped, inwardly flanged, and open front, a circular-shaped and closed back that is displaced behind, and parallel to, said circular-shaped, inwardly flanged, and open front of said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing, a cylindrically-shaped longitudinal side extending perpendicularly from said circular-shaped and closed back of said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing to said circular-shaped, inwardly flanged, and open front of said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing and which has an interior surface and a longitudinal axis;
- b) at least one expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wiper being contained laterally in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing and dividing said internal chamber in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing into a plurality of internal sub-chambers;
- c) a propellant being contained in a first internal sub-chamber of said plurality of internal sub-chambers of said internal chamber in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing adjacent to said circular-shaped and closed back of said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing;
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- d) at least one wad, each wad of said at least one wad being contained in a respective sub-chamber of each at least one remaining sub-chamber of said plurality of internal sub-chambers of said internal chamber in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing, so that when said propellant in said first sub-chamber of said plurality of sub-chambers of said internal chamber in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing is activated each said at least one wad that is contained in said respective sub-chamber of each said at least one remaining sub-chamber of said plurality of internal sub-chambers of said internal chamber in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing exits therefrom alternatingly with each said at least one expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wiper that is contained laterally in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing;
- said at least one expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wiper contained laterally in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing being five expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wipers so as to divide said plurality of internal sub-chambers of said internal chamber in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing into six internal sub-chambers;
- said six internal sub-chambers of said internal chamber in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing further includes a second internal sub-chamber disposed adjacent to said first internal sub-chamber of said six internal sub-chambers of said internal chamber in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing and being separated therefrom by a first expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wiper of said five expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wipers in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing;
- said six internal sub-chambers of said internal chamber in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing further includes a third internal sub-chamber disposed adjacent to said second internal sub-chamber of said six internal sub-chambers of said internal chamber in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing and being separated therefrom by a second expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wiper of said five expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wipers in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing;
- said six internal sub-chambers of said internal chamber in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing further includes a fourth internal sub-chamber disposed adjacent to said third internal sub-chamber of said six internal sub-chambers in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing and being separated therefrom by a third expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wiper of said five expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wipers in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing;
- said six internal sub-chambers of said internal chamber in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing further includes a fifth internal sub-chamber disposed adjacent to said fourth internal sub-chamber of said six internal sub-chambers of said internal chamber in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing and being separated therefrom by a fourth expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wiper of said five generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wipers in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing;
- said six internal sub-chambers of said internal chamber in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing further includes a sixth internal sub-chamber disposed adjacent to said fifth internal sub-chamber of said six internal sub-chambers of said internal chamber in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing and being separated therefrom by a fifth expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing and removable wiper of said five expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wipers in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing and being further defined by said circular-shaped, inwardly flanged, and open front of said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing;
- said at least one wad includes a first wad impregnated with a cleaning solvent contained in said sixth internal sub-chamber of said six internal sub-chambers of said internal chamber in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing and which is first to exit from said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing when said propellant in said first sub-chamber of said six sub-chambers of said internal chamber in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing is activated, so that said first wad of said at least one wad that is contained in said sixth internal sub-chamber of said six internal sub-chambers of said internal chamber in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing provides a first layer of the cleaning solvent onto the interior surface of the barrel of the typical rifle as said first wad moves therealong which dissolves and expels a portion of the unwanted debris from the interior surface of the barrel of the typical firearm through the muzzle thereof;
- said fifth expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wiper of said five expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wipers is second to exit from said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing when said propellant in said first sub-chamber of said six sub-chambers of said internal chamber in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing is activated, so that said fifth expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wiper of said five expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wipers that is contained in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing wipes off and expels another portion of the unwanted debris from the interior surface of the barrel of the typical firearm through the muzzle thereof as said fifth expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wiper moves therealong;
- said at least one wad includes a second wad that is dry and is contained in said fifth internal sub-chamber of said six internal sub-chambers of said internal chamber in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing and which is third to exit from said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing when said propellant in said first sub-chamber of said six of sub-chambers of said internal chamber in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing is activated, so that said second wad of said at least one wad that is contained in said fifth internal sub-chamber of said six internal sub-chambers of said internal chamber in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing absorbs and expels another portion of the unwanted debris from the interior surface of the barrel of the typical firearm through the muzzle thereof as said second wad moves therealong;
