Metallurgist’s Question Please!

[cdschoonie]

I’m making a homemade one-piece cleaning rod from a fiberglass rod. I need to put at female to female round stand off collar on it. I can’t find a round plain ol’ smooth brass one, but I’ve found a few options. I just need help deciding whether to order Aluminum, Nickel-plated Brass, or Nylon. I really don’t want to go the nylon route, since they strip threads easily.

Help a brutha out!

 

[swampratt]

I used aluminum when I made my cleaning rod.
I have had brass inserts but I shy away from brass if I can because I use copper fouling remover and if you have brass in the picture you
may think there is copper in the barrel because your patch comes out blue.

Now you may not know this but the regular arrows you buy at the store for bow and arrow have a nice insert in them
that is the same thread as my bore brushes.
My first homemade cleaning rod was a very skinny Beman arrow.

Worked excellent.
I wrapped the shaft with electrical tape. Absolutely no way to scratch the bore.
Not that it would scratch the bore.

 

[OHJEEZE]

Fyi:

Fiberglass has abrasive qualities to it!

It might take a while but each rub of each stroke will be wearing out your barrel!

 

[HiredHand]

You might go with the nickel plated option. Tipton made set of nickel plated jags at one time for the very reason Swamprat mentioned about copper removers.

 

[cdschoonie]

I used aluminum when I made my cleaning rod.
I have had brass inserts but I shy away from brass if I can because I use copper fouling remover and if you have brass in the picture you
may think there is copper in the barrel because your patch comes out blue.

Now you may not know this but the regular arrows you buy at the store for bow and arrow have a nice insert in them
that is the same thread as my bore brushes.
My first homemade cleaning rod was a very skinny Beman arrow.

Worked excellent.
I wrapped the shaft with electrical tape. Absolutely no way to scratch the bore.
Not that it would scratch the bore.

I came up with a good homemade cleaning rod idea today. So far I have under $17 for 3 rods in it. I just couldn’t see paying $35 and up each, for 1 - one-piece rod. If they work I’m going to post the build.

I used aluminum when I made my cleaning rod.
I have had brass inserts but I shy away from brass if I can because I use copper fouling remover and if you have brass in the picture you
may think there is copper in the barrel because your patch comes out blue.

Now you may not know this but the regular arrows you buy at the store for bow and arrow have a nice insert in them
that is the same thread as my bore brushes.
My first homemade cleaning rod was a very skinny Beman arrow.

Worked excellent.
I wrapped the shaft with electrical tape. Absolutely no way to scratch the bore.
Not that it would scratch the bor

I used aluminum when I made my cleaning rod.
I have had brass inserts but I shy away from brass if I can because I use copper fouling remover and if you have brass in the picture you
may think there is copper in the barrel because your patch comes out blue.

Now you may not know this but the regular arrows you buy at the store for bow and arrow have a nice insert in them
that is the same thread as my bore brushes.
My first homemade cleaning rod was a very skinny Beman arrow.

Worked excellent.
I wrapped the shaft with electrical tape. Absolutely no way to scratch the bore.
Not that it would scratch the bore.

You gave me an idea, I have several rolls of shrink tube, would be perfect to cover these rods

 

[HiredHand]

If it were me, I’d avoid the shrink tube or any soft material that might allow potentially abrasive particles to embed in the rod.

 

[OHJEEZE]

KleenBore Classic Rife One-Piece Coated Cleaning Rod 22 - 45 Cal 33

On sale now! Lol

Edit;

It says in the heading it is coated, but in the description no coating!

 

[cdschoonie]

KleenBore Classic Rife One-Piece Coated Cleaning Rod 22 - 45 Cal 33

On sale now! Lol

Edit;

It says in the heading it is coated, but in the description no coating!

Lol, yea the whole reason for making these rods is to avoid buying one.

 

[cdschoonie]

Fyi:

Fiberglass has abrasive qualities to it!

It might take a while but each rub of each stroke will be wearing out your barrel!

I can see that, however the highest ratings and reviews come with fiberglass rods, second being brass.
I can see every rod on the market having a preference by every enthusiast in the hobby.
Same goes any and every product in any and every market. I can also see validity in @HiredHand ‘s comment about shrink tubing. Shrink to is tight, but it is rubber. Rubber being soft, it could easily pick up tiny slivers of brass, copper, lead, or any other particles, dirt or powder for instance.
I thought of the shrink tube obviously from @swampratt ’s comment about wrapping with electrical tape, which is also rubber. In my thinking, and experience, electrical tape, more so than any other tape, gets sticky over time, not much time either. This would naturally pick up more particles quicker than shrink tubing.

I have alot of research and such that I’m putting into this. Research is free, the supplies I have and will get for these rods are cheap yet still in line with every cleaning rod I’ve found on the market. To purchase the rods I want, would be 3 - 1 piece rods, one for my 6.5, my 45 cals, and shotguns. Buying these would cost me over $125 shipped. So far, I have $25 in enough supplies for 3, plus a small pistol rod. In these supplies, I also have enough to make seating depth gauges, which was the reason I went to Lowes in the first place, lol. I was looking at ordering a Sinclair depth gauge, but I could see being able to make them, pretty inexpensively too. Actually I guess with those supplies, I’m at $35, I forgot about the stops I bought.

Anyhow, I do appreciate the advice from all, very sound, extremely appreciated. As always, this is what makes this the best site anywhere. I’ll update my findings and progress as this moves along. Thanks again fellas!

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[OHJEEZE]

I used to frequent a gunshop where the owner said "more 22 rifles been wore out more from cleaning than from shooting!"