Cleaning rod hard to push through
- Thread starter Sussuido
- Start date
- Location
- Niagara Region, Ontario. For now
The cleaning rod should be relatively hard to push through with patches and slightly easier with a brush. Thats what does the cleaning and scrubs the bore.
As far as the attachments loosening it is because the rifling of the barrel is spinning the attachment as you push it through. This is why most cleaning rods have a handle that allows the rod to spin freely.
As far as the attachments loosening it is because the rifling of the barrel is spinning the attachment as you push it through. This is why most cleaning rods have a handle that allows the rod to spin freely.
- Location
- Niagara Region, Ontario. For now
Make sure to use the right size patches and get the right size jag to push patches through. Personally i think the tighter the better.
Cleaning rods are not meant to be pushed through, they are meant to be pulled through! On your rod you will have right hand threads for the rod segments and the attachments, this coupled with the right hand twist of the rifling= things coming undone when it's pushed. If it is pulled through, your right hand twist of the rifling and the right hand thread of the cleaning rod will work together to keep everything tight while you are cleaning! Good luck!
Wow, I wonder how many millions of people have been doing this wrong all these years
x2....wow...lol
Farlsincharge
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Saskatchewan
My smaller Dewey rods do this. They are flexing as they go down the bore and this prevents them from turning. Check your rod and be sure that it is not actually bent as well.
I just checked my .22 cal rod and it had a bow in it.
Wow, I wonder how many millions of people have been doing this wrong all these years
might as well toss that useless bore guide
- Location
- Prince Albert, Sk
That is gonna make those spear type jags a wee bit difficult to use. And one would wonder why the rod manufacturer includes a spear type jag with the rod if the rod is meant to be pulled through the bore?
- Location
- Niagara Region, Ontario. For now
Pulling a cleaning rod full of lead particles and carbon build up from the bore down into my action just seems like a bad idea to me! And if your pulling from the bore end I can imagine the crown of your barrel could get beat up pretty easy. No thanks!
no the rod is straight, no bends or bowing.
I prefer pull to push myself. If you are pulling the rod stays straight, if pushing it bends in the barrel rubbing rod on rifling/etc. I can almost guarantee if you clean the appropriate amount (not over cleaning) and use brass ends on a carbon fiber rod (like my tipton) you wont be able to wreck your crown if you tried. pull from breech to muzzle, don't use pointy jags. problem solved. also get new cleaning rods. if your rod becomes unscrewed in the barrel, you wont be having a good day any longer.
Red Herring
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Victopia BC
I just bought an Otis kit, which pulls patches/brushes only, and I am happier doing that. You just don't have to worry about your crown then, and there is no need for a bore guide.
