Brass Cleaning Rods.
Gun cleaning kits with brass rods. Is this OK, or is this a NO-NO?[;)]
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Brass is softer than steel, so its fine. It wont harm the bore. 
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The other side is that since it is softer it will pick up abrasives and carry them into the bore acting as a lapping compound. From what I have learned the Benchrest shooters use one peice stainless or Carbon rods. www.6mmbr.com has some great info.
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Bpost has it exactly right as I've been told. I have been looking for one piece rods at a areasonable price for a while now. With multiple calibers, it can be expensive.
Ted Kennedy's car has killed more people than my gun.0 -
J Dewey or Boar Tech coated steel rods are what I see most often at the matches.
why chase the game when the bullet can get em from here?....
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A coated rod is a soft rod that will pick up abrasives.
You can fashion fine rods from drill rod. It is sold in three foot lengths in fractional, number, letter and metric sizes. Use the biggest diameter that will fit to prevent slapping and peening the bore, and make one for every bore diameter you have.
Cheers from Darkest California,
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Splitting hairs...The brass will do the job..Don't be put off by the EX PURTS..Every one has his own ideas of what is best..I've used brass Marble's Rods for fifty years with NO ill effects..modoc
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KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY.BUT NOT HOT.....single action S&Ws are keepers0 -
quote:Originally posted by Ross
A coated rod is a soft rod that will pick up abrasives.
You can fashion fine rods from drill rod. It is sold in three foot lengths in fractional, number, letter and metric sizes. Use the biggest diameter that will fit to prevent slapping and peening the bore, and make one for every bore diameter you have.
Cheers from Darkest California,
Ross
A good coated rod WILL NOT pick-up abrasives. This is a ploy that another company started saying about the coated rod manufactures. I always use Dewey coated rods (the coating is too hard to allow anything to to stick in it.) I have never used a Bore tech, but have heard a lot of good stuff about them. How do you attach a brush, jag, or bore mop to the drill rod? You would be better off just buying a good Dewey or Boretech.
"My faith, my country and my family will guide me; nothing more, nothing less" -Gen. Tommy Franks0 -
'Lapping' is a method used in machining to get a a slightly undersized hole bigger and smooth.
Brass is the material used to make a lap.The 'lap' is coated with abrasives to do its work.
Go ahead and use a brass rod in your 300 buck bore..the cost of a new barrel. The gunsmiths will love you...oh..the abrasives in the bore ? Comes from primer residue, and various junk from bullet guilding metals..a perfect lapping medium when coupled with various cleaning solvents.
One can go to the gun shows and easily find ruined rifle barrels by owners using those 5 dollar 4-piece brass and aluminum rods..just look at the elongated part of the muzzle at 6:00 clock
The great object here is to use a rod HARDER then barrel metal..but smooth. Then use a BORE GUIDE to keep it centered...and a rod big enough to not flex into the bore.The HARD rod will not enbed crud into its surface.....0
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