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Can the flexible Otis cleaning thingies be used to dislodge mud and stuff that may get jammed into a barrel? I've never looked at one so I don't know what they are made of, and I'm wondering if they would be good to carry because of their compactness and ability to rid a bore of accidental junk. Or are they too flexible to push through stuff?
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Too flexible, best to caary one of those cheap screw in rods in your kit.
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They can be used to dislodge stuck items. I used mine to pop a stuck case out of the chamber in the field once. Not as sturdy as a rod, but for light work such as mud and loose debris it should be fine.
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Can the flexible Otis cleaning thingies be used to dislodge mud and stuff that may get jammed into a barrel? I've never looked at one so I don't know what they are made of, and I'm wondering if they would be good to carry because of their compactness and ability to rid a bore of accidental junk. Or are they too flexible to push through stuff? Yes, I have used it in that manner, as a matter of fact, it was told to me that was the inspiration for it's invention. The story went that the inventor was on a hunting trip with his daughter and one morning she got snow in her barrel. Since the dad had gone another way, she returned to camp, got a piece of cable that was used for the tent, pushed the snow out, and proceeded to kill a nice buck.
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Thanks guys. I read up on them a little more after I posted here and it said they are a flexible aluminum vinyl coated cable, so they should work fine. Their site shows a video of it working and it's better than I had expected. I'm going to order a kit for an AR that www.opticsplanet.com has on sale for $30 --- regular $45 or $50. Spendy little guys! jorgeI; You might be thinking of those pull-string ones. (?)
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I had a PP bullet stuck in the chamber of my Sharps and I tried to dislodge it with the Otis. Wouldn't even budge it. Only took a slight tap with a rod and it popped out
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It will clean debris but it is no substitute for a ram rod with stuff that is really stuck in the barrel.
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I see. Said the blind man... 
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I've had one of the screw-together rods that jorgeI is talking about for several years and it looks like that's what I'm going to keep carrying for at least a while. Optics Planet says they can't ship the Otis AR Kit for 3 or 4 weeks.
I just don't like the roughness of the steel jointed one I have going up and down the bore when cleaning so I thought the flexible vinyl coated Otis would be better for more frequent use.
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