cleanig rod?

[Hawken50]

  Hey folks,i'm needin a new cleaning rod that is at least 42".Been thinkin bout the GI rod from the possibles shop.Anyone ever used one.Them little outers screw together deals aint worth spit.I've been usein my Pa rifles ramrod for it and my Sharps.Want somethin a little better.

[Hanshi]

I have a couple of one piece stainless steel rods that I use; I'm thinking of adding a brass one, too.  I have a cleaning rod for a .50 BMG that I bought in 1969 and used in a flintlock.  It was screw together pieces, too, but was thick enough that there was NO flex.  I haven't used it in decades.

[BruceB]

It's hard to beat the one piece stainless rods! I have one in 1/4" for my .32 and it is a beautiful thing! Larger rods for bigger calibers, but even the 1/4" rod is rigid enough and does not collect grit, etc.
My .02$ worth and worth every penny!

[Hawken50]

  Thanks for the input fellers.Now one other question,where the heck can i find 32 cal jags and such.

[Tim Burns]

By Mail order from - http://www.logcabinshop.com/

[flintboomer]

Or Dixie or Track.
Be sure you know what size threads your rod will have before you buy the jags.

Track has the GI one, both Track and Dixie sell 44 inch rods, I like the one Dixie sells better and I have both.

www.trackofthewolf.com and  www.dixiegunworks.com

Dixie sells theirs for $22.50 and the tip is $1.75 for iron, more for brass or german silver if they still sell the german silver one, I didn't check that.
Track sells theirs for 32.50 +- depending on the size and their jags are 3.00-3.50

[BruceB]

Tennessee Valley Manufacturing. Got to buy quite a few to cover the shipping cost but maybe one of us could pick you up a couple in Friendship? OR you could take a larger size (.40 caliber) and chuck it in a drill and use a file on it to decrease the size.

[voyageur1688]

 Rather than to go through the work of chucking one in a drill, you would be better off going to a welding or machine shop and buying either a 1/4 or 5/16 piece of round stock, trim it to length, drill and tap the end for the threads for the attachments. I made my  ball pulling rod from an old  one piece screw jack handle with a crew on the end and a hook on the other end---  It aint pretty but it works great. Voy

[Red Badger]

October country might be able to help you out...

[Linc]

I just use the 3/8" x 48" fiberglass ramrod from Track for $11.99 it works good for my needs.

[Flintlock4me]

I have always liked the nylon (Track calls them Delrin) ramrods.  Unbreakable, unabrasive lightweight and flexible.  Be careful of fiberglass - very abrasive on the muzzle if you do not use a muzzle guard

[graybear]

 According to Adell Plastics In Linthicum, MD., Delrin is the plastic used for the stocks of the Remington Nylon series of .22's. Pretty tough stuff.

[mongrel]

My cleaning rod is a four-foot 3/8" brass rod (I don't shoot smallbores), drilled and tapped 10-32 at one end. I buy 10-32 accessories and have a 10-32 to 8-32 adaptor in case for some reason 8-32 jags and brushes are all I can get my hands on.

A 5/16" rod would work for any caliber over .32.

Worse than the abrasive qualities of the rod material itself is what any rod will pick up from the air once its surface becomes contaminated with oil and powder residue and the other gunk that comes with cleaning dirty barrels. I believe I've described before how, when I was a janitor in the local school district, teachers in the middle school used a wax-based semi-permanent adhesive to attach what they considered important posters and other items to the windows of their classrooms. When the time came for this crud to be removed, it was coated with particles of whatever was floating in the building's air, and this ultra-fine abrasive medium actually cut the window glass badly enough to fuzz and blur the view through it. Particles in the air that will cut and score glass will certainly do a number on mild steel. A bore guide is a must regardless of what material the rod is made from -- unless like me you don't actually shoot and clean often enough to be concerned about wearing a barrel out in a normal lifetime.

[Dogshirt]

"concerned about wearing a barrel out in a normal lifetime."

I'm not at all sure ANY part of my lifetime has been NORMAL!    But I do catch your meaning.

[prairieofthedog]

My cleaning rod is a four-foot 3/8" brass rod (I don't shoot smallbores), drilled and tapped 10-32 at one end. I buy 10-32 accessories and have a 10-32 to 8-32 adaptor in case for some reason 8-32 jags and brushes are all I can get my hands on.

A 5/16" rod would work for any caliber over .32.

Worse than the abrasive qualities of the rod material itself is what any rod will pick up from the air once its surface becomes contaminated with oil and powder residue and the other gunk that comes with cleaning dirty barrels. I believe I've described before how, when I was a janitor in the local school district, teachers in the middle school used a wax-based semi-permanent adhesive to attach what they considered important posters and other items to the windows of their classrooms. When the time came for this crud to be removed, it was coated with particles of whatever was floating in the building's air, and this ultra-fine abrasive medium actually cut the window glass badly enough to fuzz and blur the view through it. Particles in the air that will cut and score glass will certainly do a number on mild steel. A bore guide is a must regardless of what material the rod is made from -- unless like me you don't actually shoot and clean often enough to be concerned about wearing a barrel out in a normal lifetime.