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Bore cleaning / using a bore guide
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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 1092190" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>This is a very good and important question and deserves a good answer.</p><p></p><p>The main advantage to using a bore guide/throat saver is to prevent wearing the throat with the cleaning rod. throat erosion is one of the main causes of accuracy loss.</p><p></p><p>In a perfect world nothing but the brush or a patched jag touch the barrel. a throat saver helps minimize this ware, increasing barrel life. It is the same problem when a rifle is cleaned from the muzzle end (The crown gets prematurely worn)</p><p></p><p>I use the largest one piece rod possible to also help. (They are stiffer that a 22 caliber rod and with no joints that could catch on the throat they also help).</p><p></p><p>There is also a benefit to starting a patch correctly and easy using the throat saver.</p><p></p><p>Once you use one you probably will never go back to cleaning without one.</p><p></p><p>Just my opinion</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 1092190, member: 2736"] This is a very good and important question and deserves a good answer. The main advantage to using a bore guide/throat saver is to prevent wearing the throat with the cleaning rod. throat erosion is one of the main causes of accuracy loss. In a perfect world nothing but the brush or a patched jag touch the barrel. a throat saver helps minimize this ware, increasing barrel life. It is the same problem when a rifle is cleaned from the muzzle end (The crown gets prematurely worn) I use the largest one piece rod possible to also help. (They are stiffer that a 22 caliber rod and with no joints that could catch on the throat they also help). There is also a benefit to starting a patch correctly and easy using the throat saver. Once you use one you probably will never go back to cleaning without one. Just my opinion J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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