artimu wrote:Meh, what's wrong with a normal cleaning rod?
mahna wrote:A lot of target shooters prefer them.
Softer on the barrel I think is the logic and they're very conscious of doing anything to degrade their accuracy, thinking a steel rod might wear the barrel.
Warrigul wrote:mahna wrote:A lot of target shooters prefer them.
Softer on the barrel I think is the logic and they're very conscious of doing anything to degrade their accuracy, thinking a steel rod might wear the barrel.
What is the hardest material known to man after diamond(which is only compressed carbon)?
I use plastic coated spring steel one piece rods and attempt to keep them clean and I only insert them from the breech.
A bore guide is good if you don't have educated fingers.
I don't think there is any ultra safe option to cleaning rods the only no no's are pull throughs (sorry Mecca) and two piece rods.
Just my humble opinions and for what it is worth I carry a three piece rod hunting just in case.
on_one_wheel wrote:Warrigul wrote:mahna wrote:A lot of target shooters prefer them.
Softer on the barrel I think is the logic and they're very conscious of doing anything to degrade their accuracy, thinking a steel rod might wear the barrel.
What is the hardest material known to man after diamond(which is only compressed carbon)?
I use plastic coated spring steel one piece rods and attempt to keep them clean and I only insert them from the breech.
A bore guide is good if you don't have educated fingers.
I don't think there is any ultra safe option to cleaning rods the only no no's are pull throughs (sorry Mecca) and two piece rods.
Just my humble opinions and for what it is worth I carry a three piece rod hunting just in case.
Carbon might be hard but is it abrasive ? I couldnt find the answer with a quick Google search.
iv got a 4 piece steel rod made by Kleen Bore ... never used it, didnt like the idea of the slight edges where the joins were made or the bare steel finish.
I quite like my one piece steel rod that has a painted finish.
Warrigul wrote:I like painted or plastic coated steel but that is just me.
MeccaOz wrote: I myself use a pull through, not talking bore snake but a proper rig, cant remember the name of it, but ill be getting a one piece myself when I get to the city
samf wrote:Warrigul wrote:I like painted or plastic coated steel but that is just me.
Painted?
Doesn't it just scrape off reasonably quickly?
brett1868 wrote:Punch "Carbon figure cleaning rod" into Google and see what comes back....not much. There's many types of carbon fibre besides the pretty weaved type you see on hot rods. If you've ever snapped a CF rod in a tent then you'll see that there's no inner something else. The good quality rods have very little resin as they don't need the top coat to look pretty and the carbon can contact the riffling very easily.The bore guide is there to protect the chamber and also to prevent chemicals dripping into the action, does nothing to stop the flex of a rod making contact with the rifling. Projectiles are relatively soft copper as you know but carbon is one of the hardest substances on the planet, think diamond. I machine quite a bit of CF pate and tube and it's nasty on tools, I destroyed a new blade on a bandsaw in just a few cuts of 2mm plate.
brett1868 wrote:FFS, Can we change the spelling from "figure" to "fibre" of this thread casue my inner spelling Nazi coupled with my OCD is going to give me a stroke.
brett1868 wrote:FFS, Can we change the spelling from "figure" to "fibre" of this thread casue my inner spelling Nazi coupled with my OCD is going to give me a stroke.