Well, I just took a look at my cleaning rods, and may have to back off a bit on my statement that Dewey coatings and Bore-Tech are equally durable.

My experience is anything but conclusive, but this fairly new large diameter Bore-Tech at the bottom of the pic, used in a .40-65 Browning high wall, was stripped pretty quickly. Granted, at the time I hadn't figured how to cobble up a bore guide for a falling block action, so it was my bad. Except for the back end of the old Dewey at the top of this pic, the coatings on my Deweys are fairly intact. Still say the Dewey handles suck, though.

Paul

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