Cleaning Rods

[Old Rooster]

What's the best cleaning rods to use?
Steel on the end could bugger up the crown but brass could give a false positive on copper in bore.
So what do you folks use?

 

[Mark37082]

I've got several cleaning rods, but I really only use the Tipton Deluxe Carbon Fiber rod in my rifles. I believe the tip is brass, but I don't worry about false positives. At least I didn't until you mentioned it…

 

[quigley257]

Can't go wrong with Dewey rods. Tried, tested and quality product.

 

[3chester]

Pro-Shot products makes a few nice ones, rifle and pistol types.

 

[antelopedundee]

Can't go wrong with Dewey rods. Tried, tested and quality product.

This. I use the Bore Tech copper-free jags with mine.

 

[Hand Skills]

My cleaning practices have certainty evolved over the years. These days I like the Dewey rods best. Using a set of Tipton plated (nickle or chrome?) Jags.

 

[338 dude]

What's the best cleaning rods to use?
Steel on the end could bugger up the crown but brass could give a false positive on copper in bore.
So what do you folks use?

Dewey

 

[gunaddict]

Dewey!!!

 

[Old Rooster]

I've got several cleaning rods, but I really only use the Tipton Deluxe Carbon Fiber rod in my rifles. I believe the tip is brass, but I don't worry about false positives. At least I didn't until you mentioned it…

Mark take a cleaning patch and put some copper solvent on the patch and rub it on the brass where the jag screws in and it will turn blue just like with copper.I fought that rears ago and bought a Tetra rod with a painted brass end just to check and it don't do that.

Here is a rod I really like but at 73.00 it's a bit spendy.

Montana X-Treme (MTX) 1-Piece Gun Cleaning Rod 22 to 26 Cal 42 Coated

The Montana X-Treme (MTX) 1-Piece Cleaning Rod features the highest strength spring steel, proprietary coating technology and a thrust bearing low...

www.midwayusa.com

I would need a 30 caliber size 44 inches long

 

[Seabeeken]

Love my tipton carbon fiber. Only rods I use. I use bore tech jags so there is no false indication of copper, but then the bore scope is the way to check that out. I'm attaching a pic of an 03 sprinfield a guy brought me. He swore it was clean because it was cleaned with Hoppes #9 and he was getting clean patches out of it. He brought it to me and here is a bore scope pic. Turned out to need a new barrel. Sorry, got off topic

 

[Coyote Shadow Tracker]

Carbon with ball bearing handle and the handle can move (lock) with the length of the rod so the rod doesn't bend.

Edit:
Also make sure that you are using the correct carbon rod diameter matched to your caliber of the barrel.

 

[Old Rooster]

Carbon with ball bearing handle and the handle can move (lock) with the length of the rod so the rod doesn't bend.

Coyote Shadow Tracker I heard many years ago that more barrels were damaged from poor cleaning products and poor cleaning practices than shooting.I bet that is still true.

 

[Beluebow]

Bore Tech and Pro Shot.

 

[K.E.C. Darkside]

Tipton and Dewey, a rack of them, from 17 cal. to 30 cal.