Poll: Gun cleaning rods vs cleaning cables/cords/snakes?

[Otter]

Ballistol. Snake. Toothbrush. Done.

So your teeth are clean. What about your guns?

 

[Bon Sauvage]

I use a one piece rod or a wiping stick: mostly the wiping stick anymore.

 

[edslhead]

I do, it depends on the quality of the rod especially if its not a 1 piece rod and the segments have a burr or step in them. Most of the damage is at the crown on entry a guide helps mitigate that.

I guess you cant be too careful. A barrel is a pretty tuff cookie though. Your saying not to use the cleaning rod and kit that came with my AK

 

[Brutus57]

I'm not sayin the snake is no good.......From WW-1 to present, you pissed on a boot lace with a few nots tied in it and yanked it through the bore! worked out just fine then, and most of the good solvents have ammonia (just like urine) as the active ingredient! A good rod set is used to keep a fine and probably expensive gun working as good as it can be made to work! Use what ever you can get your hands on! A clean gun is a happy gun!

And that's how the insult go pi$$ up a rope was born.

Brutus Out

 

[erudne]

Dewy one piece rod system w/rod guide

 

[gunfreak]

I have a Tipton carbon fiber but I also have bore snakes for all calibers. I keep them in my range bag for on the fly dirty bores along with a mil-spec break down rod for squib rounds.

 

[ilikegunspdx]

I have a Tipton carbon fiber but I also have bore snakes for all calibers. I keep them in my range bag for on the fly dirty bores along with a mil-spec break down rod for squib rounds.

Necro thread from 2016!

 

[3MTA3]

Necro thread from 2016!

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An oldie but a goodie due to the fundamental question, especially for new shooters!

 

[arrowshooter]

I use rods on the bench and snakes in the field for portability.