Do You Need To Use A Bore Guide With A Carbon Fiber Cleaning Rod?

remington patriot

Whatever quality coated Ane Piece cleaning rod will work fine. Stay away from the multiple piece cleaning rods as they have the potential to severely damage your barrel if they interruption while cleaning. Exist sure to use a good jag at the terminate of your cleaning rod also. I prefer the female person jags that thread direct to the rod. I have purchased most of my cleaning supplies from Sinclair in the past but most places acquit practiced quality stuff. Best of luck.

Greg Langelius *

I use the Tipton guide fix (several guide tips with internal diameters to match the rods, which should be properly sized to match bore diameter. This matching reduces rod motion side-to-side which is a factor regarding bore wear due to cleaning.

I utilize Tipton one piece carbon fiber rods. I replaced my metal rods with carbon after determining that every single one of them had acquired curves/bends, again a cistron in bore wear due to cleaning. Yes, they're pricey; but replacement barrels are moreso. I can observe most of what I need from Amazon.

Greg

siscoe308 · Aug 28, 2014

Information technology has always puzzled me the bravado associated with NOT cleaning. Thousands upon thousands invested and "I never clean until accuracy suffers" Blows my mind! Bang-up thread, imo

DocUSMCRetired

Boretech but came out with a new generation of them. I think they are solid, and love mine. Coated so they dont pick up debris.

Wheres-Waldo

I always advocate a .22 cal rod. They accept most of the stiffness of a cal specific rod, volition fit in any of your barrels, and for larger cals, it will minimize contact with the diameter.

On guides, I made a bushing for mine thats a prissy fit to the rod itself so the cleaning rod doesn't have a lot of play to get out of alignment with the bore and introduce the likelihood of more contact.