Cleaning rod

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bramble basher

bramble basher

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Looking for a new cleaning rod ( message to self don’t stand on your Tipton) 😬 have had the Tipton for years with no issues was just wondering what people are using/new on the scene before I source a new Tipton
Regards Bb
 
Parker Hale for my .308 and .22 (two different ones) had them for over 30 years. And i carry my old sa80 cleaning kit while out and about as it has a take down rod or pull through if I need it
 
About 17 years ago I bought a Tipton deluxe carbon fibre rod. Then a couple of years later a company had them on special so I bought another one the same for when my one wears out.
Now I am beginning to think that I may wear out before my original rod does.
 
I have Dewey, Proshot and Montana Extreme cleaning rods, all coated. If I had to buy only one brand it would be Montana Extreme.
 
I like Tipton rods, the problem is the brass tip, I use Bore Tech copper remover, the brass rod tip and brass jags give a false reading, the patch will always come out green. Hopefully Tipton will address this problem as I like Bore Tech products but not using a stainless steel rod. I use a rod guide for bolt action rifles, but I shoot lots of old German falling blocks no bore guide is available a drilled thru spent cartridge as a guide gives the same false reading. Always open to ideas.
Mike 7A1C918E-CA9F-4462-A63C-DDD07E442B51.webp
 
A red dipped Edna Parker "A J Parker" from their shop in Birmingham. It has never stripped its coating despite now being thirty five years old or so.
 
yamoon said:
Did a Google search, apparently no one imports the rod to the USA.
Mike
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Oh. My apologies. A J Parket closed now ten plus years ago. So the only such you'd find will be on eBay and as new old stock in old school gunshops. Plus of course they are threaded for British jags, mops and brushes.
 
An etching copper remover sounds a bit extreme......a bit of copper fouling in a barrel is not a bad thing.
Fanatical cleaning with all kinds of proprietary jollop has shortened the useful life or even ruined many an otherwise good barrel.
The only thing that a clean patch tells you is that the patch is clean.....get a borescope if you don't believe that.
How it shoots is far more important than how shiny it looks, and the two hardly ever go together...

D.
 
Demetrius said:
An etching copper remover sounds a bit extreme......a bit of copper fouling in a barrel is not a bad thing.
Fanatical cleaning with all kinds of proprietary jollop has shortened the useful life or even ruined many an otherwise good barrel.
The only thing that a clean patch tells you is that the patch is clean.....get a borescope if you don't believe that.
How it shoots is far more important than how shiny it looks, and the two hardly ever go together...

D.
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I have and use a bore scope. I have used Bore Tech copper remover for some time, haven’t seen any sign of etching. I like old rifles, Mauser sporters, mannlicher Schoenauers, etc, some have less than perfect bores and tend to copper more than modern barrels. I only try to keep the copper to a reasonable level not spend hours trying to remove every last bit. Some advise using stainless steel rods as they don’t pick up grit and damage bores, my only problem with them is they are harder than barrel steels and I don’t want to use them with out a bore guide.
Thanks Mike
 
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I'm certainly no expert on much of anything, but.
You'd sending a bullet down a barrel that doesn't properly fit cus it's a bit too big, followed by a huge amount of heat, and it's spinning at bloody fast speed. And worried about using a bronze brush with some cleaning stuff on.
im no metallurgist
 
+1 for Parker Hale. Have them for my .243 and .308. Purchased >6 years ago, used weekly and still going strong.
 
years ago i cleaned a guys 17rem using a pro shot rod, he said he was sold the cleaning rod by the shop where he purchaced the rifle from, he said it was a tight fit in his barrel, after i,d cleaned his rifle which was so fouled up, i said what rod did you get he said its in his bag it was a parker hale rod, i said this rod is for air rifles 177 cal, your shooting 172 cal your rod isnt made for 17rem barrels, he,d got it stuck a few times and knocked it out with a hammer, his barrel was knackered, it cost £600 for a new barrel, a proshot 172 rod at the time was £31 :doh:
 
Went to the range yesterday, took 4 rifles, a 22 for dear wife to shoot, a 9.3x57r (360 BPE), a 9.3x53 Swiss martini and. Wildcat I traded for years 6mm 30-40 Krag built on a German nitro proofed falling block, same ballistics as a 243. Just finished cleaning them.
Mike
 
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