Crown protector?

[60723]

Has anyone ever thought of building a device to clamp on your barrel to stop your cleaning jag from completely exiting the barrel? I have heard of putting the barrel about 1” from a wall. Even being what I would call careful, over time I can see where I have damaged the crown pulling the jag back in.

 

[ebb]

Measure the distance from the bore guide to the handle of the rod when it is at maximum stroke(don't let the brush come out of the barrel at all) and cut a piece of CPVC the right length. then slip it over the rod. This will stop the brush/jag at any point you want. Label it for the individual rifle, cause they will all be different. At least mine are.

 

[rijndael]

Can you just put a piece of tape over the muzzle? Something like gaffers tape would work well.

PVA also makes a "Muzzle Jimmy" that might work well, but their intent was a bit different.

Muzzle Jimmy

The easiest way to clean your AR15/AR10 barrel and gas system

patriotvalleyarms.com

 

[mr45man]

Don't pull the jag back.
It only takes 5 seconds to unscrew it.

 

[Dave M.]

better yet, just turn the jag down so it’s undercut to the rod connection point, Issue solved. The best shooters in the world aren’t unscrewing their jags each stroke (ask Speedy or Bart if they do that…..pretty sure the answer with be a resounding NO).
Dave

 

[Fuj]

Has anyone ever thought of building a device to clamp on your barrel to stop your cleaning jag from completely exiting the barrel? I have heard of putting the barrel about 1” from a wall. Even being what I would call careful, over time I can see where I have damaged the crown pulling the jag back in.

I made a spud that clamps on to the end of the barrel that is .004
smaller in diameter then bore. I run the brush both ways. One size
does not fit all. I turn one to fit a particular barrel. You can make a
screw on one, I just never bothered.

 

[clowdis]

In 50 years of shooting I have never seen a crown or muzzle worn out by a cleaning rod.

 

[alf]

For cleaning at home, I have a clamp light shining directly over the end of the barrel, and can see the shadow of the jag or brush when just starting to exit the barrel.

 

[K22]

Is this really necessary?

If you use a bore guide, a quality coated rod, Dewey style "no harm" brushes, are careful pulling the brush back through the muzzle and wiping the rod after each pass do you really need to be concerned about crown wear when you consider the friction of a bullet traveling at 3000 f/s or so through the muzzle?

Like "clowdis", in 50 years of shooting and cleaning I have not detected any crown wear that I can attribute to cleaning.

I wouldn't want to make cleaning any more painful that it already is.

 

[jackieschmidt]

On the Internet, there is always a need to look for solutions to non existing problems.

The vast majority of these “problems“ can be corrected by a little dose of common sense.

In 50 years of shooting I have never seen a crown or muzzle worn out by a cleaning rod.

 

[hpshooter]

On the Internet, there is always a need to look for solutions to non existing problems.

Spot ON!!

 

[Dusty Stevens]

A guy could use a cleaning rod stop if he was worried about it

 

[LVLAaron]

 

[wbm]

The vast majority of these “problems“ can be corrected by a little dose of common sense.

"Common sense is not so common" Voltaire

 

[jackieschmidt]

Is this really necessary?

If you use a bore guide, a quality coated rod, Dewey style "no harm" brushes, are careful pulling the brush back through the muzzle and wiping the rod after each pass do you really need to be concerned about crown wear when you consider the friction of a bullet traveling at 3000 f/s or so through the muzzle?

Like "clowdis", in 50 years of shooting and cleaning I have not detected any crown wear that I can attribute to cleaning.

I wouldn't want to make cleaning any more painful that it already is.

At a typical Short Range Benchrest Match at the Region Level where there are two relays, you have less than 30 minutes to clean the rifle and load for your next relay.

That means brushing it out, run a bunch of wet patches through it, let it soak while you are loading, then dry patch it out before you are called back to the line.

Now, I know what a lot of shooters say they do, but what they say and what really happens at a Match might be two different things.

one reason Short Range Shooters get away with less than draconian cleaning is we never let the barrels get that bad to begin with, since the vast majority clean after every group, which sometimes can be as few as 7 shots. That being, a clearing round, then a slighter, and to the record.

 

[ebb]

Don't reverse the brush, don't use a bronze brush only nylon, unscrew the brush, break in and clean every round for the first 10 then clean every other round till you have shot 50 rounds, don't use JB, don't use Isso, use toilet bowl cleaner to clean your rifle, shoot till accuracy falls off, then clean . (Accuracy fell off right in the middle of a match). All of this learned from the internet, from people that don't give their name. I think i am going to listen to Bart in his interview with Erik. Barthas won a few things and I think i can trust him.

 

[M-61]

I do not believe the brush can damage a barrel.
I realize there are some people that could break an anvil.
That being said reversing a brush, unless it’s worn down to nothing, is virtually impossible.
Let me put it this way: at one time in my life a problem would occur, for the sake of simplicity, a pipe stuck within a pipe. Easiest way to get it out? Stick a brush in there and yank. Out came the pipe that broke. Those steel bristles never flipped. Took a good size man to do it but no reversing of the bristles and job done.

 

[whatsupdoc]

Clean the barrel vertically.

 

[Carl S]

I guess alot of barrels are damaged-ruined not by shooting but by neglect,in various ways.i did see a gentleman one day cleaning his rifle from the muzzle.he had quite a few puzzled onlookers.

 

[Dave M.]

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Lol..now I see a market to prevent damage between the stop and the action