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I've never found a cleaning rod that won't bend for the small calibers. 22's are bad 'nough, but the .204, and .17s just have so limited diameter, there isn't much for strength.
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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
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Started with Deweys and still have about 10 of them. Switched to bore tech though... and building that stash as needed...
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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Campfire Outfitter
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Campfire Outfitter
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Been using Deweys and bore guides for years. There is a very interesting article in the last issue of "Varmint Hunter" on how to make custom bore guides out of old golf club shafts. That's next on my project list.
www.paracay.comIt's better to live rich than die rich. Live simply so that I may simply live large.
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Campfire Outfitter
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I've never found a cleaning rod that won't bend for the small calibers. 22's are bad 'nough, but the .204, and .17s just have so limited diameter, there isn't much for strength. For the wee holes an Otis cable might be the only choice. Or a fiberglass or ? Virbatium ? Something that won't bend, or when it does, it will do no damage.
"wanna hear God laugh? Tell Him you have complete control now!"
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Campfire Ranger
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Campfire Ranger
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Not sure I subscribe to a one-piece rod flexing into the barrel as all that harmful. Seems a bullet at 60,000 psi would have far more potential for that.
Not saying I advocate, just don't think it's ruin of a barrel when a rod bends.
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Campfire Ranger
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I still use ProShot SS rods and see no need to tinker with what works. +1
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Campfire Regular
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Ivy rods Buy the best and cry once. enuf said.
ML
My biggest fear is when I die my wife sells all my gear for what I said I paid for it.
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Campfire Kahuna
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And it wasn't me who posted this thread title up.  All I know is mine are fixed cleaning rods with a coating to keep them from scratching the crown.
Back in the heartland, Thank God!
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