Best cleaning rod ??

[brad541thb]

This was at a small gun store, and not a big store like Cabelas. It's been my experience that the companies I mentioned are in fact sending rods that aren't straight to the stores. Now how many thousandths of an inch these rods I examined were off I can't say, but I can say it was a significant amount to cause the excessive wobble I noticed. I don't believe anyone bent these rods either. Not even UPS I believe bent these rods. Usually when UPS damages a package they go all out. The store would have rejected the order when they signed off on it.

Running a hard polished stainless steel rod down a rimfire barrel hasn't hurt a rimfire barrel of mine yet, and the rifling being a lot smaller surely would show damage if damage was there. My original Suhl barrel was made in Nov of 1974. The gun had 4 other owners I believe before me. It more than likely had several rods through the bore. When I let Gene Davis put a Benchmark barrel on it, I had him borescope the Suhl barrel, and he said it looked good to him. The barrel still shot super tiny holes for groups. Almost 34yrs old and still going strong with all those rod strokes through the bore. I know I made a many of them. I still have that barrel, and maybe in the future it will go on another rifle.

I can say the same thing on all the other rimfires I have shot including 3 17HMR's. I brushed them with good rods, and they just kept on shooting like they did when new.

 

[varminter22]

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. 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..

I fully understand your logic. But, in the "for what its worth" department, here is a true story.

I put 1800 rounds through a new Shilen .224 barrel. At the time, I lived in OK, not far from Ennis TX. I took the rifle to Shilen and spoke to Mr Shilen himself. He asked what equipment I used; I told him a Pro Shot stainless rod and a Sinclair Delrin bore guide. He frowned, and then had a look at it. He proclaimed there was NOTHING wrong with the barrel.

I won't draw any conclusions. But it appears that stainless rods are fine if used properly.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I just ordered a pair of neil jones's rods and gave TK Nollan a little money as well today. my deweys are still straight and still have all of the coating w/o a scratch on them after more than 10yrs. I hope neil's are just as good which I suspect they will be.