I am usually brand loyal. I have several J Dewey cleaning rods in various diameters and lengths. But the .22 cal Teflon coated cleaning rod is too snug and is not good for most of my .22 cal rifles.

What do the rest of you use?  All comments and suggestions appreciated.

Joe D

Andover Arms wrote yesterday at 11:11am:


I also use carbon fiber rods, but have the same issues with the tip threads.  Easily damaged & distorted.  They are OK for cleaning, but not OK for removing something that might get stuck, or for slugging a barrel.

You might try a 20 caliber rod. I know Dewey makes them that’s what I use on my ARA 50 rifle.

texasmac wrote yesterday at 12:01pm:


BTW, when the rod is used for slugging the bore or removing something stuck in the bore, I screw in a small bolt to protect the end of the rod & threads.

Wayne

Joe,
I have several of the Dewey cleaning rods and like you I was fairly loyal to them, using the 17 cal for cleaning 22's.  The ends and the coating does take a beating and the majority of my Deweys look pretty rough.  I switched to the Tipton carbons a couple years ago and I do like them but as mentioned the threaded ends do wear and bend.  Again the 17 cal is where I went with those.  Most recently, within the last couple months (I think) I switched yet again.   
I'm using the 20 caliber rods from "Pro-Shot".  They're a highly polished, hardened stainless rod and I've made some bore guides that I use religiously now, 22rf, 25's, and 28's.  I had to make jags for the specific calibers that fit the smaller rod (5-40 thread) - so far, the three rods I have are holding up well.  I did buy their long 20 cal rod and made it a 4 piece outfit that fits in my bottle cap shooting kit.  (as you know, anytime you have a discipline that's visited frequently, grows in components one thinks they need - this keeps things compact for that)
My 2¢
Greg

i use the 20 cal rod  works great   art