Rifle Cleaning Question?????
07-18-2006, 01:16 PM
#1
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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Rifle Cleaning Question?????
I am wondering how many of you remove the jag before pulling the rod back through the barrel. I always remove the patch but never remover the jag. Should I be removing it also?
Thanks
BTW I use a stoney point bore guide and dewey rod.
Thanks
BTW I use a stoney point bore guide and dewey rod.
07-18-2006, 02:04 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: Rifle Cleaning Question?????
ORIGINAL: bigcountry
What I have been doing is not sticking the jag out all the way, and pulling off the patch.
What I have been doing is not sticking the jag out all the way, and pulling off the patch.
07-18-2006, 02:51 PM
#5
Nontypical Buck
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RE: Rifle Cleaning Question?????
I was just asking because I’ve seen brass tapered collars that are sold with cleaning rods and wasn’t sure if the collar is used as a stop or used as a guide to push the rod thru when cleaning from the muzzle, lets say for a lever action or semi auto...
07-19-2006, 04:21 AM
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RE: Rifle Cleaning Question?????
Better to have a relativley soft brass jagcome back thru the barrel than a steel rod. Even some coated rods can expose steel where the coating ends near the rod tip. And steel on steel is the main concern in that you may mar the rifling or more importantly, where you may may it at the muzzle crown. You can get away with a back and forth stroke as long as you don't pass out of the barrel or into the chamber where you will loose the patch. Still, with the jag on, no harm no foul, just pop the patch the rest of the way out and finish.
Those crown things are to protect the rifling at the muzzle as you pass the rod into the barrel when cleaning from that end. Not the best way to go though. And for a stop, like bigcountry said, just use your finger position as a stop so you don't pass all the way thru. If you clean a lot, or have a target or varmint/sub MOA rifle and are worried about damage to the rifleing, my advice would be to get a bore guide for cleaning from the breach. They also keep the gunk and solvents from getting into the action of the rifle.
Those crown things are to protect the rifling at the muzzle as you pass the rod into the barrel when cleaning from that end. Not the best way to go though. And for a stop, like bigcountry said, just use your finger position as a stop so you don't pass all the way thru. If you clean a lot, or have a target or varmint/sub MOA rifle and are worried about damage to the rifleing, my advice would be to get a bore guide for cleaning from the breach. They also keep the gunk and solvents from getting into the action of the rifle.
07-19-2006, 05:17 AM
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RE: Rifle Cleaning Question?????
ORIGINAL: wayomic
Those crown things are to protect the rifling at the muzzle as you pass the rod into the barrel when cleaning from that end. Not the best way to go though.
Those crown things are to protect the rifling at the muzzle as you pass the rod into the barrel when cleaning from that end. Not the best way to go though.