Best cleaning rod ??

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miele

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Hey Guys-
I am having trouble with dewey cleaning rods,one has lost protective
coating another has broken off from the handle while using the short
stroke method with JB bore past:confused:
Which cleaning rod would you recomend ?? Coated,stainless steel,graphite ,
Bore tech,Proshot ??
Thanks
John:D
 
according to what bore guide you use is what rod to use. sounds like you have a loose one to lose your coating. I like the pro shots but as with any stainless rod you better be careful and have a good guide
 
Go get a couple ...

more Dewey's. I wouldn't use anything different. They're good protective rods. They've served me well and I use JB (3-5 patches) after every 30 to 35 rounds. Although probably not as aggressive. Art
 
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no...... don't get more Deweys, i've got 20 or so Dewey's here 22-30 cal. you can have em, they're junk even as new. :mad:

I got tired of buying the same piece of junk over and over, that's why I got so many. It's not necessary, get yourself a Pro-Shot or a set of Neil Jones rod's, with reasonable care they will last a lifetime. :cool: :) You'd be lucky to have Dewey last one season ! JMHO
 
rstreich said:
Denny Phillps' rods are the best I've used so far: http://www.ivyrods.com/
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You are right.

Until you guys use a Phillips cleaning rod, you won't know what you been missing. You won't buy anything else. I have compared a lot of rods: Dewey, Pro-Shot, Bore Tech to name a few, and none of these rods will come close to the Phillips rod. They are not as straight, not as hard, nor, near as polished as the Phillips rod. Denny makes a killer rod. Try one and if I misled you, feel free to tell me I was wrong. ;)

Brad
 
new is not necessarily better!!

Looks like its time for the dinosour (sp) to chek in .......I have had four (two for me and two for my son) Parker Hale rods since the 70's ....still as good as new....I only shoot aprox. 3000 rds per yr ...but ...they are terrific...unfortunately they are not on the market any more ((boo-hoo))...If you ever get the chance to buy a used one from some ole retired shooter ((or grieving widow))...grab it ......Roger
 
Invest in a top quality bore guide and the Dewey's will be fine!
 
speedpro said:
no...... don't get more Deweys, i've got 20 or so Dewey's here 22-30 cal. you can have em, they're junk even as new. :mad:

I got tired of buying the same piece of junk over and over, that's why I got so many. It's not necessary, get yourself a Pro-Shot or a set of Neil Jones rod's, with reasonable care they will last a lifetime. :cool: :) You'd be lucky to have Dewey last one season ! JMHO[/QUOTE


Speedpro, if you will send me your address, I'll send a MO to cover the shipping on all those Dewey's.

Hal
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Ivy Rods

I've been using the original Ivy rods made by Clarence Ivy before Denny began producing them for 20 years. I have used 3 different versions of Ivy (from Clarence) and now use the last version produced here in Texas. First class(mine have the jag machined on one rod). My Dewey rods are still ok, and I use them from time to time. The only rods I sit in the corner are the Bore Tech. Can't speak for other rods except for Pro Shot, which I also like....just not as much as the Ivy Rod.

I use a TK Nolan Bore Saver in my 6PPC, and Lucas guides in others. These are improtant!

Dennis
 
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I have never used anything but Dewey Rods. The past 5 years have been in conjunction with the TK Nolan Barrel Saver Bore Guide,which is probably the most important item in the cleaning equation.
I doubt anybody is going to bring out a rod with the intention that it damage the ID's of barrels. But I do not like the idea of placing a stainless rod in a premium stainless barrel.
As with a lot of things today, we have many fine products to choose from. This is a good thing........jackie
 
Hal D. said:
speedpro said:
no...... don't get more Deweys, i've got 20 or so Dewey's here 22-30 cal. you can have em, they're junk even as new. :mad:

I got tired of buying the same piece of junk over and over, that's why I got so many. It's not necessary, get yourself a Pro-Shot or a set of Neil Jones rod's, with reasonable care they will last a lifetime. :cool: :) You'd be lucky to have Dewey last one season ! JMHO[/QUOTE


Speedpro, if you will send me your address, I'll send a MO to cover the shipping on all those Dewey's.

Hal
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Hal that's a tempting offer, IMO they aint worth the ride in my truck.
I've been giving them away to new shooters that my grown boy's bring around, they like them better than a Hoppe's 3pc.
My complaint isn't the coating, but the bearings in the handle dragging or seizing-up. During the cleaning process the jag or brush starts to thread off the rod as it follows the twist, the threads seem to be hardened to a point where where much harder than barrel steel IMO.
Thankfully I've been able to catch it before any damage to the barrel occured.
I've never expierenced this with a Jones or Pro-Shot rod both seem to have a better bearing arrangement.
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I have used dewys for a long time. also parker hale.
There are new rods being made from the people that make wipe out'
paul is the companies name they are coated and have 2 ball bearings like the old parker hale rods. i plan on testing some this summer.
I don't care for any naked type rods .
 
