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Is there any such thing as a decent portable rifle cleaning kit?
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<blockquote data-quote="LDHunter" data-source="post: 1325483" data-attributes="member: 105"><p>DING! DING! DING! We have a winner! </p><p></p><p>I ordered the following from Amazon.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008PL7MVG/?tag=lrhmag19-20" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008PL7MVG/?tag=lrhmag19-20</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008PL7MNE/?tag=lrhmag19-20" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008PL7MNE/?tag=lrhmag19-20</a></p><p></p><p>I only intend to use these when a rifle really needs cleaning and not all that often and am not worried about the cleaning rods being stainless but I DID find a discussion about metal cleaning rods and their effect (or not) on rifle barrels here.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.shootersforum.com/gun-cleaning/80208-damage-cleaning-rod.html" target="_blank">https://www.shootersforum.com/gun-cleaning/80208-damage-cleaning-rod.html</a></p><p></p><p>The specific post I'm referencing contained the following....</p><p>"Around 3 years ago, the Garand Collectors Assoc. had an article in their quaterly magazine about a test they made on cleaning a M1 Garand bore using a G.I. issue 3 piece steel rod. Details of this article are hazy to me, but imagine they had a garand with a muzzle that measured a 2 on an armorers muzzle guage. They wanted to see how many strokes it took with a standard issue G.I. cleaning rod to change the muzzle guage reading from a 2 to a 3. Also, they deliberately ran the rod into the muzzle to contact the muzzle bore, changing the place the rod contacted the muzzle's bore....they attempted to get an even wear from rod.</p><p></p><p>Like I wrote, details are hazy, but they discontinued the experiment after several thousand strokes with the rod. They never got to a 3 on the guage. Why did they stop? Well, let's pretend a Garand had a bore life of 4,000 rounds fired. They had a forumula for how many rounds fired before it was cleaned and how many strokes a soldier made with a cleaning rod when cleaning. </p><p></p><p>Based on this formula, they realized, LOL, a bore would be shot out well before a soldier could change the measurement one increment on an armorer's muzzle guage by improperly running a G.I. issue 3 piece steel rod down his bore."</p><p></p><p>So... For as little as I'll actually use these kits I'm not too worried about bore damage... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Bob</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LDHunter, post: 1325483, member: 105"] DING! DING! DING! We have a winner! I ordered the following from Amazon. [URL]https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008PL7MVG/?tag=lrhmag19-20[/URL] [URL]https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008PL7MNE/?tag=lrhmag19-20[/URL] I only intend to use these when a rifle really needs cleaning and not all that often and am not worried about the cleaning rods being stainless but I DID find a discussion about metal cleaning rods and their effect (or not) on rifle barrels here. [url]https://www.shootersforum.com/gun-cleaning/80208-damage-cleaning-rod.html[/url] The specific post I'm referencing contained the following.... "Around 3 years ago, the Garand Collectors Assoc. had an article in their quaterly magazine about a test they made on cleaning a M1 Garand bore using a G.I. issue 3 piece steel rod. Details of this article are hazy to me, but imagine they had a garand with a muzzle that measured a 2 on an armorers muzzle guage. They wanted to see how many strokes it took with a standard issue G.I. cleaning rod to change the muzzle guage reading from a 2 to a 3. Also, they deliberately ran the rod into the muzzle to contact the muzzle bore, changing the place the rod contacted the muzzle's bore....they attempted to get an even wear from rod. Like I wrote, details are hazy, but they discontinued the experiment after several thousand strokes with the rod. They never got to a 3 on the guage. Why did they stop? Well, let's pretend a Garand had a bore life of 4,000 rounds fired. They had a forumula for how many rounds fired before it was cleaned and how many strokes a soldier made with a cleaning rod when cleaning. Based on this formula, they realized, LOL, a bore would be shot out well before a soldier could change the measurement one increment on an armorer's muzzle guage by improperly running a G.I. issue 3 piece steel rod down his bore." So... For as little as I'll actually use these kits I'm not too worried about bore damage... ;) Bob [/QUOTE]
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