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Life's too short to hunt with an ugly gun.
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The only rod I will use is a one piece stainless steel rod, it is not abrasive like carbon fiber, even teflon and it does not cling to grit..Bench shooters have known that for ions...
I like the bore snakes. I use them most of the time with a good rod cleaning about twice a year..More bores are ruined by cleaning with rods than by shooting..lot of folks scrub the throats right out..I really don't want to get my bore squeeky clean, its not necessary, and if you do it may take half a dozen shots to get you gun shooting again..One pass with a bore snake is the equivelent of 190 clean patches...
breaking a bore snake string is pretty unlikely unless you just don't pay attention to the condition of the snake. I have had the same ones for I guess 5 years or so..That parachute cord type string would be pretty hard to frazzle IMO... fwiw, While I still have coated Deweys that I'll run until they need replacement I would suggest there is a good deal of wisdom in the above post...fwiw & imho Regards, Matt Garrett.
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I bought an O.T.I.S.
No longer need rods.
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Robert E. Lee
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Dewey. YOu can even order them with extensions for any length directly from Dewey. their coating is thick and will not chip off like the Boretechs.
Sent 4 Boretechs back two years ago and took 7 months for them to replace them.
Plus buy a Lucas bore guide.
BH
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Tiptons for home.
Kleen Bore Universal (M-16 field type) when out in the field.
I take it you proponents of Bore Snakes and OTIS pull throughs for field use haven't fallen, tripped or dropped a gun getting a bore obstruction that needed to be cleared with a conventional rod.
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I use Dewey rods too. I'm partial to them because they are the only ones I've found (up here) in 45 caliber and extra long lengths. Nothing worse than trying to clean a 36" 45-70 barrel full of black powder residue with a short 30 cal rod. That 45 caliber Dewey rod is nice and long and could be used as a walking stick if need be, it's that stiff.
"This duty fell upon me and was the worst job I ever had in my life.
I have known men I would rather shoot than the worst of dogs."
Frank Wild
Second in Command
Endurance 1914-1916
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A really good rod for the smaller bores was the stainless, uncoated one made by (or made for) Rig.
I cannot find it for sale any longer -- like most of the stuff I find to be good.
--Bob
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......breaking a bore snake string is pretty unlikely unless you just don't pay attention to the condition of the snake. I have had the same ones for I guess 5 years or so..That parachute cord type string would be pretty hard to frazzle IMO... I too was wondering how people break them....they gotta be the Hulk or something!. 
The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.
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Tipton carbon fiber one pc.....
T R U M P W O N !
U L T R A M A G A !
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DEWEY - do we remember theeeeeeesssssssseeeeeee? 
Ex- USN (SS) '66-'69
Pro-Constitution.
LET'S GO BRANDON!!!
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Dewey coated and wipeout.
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None better than Proshot.
Man and man's best friend still looking at the green side of sod.
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Pro Shot Stainless for all the reasons mentioned thus far.
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