Cleaning kit - The Firearms Forum

lead · 10-31-2012, 09:33 PM

I had a 3 piece Outer's cleaning rod kit for .22's that I've used for years. Tonight, while cleaning a Savage MkII, one of the rods broke.
Since it looks like I'm gonna need a new cleaning rod, I thought I'd ask what all of you prefer. The 3 piece rod was nice cause I could use just one rod for most pistols. A single piece rod might be better, or a boresnake might be best.
Thinking mostly about .22 rifles, what do you like most and recommend?

woolleyworm · 10-31-2012, 10:18 PM

I like and use boresnakes for range cleanings. They are worth the money. For a serious cleaning kit, Otis is the way to go.

WHSmithIV · 10-31-2012, 10:21 PM

I use whatever I can find at a good price - get most of my stuff at auctions.

mr.t7024 · 11-01-2012, 07:27 PM

Bore snake

Cliff

phinsnfur1 · 11-01-2012, 07:41 PM

Otis I use it for everything from 22 to shotguns works great

jedwil · 11-01-2012, 08:01 PM

I like the Otis system---just can't figure out how to use their patches.

RunningOnMT · 11-02-2012, 06:55 AM

I've broken more aluminum three piece rods that I care to mention, right at the threaded area. I'm going to get some steel one piece rods and use on all my rifles, with a bore guide for the AR. Pricey but worth it. However, I also like bore snakes. The may not get your bore squeaky clean but they are good enough. I only use a rod once in a great while.

76Highboy · 11-02-2012, 06:57 AM

http://www.montanaxtreme.com/product...3&product=Rods

old semperfi · 11-04-2012, 11:55 AM

about once a year i use a brass rod for deleading my 22,s.i have bore snakes that i take to the range and use them about every 50 rounds on 22,s and between each shot on my tactical rifles. old semperfi

Big Shrek · 11-05-2012, 02:01 AM

One-piece rods last a LONG time

Get one for your rifles...
and use your leftovers for your pistols!!

10-31-2012, 09:33 PM	#1
lead Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Missouri Posts: 1,522	Cleaning kit I had a 3 piece Outer's cleaning rod kit for .22's that I've used for years. Tonight, while cleaning a Savage MkII, one of the rods broke. Since it looks like I'm gonna need a new cleaning rod, I thought I'd ask what all of you prefer. The 3 piece rod was nice cause I could use just one rod for most pistols. A single piece rod might be better, or a boresnake might be best. Thinking mostly about .22 rifles, what do you like most and recommend? __________________ The best things in life, are not things. -->

10-31-2012, 10:18 PM	#2
woolleyworm TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: SW Fort Worth Contributor Posts: 4,885	Re: Cleaning kit I like and use boresnakes for range cleanings. They are worth the money. For a serious cleaning kit, Otis is the way to go. __________________ . What are you gonna do, talk the alien to death? -- (on Sigourney Weaver's worry about Guns in Aliens) "Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands." "I carry a small gun to compensate for my huge Blue press." .

10-31-2012, 10:21 PM	#3
WHSmithIV Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Moore, Idaho contributor Posts: 2,639	Re: Cleaning kit I use whatever I can find at a good price - get most of my stuff at auctions.

11-01-2012, 07:27 PM	#4
mr.t7024 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Near a brook & pond in Ma Posts: 734	Re: Cleaning kit Bore snake Cliff

11-01-2012, 07:41 PM	#5
phinsnfur1 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Virginia Posts: 17	Re: Cleaning kit Otis I use it for everything from 22 to shotguns works great

11-01-2012, 08:01 PM	#6
jedwil Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Texas Hill Country Contributor Posts: 1,922	Re: Cleaning kit I like the Otis system---just can't figure out how to use their patches. __________________ "Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom." -- John F. Kennedy

11-02-2012, 06:55 AM	#7
RunningOnMT Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Akron, Ohio Contributor Posts: 4,720	Re: Cleaning kit I've broken more aluminum three piece rods that I care to mention, right at the threaded area. I'm going to get some steel one piece rods and use on all my rifles, with a bore guide for the AR. Pricey but worth it. However, I also like bore snakes. The may not get your bore squeaky clean but they are good enough. I only use a rod once in a great while. __________________ "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!"

11-02-2012, 06:57 AM	#8
76Highboy Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Meridian, Idaho Contributor Posts: 6,969	Re: Cleaning kit http://www.montanaxtreme.com/product...3&product=Rods

11-04-2012, 11:55 AM	#9
old semperfi Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: i live in southern indiana,old country boy at heart Posts: 1,506	Re: Cleaning kit about once a year i use a brass rod for deleading my 22,s.i have bore snakes that i take to the range and use them about every 50 rounds on 22,s and between each shot on my tactical rifles. old semperfi

11-05-2012, 02:01 AM	#10
Big Shrek Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NorthWest Florida Posts: 923	Re: Cleaning kit One-piece rods last a LONG time Get one for your rifles... and use your leftovers for your pistols!! __________________ Marlin Specialist Calico Specialist A gun should be a tool in the hands of a deadly weapon, not a deadly weapon in the hands of a tool.