Hi everyone.I hate to disagree but i don't believe bruce hedge was the inventor and i will tell you why.I believe it came out years ago.I bought this item on ebay last year and it's a small red tin almost the size of a sucrets tin.Here is what it says on the one side;Worry No Longer About Your Rifles.This Ideal Anti-Rust Rope Will Keep Them In Perfect Condition At All Times.They Are Saturated With A Specially Prepared Rust Preventative.Just Draw Through The Barrel,Done In A Second Or Two And You Can Set Your Rifle Away Indefinitely,No Further Attention Required.(This Metal Box Fits Pocket Of Cartridge Belt).Price 35c Each Ideal Chemical Company,Wilkes-Barre Pa. The Other Side was an advertisement for it's Ideal Rust - Preventive.It said 4oz bottle is 50c; 1 quart $2.00; 1gallon $5.oo.Now i'm almost 60 years old and have lived in wilkes-barre,pa. all my life and have never heard of the Ideal Chemical Company.While searching on the net i came across a Jan.1922 Forest and Stream magazine that had an advertisement for 500 cleaning patches for 15c from the Ideal Chemical Company,Wilkes-Barre,Pa which i believe is the same company.The old rope that was in the tin selled of old oil from propable use and is approx 22" long with an eyelet on one end connected to the rope and it looks like it was wound in copper wire to secure it to the rope and nothing on the other end.It fits perfectly in the tin.Could it be possible they invented it but never got a patend for it?Kind of neat to think it might have started in my home town.Your thoughts are appreciated. Airborne All The Way!