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Posted: 12/22/2010 12:13:57 PM EDT
| Any reason to use a bore guide if using a one piece nylon coated rode (Dewey) and all brass fittings? Some folks seem religious about the use of a bore guide in their barrels - is this a throw back to when folks used steel rods and fittings? Seems to me a cleaning rig with parts that are all much softer than the bore steel there wouldn't be any risk of wear or otherwise damaging the bore/crown/chamber. Am I missing something here? |
| I think some people are anal about getting solvents in the action, others are concerned with possible damage to the throat. Still others use them for the simplicity and neatness factor––less mess involved. Then you got OCD guys that need every bell and whistle on the market to feel good inside, can't fault that. BR guys are real particular about their bullets and bores, some of the techniques and procedures they employ border on being ridiculous. Personally I do not use bore guides, but I wouldn't mind having one for my bolt guns. |
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I think some people are anal about getting solvents in the action, others are concerned with possible damage to the throat. Still others use them for the simplicity and neatness factor––less mess involved. Then you got OCD guys that need every bell and whistle on the market to feel good inside, can't fault that. BR guys are real particular about their bullets and bores, some of the techniques and procedures they employ border on being ridiculous. Personally I do not use bore guides, but I wouldn't mind having one for my bolt guns. Good points re: bolt guns. I can understand using a bore guide with a bolt gun or other wooden gun where you might not want solvent getting into the action or on to the stock area around the receiver. On the AR-15 I don't see a clear need for one. On your standard brass bristle brush is the shank holding the bristles typically made of steel? If so I can see why a bore guide might make sense, as you'd not want that to scrape the bore as it goes down. Anyone? |
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Quoted: Most of my civilian brushes have a swaged ferrule holding the brush shank, and they are aluminum.Quoted: I think some people are anal about getting solvents in the action, others are concerned with possible damage to the throat. Still others use them for the simplicity and neatness factor––less mess involved. Then you got OCD guys that need every bell and whistle on the market to feel good inside, can't fault that. BR guys are real particular about their bullets and bores, some of the techniques and procedures they employ border on being ridiculous. Personally I do not use bore guides, but I wouldn't mind having one for my bolt guns. Good points re: bolt guns. I can understand using a bore guide with a bolt gun or other wooden gun where you might not want solvent getting into the action or on to the stock area around the receiver. On the AR-15 I don't see a clear need for one. On your standard brass bristle brush is the shank holding the bristles typically made of steel? If so I can see why a bore guide might make sense, as you'd not want that to scrape the bore as it goes down. Anyone? I think the aluminum swage and the brass bristles would hold the steel shank from contacting anything. Am I out of the tacticool loop, again?  |
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For my ARs:
I have a Lucas bore guide, and use a Tipton carbon fiber rod. love that rod. well, me figures that the rod should not harm the throat and bore in any way, so I stopped using the guide. however, the rod flexes like hell, so I have implemented the guide into the regiment again ps. I remove the upper so no spillage into the action gun is happy, rod is happy, I'm happy 
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