Thread: Cleaning Rods

Originally Posted by No.3

The coatings on the rods can get hammered by certain models of rifles with blade ejectors, Mauser 98's are one. A bore guide is a good move, helps limit bore slap as well.

I stuffed a PH rod when I first cleaned a P14. The ejector opened the rod up like a banana for about 1/4 its length. This was before I started using bore guides which push ejectors out of the way.
I tried repairing the damaged section by removing what was left of the coating and replaced it with heat shrink. It wasn't satisfactory so I ended up cutting the rod down to make a chamber cleaner.