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Tipton: Better and Faster Cleaning Results
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Gun Care, Rods Guides and Kits
| brand: | tipton |
| clean: | rods |
Carbon fiber is well-suited to the demanding tasks that cleaning rods are tasked with. It combines the best qualities of stainless steel and coated cleaning rods, then adds its own unique qualities. If used irresponsibly, stainless steel rods can scratch or wear barrels, but they won't pick up potentially dangerous small abrasive particles.
Part of the task is done with "coated" rods: they keep the stainless steel shaft from harming your barrel's rifling, but the coating will gather up minute abrasive particles, effectively turning your bore into fine-grit sandpaper.
Carbon fiber rods combine the benefits of both: they won't damage your bore like stainless steel and won't embed like coated rods. Carbon Fiber rods can also be bent to extremes and then straightened out again.
During Operation Iraqi Freedom, US military armorers asked Tipton to supply cleaning rods for service rifles that could be cleaned in harsh situations. Carbon fiber is an excellent material for cleaning rods, so we thought it was a no-brainer.
These cleaning rods are referred to as "deluxe" because they have an ergonomically constructed handle that spins on two sets of ball bearings, resulting in a cleaning rod that smoothly follows the rifling while pushing and pulling, even under pressure. The "shank-through" design also enables the user to employ "reasonable" hammer strokes to obtain a tight patch through a bore.