Ditto speedpro !!

The same darn thing happens to me also !!
The brush becomes unthreaded because the dewey rod does not rotate
properly stressing the area infront of the handle and whammo rod breaks !!
How are Bore sticks or Proshot ?? do you thing graphite is to abrasive
for the bore ??
Thanks
John
 
Well I was at my local gun shop several months ago, and tested a lot of the Dewey rods they had that were brand new. For being supposedly such a good rod, every one I tested on a flat surface was bent. I only tested about 3 or 4, but I wouldn't want to send them down a barrel of mine. Some of them were severely bent. The Bore Tech rods were bent as well along with some Pro-Shot rods. I say all these manufacturers need better quality control before they in fact let these bent rods go to the customer. If a rod is bent, it don't take a genius to see it. The Phillips rod I have rolls perfectly across my kitchen table. You can't even see a wobble as it rolls. ;) And none of these rods I mentioned here will come close to the polishing job that Denny puts on his rod. Like I said, Denny's rods will smoke the rest. It's not even close. Until you try one, you just really don't know how much better they truely are. Seeing is believing. Everyone I know who has tried one of Denny's rods has said they simply are the best.
 
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What convinced me to try a "naked" rod in the first place was the popularity of them in the rimfire crowd. They get, what, ten times, more barrel life than I do with a centerfire barrel? If a hard, uncoated, steel rod were going to cause any damage to the bore, the rimfire shooters would certainly notice it and drop them in a heartbeat.

I would probably still be using Tiptons if that last few I bought had been put together straight. I really liked the stiffness and resilience of the carbon fiber (BTW, they're coated, so there are no exposed fibers). But the last few I bought had crooked handles and crooked, off-center ferrules. Midway would have replaced them, but if three in a row were like that, my odds of getting a straight one in return seemed pretty low.

I bought a new Dewey just before Denny started making rods. Since it was a .20 cal rod, I was a little concerned about how "whippy" it might be. So, just for fun, I gave it about a 15-20 degree deflection just to see how much resistance there was. (Ever notice that some of the dumbest things you've done in your life have been done "just for fun?") Yep, it was bent for good.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not suggesting that Tipton and Dewey rods are crap. I've happily used both for years. I'm just relating a couple of key experiences I had with them. It seems that just about any rod will work just fine--when used properly with a decent bore guide. I'm also pretty sure that any rod will ruin a bore pretty quickly--when used improperly, as in without a decent bore guide. I doubt that it really matters if a coated rod will pick up debris or not. If it's rubbing on your bore, something is wrong.

I just got my sixth rod from Denny mostly because they're nice to look at, dead straight, he's a real pleasure to do business with, and the price to quality index is about the highest of any products that I buy. It's also nice to be able to say, 'Denny, I need a 53", two-piece, .250" and a 31.5", one-piece .203" and have them show up at your doorstep for a reasonable price.
 
Brad ...

brad541thb said:
Well I was at my local gun shop several months ago, and tested a lot of the Dewey rods they had that were brand new. For being supposedly such a good rod, every one I tested on a flat surface was bent. I only tested about 3 or 4, but I wouldn't want to send them down a barrel of mine. Some of them were severely bent. The Bore Tech rods were bent as well along with some Pro-Shot rods. I say all these manufacturers need better quality control before they in fact let these bent rods go to the customer. If a rod is bent, it don't take a genius to see it. QUOTE]

It's been my experience that the rods you see bent in Local gun shops are mostly the consequence of poor customer handling before you picked them up or poor retail management. I've noticed in the big stores like a Cabela's or a Sportsman's Warehouse that you see a lot of what you're talking about. In a good small quality shop, like a McBrides, with a smaller inventory that is watched closely, I've been able to pick up a variety of manufacturers rods and have found them to be straight. It's all a function of good or poor handling by a large customer base and/or good or indifferent store personnel. No one, in some of the stores, is culling out the bent or "shop worn" rods being offered to the customer. Remember, a custom rod is made one or two at a time for a specific customer (you) and goes from the maker's hands to yours with nothing in between except for the shipping. Art
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You could not run fast enough to make me use a "polished stainless steel" rod in my tubes..

Even being careful that rod will be hitting the bottom of the barrel on the crown.:eek: May be pretty but concern for damage overides being sexy.

I hate having a bore scope-----it tells no lies..

I have 6 Dewey rods some for many years with no problems --- guess I am lucky but they have tried to unscrew themselves from the handle before.. I just give them a Stern Talking To and they stop it..
 
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