An apparatus comprising a bore cleaning device operable to clean a bore of a firearm is provided. The apparatus includes a cylindrical cleaning pad including a periphery portion including a radial outer surface of the cylindrical cleaning pad, a center portion including a remainder of the cylindrical cleaning pad contained radially within the periphery portion, and a compression expansion cut disposed in the center portion and extending from a first flat end of the cylindrical cleaning pad to a center of the cylindrical cleaning pad. The apparatus further includes a propellant located in a bore-rearward position of the cylindrical cleaning pad providing a force to push the cleaning pad down the bore of the firearm and a payload located in a bore-forward position of the cylindrical cleaning pad.