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Posted: 1/30/2016 10:34:21 PM EDT
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I've had a Pro Shot Premium cleaning rod for a few years. It has some sort of vinyl coating on it and I noticed about midway down the vinyl is beginning to peel off. Can I just peel it off and keep using it (I believe it is stainless steel underneath ? ) I use this in my ar's and Sks. Mine are carbon or they are brass wrapped with vinyl, so both are good to go |
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Posted: 1/31/2016 3:02:44 AM EDT
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Stainless is softer than any kind of barrel steel so you can clean a LOT with a bare rod.
That said, grit gets embedded in the stainless and WILL do damage. I wish there was some way to repair the vinyl on my rod but there isn't. I ALWAYS use a bore guide when cleaning. And I clean the chamber, not the muzzle. |
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Posted: 2/12/2016 1:31:31 PM EDT
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If you can find heat shrink tubing by the foot, that might be a viable option for re-coating your cleaning rod.
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Posted: 2/12/2016 8:17:04 PM EDT
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If you can find heat shrink tubing by the foot, that might be a viable option for re-coating your cleaning rod. You think the stainless will hold debris- what is the soft surface of the heat shrink going to do? Spend the money, get a new rod. |
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Posted: 2/12/2016 8:22:13 PM EDT
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You think the stainless will hold debris- what is the soft surface of the heat shrink going to do? Spend the money, get a new rod. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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If you can find heat shrink tubing by the foot, that might be a viable option for re-coating your cleaning rod. You think the stainless will hold debris- what is the soft surface of the heat shrink going to do? Spend the money, get a new rod. I already have a set of carbon fiber rods, but in any case, I use bore guides if I have to clean from the muzzle, so there's that. if I have a perfectly good cleaning rod lying around the shop and I can save it with a little ingenuity, I figure why not? I made a new 22 cleaning rod out of a nice Dewey stainless rod that had lost its threaded tip. Peened it flat, ground it to contour, then slotted it to hold patches. Waste not, want not. |
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