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Getting a cleaning rod stuck halfway down the bore
Re: Getting a cleaning rod stuck halfway down the bore the rod just stopped half way down, I couldn't pull it back out and I couldn't push it in further, the patch just came loose all of a sudden and scrunched into a ball. At first I had no idea what was going on. My old man said the only...- Helix
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Getting a cleaning rod stuck halfway down the bore
Re: Getting a cleaning rod stuck halfway down the bore I'm just using the standard spear tipped jags and tetra-gun pre-cut patches specific to my calibre, I didn't think it would cause something like this. Perhaps I ought to try the looped ones. At the moment I'm still catching my breathe.. I...- Helix
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Getting a cleaning rod stuck halfway down the bore
..has to be about the scariest thing I've encountered while ever cleaning a rifle. It happened to me tonight, and I leave for a big hunt early in the morning. I'm ultra paranoid about keeping my rifle in good working order, but tonight i had a jag slip through the patch somehow and scrunch up...- Helix
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Gunsmithing regarding cleaning rod rotation inside a barrel
Re: regarding cleaning rod rotation inside a barrel It appears really clean when I look down the bore and it's still shooting great groups! I gather that there's not much risk of damage through a cleaning rod that's not spinning 14 (or however many times the rifling twists) down the bore...- Helix
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Gunsmithing regarding cleaning rod rotation inside a barrel
Re: regarding cleaning rod rotation inside a barrel I did do exactly that once, Greengo. Tried to us larger patches and got it caught a few inches into the bore. Had to gently push a rod through from the muzzle end, I was a little scared about that!- Helix
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Gunsmithing regarding cleaning rod rotation inside a barrel
Re: regarding cleaning rod rotation inside a barrel I'm using a one piece stainless steel rod- Helix
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Gunsmithing regarding cleaning rod rotation inside a barrel
Re: regarding cleaning rod rotation inside a barrel heh.. I'm using a gunslick univeral bore guide (http://http://www.gunslick.com/products/accessories/cleaning_rods.aspx) not ideal I know, but surely it is better thanh nothing, right? It was all my local gunshop has (we don't have too many...- Helix
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Gunsmithing regarding cleaning rod rotation inside a barrel
Re: regarding cleaning rod rotation inside a barrel Oh and I should probably also mention that yes after a few feeds down the bore, whilst the rod isn't moving, I am finding that the jag needs a bit of 'screwing back on' so to speak, so something is definitely twisting. And in response to...- Helix
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Gunsmithing regarding cleaning rod rotation inside a barrel
Re: regarding cleaning rod rotation inside a barrel I asked the guys at the SSAA, a major sporting shooters association in Australia and a young guy there said it's normal and i shouldn't be concerned at all. The jag i'm using is a Tetra gun Spear shaped jag, i find them a little more simple...- Helix
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Gunsmithing regarding cleaning rod rotation inside a barrel
Hey guys, sorry I'm bit of a newbie but I just had a quick question regarding how a cleaning rod acts whilst being pushed inside the bore. I have noticed with my only rifle (a .22-250) that when I run patches (pre-cut tetra-gun .22 cleaning strips) down the bore on a spear tipped jag, the rod...- Helix
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