Thread: Cleaning Rods

I use a combination of spear or Parker-Hale jags depending what type of cleaning I'm needing to do. If patches are largish and extend beyond the jag onto the rod proper, there's every possibility of either not entering the bore or jamming part way.
I'll jammed many times over the long years. Pushed into the start of the barrel and thought "mmm that's a bit tight". Usually I remove it at that point and cut the patch smaller, but sometimes that little voice in my head says "she'll be right, she'll be right" and I continue and jam a quarter of the way into the barrel.
Wifey then gets summoned and holds rifle whilst I jerk the cleaning rod out. She skids across the floor?

One thing with Tipton rods I mentioned in an earlier post above, jammed patches can be gently tapped thru using a suitable piece of wood as a hammer.