- said fourth expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wiper of said five expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wipers is fourth to exit from said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing when said propellant in said first sub-chamber of said six sub-chambers of said internal chamber in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing is activated, so that said fourth expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wiper of said five expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wipers that is contained in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing wipes off and expels another portion of the unwanted debris from the interior surface of the barrel of the typical firearm through the muzzle thereof as said fourth expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wiper moves therealong;
- said at least one wad includes a third wad impregnated with the cleaning solvent that is contained in said fourth internal sub-chamber of said six internal sub-chambers of said internal chamber in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing and which is fifth to exit from said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing when said propellant in said first sub-chamber of said six sub-chambers of said internal chamber in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing is activated, so that said third wad of said at least one wad that is contained in said fourth internal sub-chamber of said six internal sub-chambers of said internal chamber in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing provides a second layer of the cleaning solvent on the interior surface of the barrel of the typical rifle as said third wad moves therealong which dissolves and expels another portion of the unwanted debris from the interior surface of the barrel of the typical firearm through the muzzle thereof;
- said third expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wiper of said five expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wipers is sixth to exit from said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing when said propellant in said first sub-chamber of said six sub-chambers of said internal chamber in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing is activated, so that said third expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wiper of said five expandable, generally hemispherically-shared, rearwardly-facing, and removable wipers that is contained in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing wipes off and expels another portion of the unwanted debris from the interior surface of the barrel of the typical firearm through the muzzle thereof as said third expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wiper moves therealong;
- said at least one wad includes a fourth wad that is dry and is contained in said third internal sub-chamber of said six internal sub-chambers of said internal chamber in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing and is seventh to exit from said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing when said propellant in said first sub-chamber of said six internal sub-chambers of said internal chamber in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing is activated, so that said fourth wad of said at least one wad that is contained in said third internal sub-chamber of said six internal sub-chambers of said internal chamber in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing absorbs and expels another portion of the unwanted debris from the interior surface of the barrel of the typical firearm through the muzzle thereof as said fourth wad moves therealong;
- said second expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wiper of said five expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wipers is eighth to exit from said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing when said propellant in said first sub-chamber of said six sub-chambers of said internal chamber in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing is activated, so that said second expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wiper of said five expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wipers that is contained in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing wipes off and expels another portion of the unwanted debris from the interior surface of the barrel of the typical firearm through the muzzle thereof as said second expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wiper moves therealong;
- said at least one wad includes a fifth wad impregnated with a muzzle flash and barrel erosion reduction composition that is contained in said second internal sub-chamber of said six internal sub-chambers of said internal chamber in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing and which is ninth to exit from said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing when said propellant in said first sub-chamber of said six sub-chambers of said internal chamber in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing is activated, so that said fifth wad of said at least one wad that is contained in said second internal sub-chamber of said six internal sub-chambers of said internal chamber in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing provides a layer of said muzzle flash and barrel erosion reduction composition on the interior surface of the barrel of the typical firearm as said fifth wad moves therealong;
- said first expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wiper of said five expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wipers is tenth to exit from said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing when said propellant in said first sub-chamber of said six sub-chambers of said internal chamber in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing is activated, so that said first expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wiper of said five expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wipers that is contained in said hollow, cylindrically-shaped, closed back, and open front shell casing smooths out said layer of said muzzle flash and barrel erosion reduction composition on the interior surface of the barrel of the typical firearm as said first expandable, generally hemispherically-shaped, rearwardly-facing, and removable wiper moves therealong and provides a smooth coating thereon;
- said muzzle flash and barrel erosion reduction composition being an aqueous solution of a material selected from the group consisting of Na.sub.2 O.sub.x SiO.sub.2, K.sub.2 O.sub.x SiO.sub.2, and combinations thereof, wherein x is 3-5, and which can be impregnated at ambient temperature and at atmospheric pressure, and wherein SiO.sub.2 acts as an erosion reducer;
- said material being about 5%-20% by weight and being a loose dry powder;
- said muzzle flash and barrel erosion reduction composition further containing small quantities of an additional material selected from the group consisting of talc, TiO.sub.2, and combinations thereof;
- said muzzle flash and barrel erosion reduction composition further containing a flash suppressant selected from the group consisting of volatile and non-volatile;
- said volatile flash suppressant being selected from the group consisting of NH.sub.4 HCO.sub.3, (NH.sub.4).sub.2 CO.sub.3, and KHCO.sub.3 ;
- said flash suppressant being about 3%-6% by weight.