The Alaskan
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Hey you guys,
I'm working on building (or buying) a cleaning kit that I can make as small and light as possible. One hurdle I'm thinking about is the cleaning rod, or a lack thereof.
As I see it, I can go one of two ways: either I use a 3 pc cleaning rod (e.g. out of a basic Hoppes kit) or one of two versions of a flexible rod (either a "bore snake," or one of those Otis brand kits with the cable in lieu of the rod.)
Obviously, the cable will be the smallest and lightest, but my stomach ache is over the idea of not having a rigid cleaning rod, the purpose of which is clearing a projectile from the barrel in the even of an undercharged/squib round sticking a bullet in the barrel.
Am I just being paranoid here? It seems to me that the odds of such an event are virtually non-existent. (It's never happened to me in my life time in many years of shooting competition.) Is this something that is just stuck in my head from my Army days and horror stories of the early M16s?
I guess the other possibility and reason to have a rigid cleaning rod is a spent case stuck in the chamber. (Also has never happened to me.)
I'm working on building (or buying) a cleaning kit that I can make as small and light as possible. One hurdle I'm thinking about is the cleaning rod, or a lack thereof.
As I see it, I can go one of two ways: either I use a 3 pc cleaning rod (e.g. out of a basic Hoppes kit) or one of two versions of a flexible rod (either a "bore snake," or one of those Otis brand kits with the cable in lieu of the rod.)
Obviously, the cable will be the smallest and lightest, but my stomach ache is over the idea of not having a rigid cleaning rod, the purpose of which is clearing a projectile from the barrel in the even of an undercharged/squib round sticking a bullet in the barrel.
Am I just being paranoid here? It seems to me that the odds of such an event are virtually non-existent. (It's never happened to me in my life time in many years of shooting competition.) Is this something that is just stuck in my head from my Army days and horror stories of the early M16s?
I guess the other possibility and reason to have a rigid cleaning rod is a spent case stuck in the chamber. (Also has never happened to me.)