Pro Shot Cleaning Rods...
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redrockranger
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Dewey can't make a smaller handle after all these year ?
Wow! That is the best rod, I have ever had. And still got. 2 different styles. The red Handle uses a roll pin to spin on a groove of the rod. Every year. In the winter. I clean, lube, ultrasonic, change springs, ER! Whatever... all my stuff.
Red handled Pro Shot rod. I squirt Mobil 28 grease in the roll pin hole. Mobil 28 is the best grease. Navy calls it High Temp bearing grease. I used a couple of barrels of Mobil 28 in my 4 yrs on the Gridley. And when I worked for SPD Tech. rebuilding, repairing, or warranty work on BIG CIRCUIT Breakers.
The other Pro Shot Rod has a yellow handle. It's coated. That is the BEST Cleaning rod Ever. got it from Steve Theye. the last one.....
Dewey does not make it. I have bent more than one.
All my smaller cleaning rods are Pro Shot. Just put some greease in the hole....Great stuff.
Hunter
Throwin' Up Spray
I just looked for the hole to which you must be referring, and may have found it — it's VERY tiny. Do I need to try to clean the hole? What do you use to squirt grease into it? Also, where can I get Mobil 28 grease?
Mobil 28 and I used to put it in a syringe. Amazon sells it now.
By the way. My brother was an FC on Destroyers and Cruisers. Full school in 1983. Radar, Computer and Gun. Now the Gun is serviced by Gunners Mates. I mentioned in 1983, that their was a new product called Break Free. A CLR. Next I hear from my brother. The Navy is buying it, in barrels. For the 5" gun. Next I hear, he had some Marines on his ship. The Marines loved Break Free....Not sure if my brother, had any influence to buying the stuff. Back then, it was all mail by letter. He was stationed out of Norfolk. I was in San Diego. We were both somewhere in the Western IO.
He later told me. That was the go to for M-16 cleaning...... Never know about this stuff. Info That is.
Supposedly, this stuff limited the firearms from accumulating the "PINK DUST". Hey! Just a story.
Never set foot in the pink dust. And my ship was not there very long.
I did hang from the Mast of CG-21 for 4 days. Trying to fix the Mast lights. LBNSY screwed up the running lights 1982. As far as I know they were never fixed.....JIMMY shut down LBNSY and in 1982 Ronnie Re-OPENED it. Got to see, the New Jersey BB-62 be re-commissioned. That was cool.
Dress Blues and Full Medals. I didn't have any medals. Another story.
Hunter
Throwin' Up Spray
The only hole on the side of the handle is barely large enough to stick a sewing needle in it. Is that the hole you squirt grease into?
How does a little grease keep the handle attached to the rod on the backstroke?
HUH?
You squirt the grease in the hole. It's a roll pin. Grease then leaks out the seam on the roll pin and the bottom of the roll pin. The rod has a groove cut into it. The roll pin is the pivot pin.... The roll pin hole is offset from center.
Hunter
Throwin' Up Spray
You say, "HUH?" I had to google "roll pin" to know what you're talking about.
What's happening inside the handle? Does the grease exert enough pressure on the roll pin to keep it pressed against the"shoulder" of the groove that's cut into the rod?
That tiny little hole doesn't look like it will accept much grease.
Oh. The rod spins inside the handle. Roll pin acts a retainer and a bearing surface. Grease does, what grease does. Keeps dirt out and lubes the contact surfaces. Have you seen grease sold in those small syringes? It takes some effort to get it in hole.You say, "HUH?" I had to google "roll pin" to know what you're talking about.
What's happening inside the handle? Does the grease exert enough pressure on the roll pin to keep it pressed against the"shoulder" of the groove that's cut into the rod?
That tiny little hole doesn't look like it will accept much grease.
