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Posted: 2/2/2003 4:04:36 PM EDT
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Any opinions on the Otis cleaning kit? Do you guys prefer to use this instead of rods, bore guides, patches and brushes? Please give me the scoop. Thanks in advance, Marc |
| I think the Otis Kit rules! No worries of banging or marring the inerds of your weapons with the coated flexible rod(s) which is/are easy to get through basically any gun. The brass adapters, etc. are great too! Plus even one of the kits they offer(and they have many variations) that supplies you with enough brushes, etc. to clean even .50 cal and 12 gauge shotguns down to .22 cal weapons can all fit in a pouch the size of your palm. I like everything about the system....pretty sure you will too...Take care! |
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I like the Otis kit as well. The biggest downside to it that I have discovered thus far is the inability to use a chamber brush with the flex rods. They say you can do it but "they" must be joking! When I tried to do it, I couldn't even get the chamber brush into the chamber. Ended up having to buy and AR15 buttstock kit for a few buck and use that instead for the chamber. Drivie |
| I recently ordered some equipment from Otis for the AR I've purchased (and not yet received). Regarding the chamber brush, you can order a chamber rod for a couple bucks. It's lightweight, sturdy, and beats the hell out of using a buttstock kit! You just attach the T-handle and brush, then go at it. I ordered direct and their service was excellent! |
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Otis is a well stocked small compact cleaning kit that I wish I had a long time ago when I was in the "field" a lot. But....when I come back from the range I use my Dewey rods and scrub the barrel to a spit shine. I do have an Otis kit in my range pack though along with a rod in case something gets stuck in the chamber or barrel. |
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Quoted: You will change your mind about Otis once you jam a patch in a barrel and realize you can't push it out... Go w/a BoreSnake, they are THE BEST! BoreSnakes just don't do the job for cleaning. Fine for field use..... There isn't a stuck patch made that you can't PULL out. I've had to wrap the cable around a hammer and jerk and pull before, but I've never had a patch I couldn't get out. I've ruined the patch holder before after tripling up on patches (oops, too much). Still got it out. Stop trying to push patches out. |
| I agree with fight4yourrights on the patch issue. And if you really must and are really worried........use the old USGI rod to tap it out that most likely came with the rifle. Otis Rules....:)....but you won't be tapping out a truly compacted patch back down into the reciever with the Otis Rod for sure. |
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Once I ran out of the patches that came with the kit I bought some made by KNIGHT. They are product# 900099. They are made for muzzle loaders but are the same material as any. I like em cause they are round and make the cone nicely like the ones OTIS has. You also just buy any square ones and cut them off to round them. Fold your patch in half. Cut a small slit(w/ scissors)across the fold. The closer to the middle of the patch you make the cut the bigger(and tighter) your patch will be when you go to use it. Put the appropriate size tool on the end of your Otis rod. Stick the rod up through the cut in the patch. Pinch the patch on the outer edge(wherever you want) between thumb and index finger to make two folds between those fingers. Make sure you you pinch from the top down and not bottom of patch up. Take the pinch and feed it back and up through the eyelet of the patch tool. You will end up with a cone surrounding the patch that you fed through the "eyelet". Pull it tight and there you go. Hope this is clear enough. It's a bitch to describe. Also the closer to the middle you make the cut or the fold/pinch the bigger/tighter the patch will be. Farther away from the middle the smaller the patch will be. |
| I used to make my own round patches for my muzzle-loader. I took a 8" long, 3/4" black pipe nipple, screwed a cap on one end, and ground an external bevel on the other until the wall was very thin and sharp. next I take about 8-10 layers of my patch material laid one on top of the other and place them on a 2X6, place the sharp end of the pipe on the material, and strike the other end of the pipe with a hammer. It works like a cookie cutter and if you lay out big enough pieces of material, you can have a hundred patches in no time at all. When the pipe gets dull, just re-sharpen. |
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