Cleaning Rod

bk

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If I was to buy a rod for my .243 & 7mm from tipton, one says .22-.26 and the other is >.26
Would the smaller one be alright for the 7mm to save buying two?
 
I have Tipton 22 rod and use it in my Hornet and 6.5X55. OK it flex a wee bit but not enough to make bore contact.

K
Ps: Always dificult to focus on my posts when below one of BK's!:eek:
 
Buy two the correct size, too much flex and the rod will touch the bore, any dirt will score the lands...

​I have rods in each calibre I shoot - tipton are expensive, but cheaper than a re-barrel.
 
If you find 7mm cleaning gear, let me know, I've had no luck. I was planning on ordering some online from Germany.
I've not long had some off Stalkers uk,the jag I got was labelled.270 and 7mm and the nylon brushes were labelled .270 but they seem fine.
 
I only have one rod but use it through 222Rem, 6mm, 25-20, 6.5, 32-20, .360 up to 308W with no dramas - trick is to get the correct bore guide for your rifle action and have the chamber insert to match the cartridge and buy a decent quality (expensive) rod to start with. then make sure that you have a robust rest to cradle the rifle whilst you clean it. Never had any issue with rods flexing, but if a nylon coated rod is gong to damage your barrel then something is wrong somewhere...

Not wanting to promote any business in particular, but have bought all mine from Reloading Solutions. Don't recall the make of rod, Dewey(?) perhaps, but jags and brushes all readily available from RSD, Norman Clark, etc. (Norman is at all major meetings at Bisley and will bring stuff down if ordered in advance) - if you get the right size spear tipped jags you can then fine tune bore cleaning by choice of patch size etc.

Cheers.

P.S. agree with K about the distractive properties of the harmonic motion experiment...
 
i use a .22 rod for all mine up to .270


think if you are worried about scoring the bore with a plastic coated rod doing 6" per second then you should probably put it back in the cabinet and stop shooting
All rods flex and touch the bore, makes no difference if the rod is 5mm diameter or 6.5mm diameter
 
i use a .22 rod for all mine up to .270


think if you are worried about scoring the bore with a plastic coated rod doing 6" per second then you should probably put it back in the cabinet and stop shooting
All rods flex and touch the bore, makes no difference if the rod is 5mm diameter or 6.5mm diameter

+1 - if that was a concern to the barrel we are all in trouble!
 
I have cleaned everything with a .17 Tipton carbon rod before now, just using the right stack of .17 patches, but I'll use the correct cal rod if it's to hand, wouldn't worry about any bore contact, some of those bullets can reach 4000 fps+ you know!
 
Mixed views about bore guides as although they can do a grand job of keeping solvent from action if of a good seal I have found patch sizing to be very critical. So much so that on the few occasions I've come close to a jammed patch it has been when a guide was deployed.

The following may also be controversial but here goes: I no longer use a bronze brush as part of my cleaning regime.

Cheers

K
 
Mixed views about bore guides as although they can do a grand job of keeping solvent from action if of a good seal I have found patch sizing to be very critical. So much so that on the few occasions I've come close to a jammed patch it has been when a guide was deployed.

The following may also be controversial but here goes: I no longer use a bronze brush as part of my cleaning regime.

Cheers

K

​me neither
 
Not even one of those:

a. Soak two patches in bore conditioner/lube and push through to remove crud.
b. Push through a couple of clean and dry patches.
c. Push through patch soaked in solvent followed by a dry patch.
d. Push through a heavily solvent-soaked underzised patch and leave for 20 minutes.
e. Patch until dry then push through further solvent soaked patches until they come out as clean as they went in.
f. Patch until dry.
g. Patch with bore conditioner.
h. Stick an oversized patch on jag and push into chamber until snug then unscrew* from rod and store rifle. This stops the lube running back into the action. (*Note: I have a wee magnetic clip that holds several patches and is left attached to the action as a reminder of what I need to do before using rifle!)
 
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