>>Carbon fibre is well-suited
to the tough tasks assigned to
cleaning rods. It combines the
best features of stainless
steel and coated cleaning
rods, then adds valuable
properties of its own.
Stainless steel rods
can scratch or wear barrels if
they're used carelessly –
though they won't pick up
potentially damaging small
abrasive particles. “Coated”
rods get part of the job done
– they keep the stainless
steel shaft from
damaging your barrel's
rifling, but the coating will
pick up small abrasive
particles, which means you're
effectively running fine grit
sandpaper through your bore.
>>Carbon fibre rods are the
best of both: the carbon fibre
can't scratch your bore like
stainless steel, and they
won't embed like coated rods.
Plus, Carbon Fibre rods can be
bent to an extreme degree and
return to
their original straightness.
>>Tipton call these cleaning
rods "deluxe" because they
feature an ergonomically
designed handle that spins on
two sets of ball bearings –
the result is a cleaning rod
that smoothly
follows the rifling both
pushing and pulling, even
while under pressure. The
"shank-through" construction
also allows the user to apply
"reasonable" hammer blows to
the end of the cleaning rod to
get a tight patch
through a bore.
>>Available in four diameters
and six lengths to fit most
rifles, pistols, and shotguns.
Rifle and handgun rods are
threaded for 8-32 accessories,
except 17 calibre and 20
calibre rods which are
threaded 5-40. Shotgun
rods are threaded 5/16"-27.