Three piece cleaning rod vs. one piece....

[Sitting Duck]

Bogie wrote: "Benchresters have to carry a LOT of gear. They will spend several hundred dollars to "shrink" a piece of equipment (i.e., a sizing press and seating die combo that will fit in the top of a Kennedy toolbox). If three-piece cleaning rods were safe to use, don't you think that they'd be using 'em?"

I don't know. That's why I started this thread. Very few of us are born with a rifle in one hand and a cleaning rod in the other. We learn from others. If the "others" are just passing on what they were told, it doesn't make it necessarily true.

With the price of fuel and ammunition, a lot of shooters starting out don't need the added expense of gimmicks because they fear for their barrel integrity. Especially, when one rod costs as much as an entire kit.

There is good information in these posts with regard to technique vs. rod type, sectional rods that flex possibly causing damage, etc. Thank you all, for your contributions.

 

[CRITGIT]

Dewey coated rod! Money well spent!
Bore Snake or "roll your own" weed wacker kit for .22 rimfire

GRITGIT

 

[jad0110]

I do like my coated one-piece Dewey rods. Though I did find out the expensive way that my 22LR CZ-452 requires the 20 cal sized rod, not the 22 which fits too tightly.