Hi All
I havent posted on this section of AR before so I realise this may be a topic that has been discussed previously.

I want to purchase a cleaning kit that will cover the A-Z of calibres(or as many as possible) with brushes, snakes, rods etc.
I live in Zimbabwe and quite frankly have gotten tired of being ripped off. There is one supplier of cleaning kits locally. They make a kit for every calibre rather than one single kit with a variety of calibres in it. Each calibre kits sells at about USD40.00. Ie one kit for a 308 and another for a 30-06.......you may now see my point!!!!!

Would love to hear your recomendations and ideas

Cheers

I'm not aware of any kit that would cover ALL calibers, not to speak of the quality of the components.
I'd rather assemble it individually and buy at Sinclair's. Except for the rods. Sinclair's only has Dewey rods. But the Tiptons are superior. Midway has them.

Thanks. Am aware that no kit will cover all calibres, but there are some out there that cover a variety of calibres. I have looked online and there are quite a few, however I would like some recomendations as to which are good, which arent so good etc...........living in Zim I have to order a whole kit rather than buy bits and pieces individually

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Originally posted by zimFrosty:
..........living in Zim I have to order a whole kit rather than buy bits and pieces individually

That's why I recommended Sinclair. They have it all. So you can make one order and be covered for a while.

They also sell brushes (bronze and nylon) in packs of 12, which is a very sensible thing to do as brushes underlie a certain wear.

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Originally posted by zimFrosty:
I want to purchase a cleaning kit that will cover the A-Z of calibres(or as many as possible) with brushes, snakes, rods etc.

Hey ZimFrosty, Everytime I get a new Flyer or Catalog, the list of Cleaning Kits continues to expand. I believe it was a few years ago someone asked here at AR(maybe on the Reloading Board) if we thought a $$high$$ Reloading Kit would sell. Don't remember what the concensus was, but you might locate it with the "Find" Button at the top of this Board, or the Reloading Board.

At first glance, the Kits appear to be a lot of "stuff", with some of it useful and some of it Filler. I always think of them as being a "Gift" idea coming from an Uncle or an Aunt who knows the recipient shoots, but isn't quite sure of what to give them.

Some frown on "Sectioned" Rods. The make it sound as if you would be running a piece of Barbed Wire through the barrel. I disagree with that, since the dimensions of the Lands DO NOT allow the Rod to go down into a Groove, a lot of the angst is overly dramatic. And most of the Sectioned Rods mesh-up so well it is difficult to "feel" the junction.

On the other hand, there is nothing wrong with a one piece Rod - for use in the Cleaning Room. Not too practicle to carry afield though, unless you "fold it up". I have a Sectioned Rod by Kleen-Bore which is in a nice plastic Case, along with a Jag, which does fine for pushing Dust, Sand, Mud and Roots out of barrels. A Bore Snake is useless for Mud and Roots. So, a Sectioned Rod to go afield is always near by when I'm Hunting.

There is a good bit of the "total Kit cost" tied up in the Case. It does keep things nice and neat with individual compartments, but you can get a whole lot more in the Case if you yank out the dividers and toss them. Actually, a regular old Tool Box or Fishing Box with adjustable dividers makes a better set-up.

McFox mentioned buying Bore Brushes by the dozen and I agree. Keep most of them in their original packaging inside a Shoe Box size container. Then get an MTM Brush Box(or two) and put the actual Brushes you will be using in it. I have some of the MTM Brush Boxes and Labeled the separate Sections for the Brushes which makes them real nice. On the other hand, I have a bunch of Brushes inside an old Vitamin Bottle which fits inside my Cleaning Box(Tool Box) and have used it for years.

The Cleaning Box(Tool Box) needs to be large enough to hold Spray cans of Carb Cleaner in the bottom. I laso have a LARGE Screw Driver, small Screw Drivers, Allen Wrenches, Tooth Brushes, Brass Brushes, a few folded Shop Towels and a Sectioned Cleaning Rod in the bottom . In the top, I have the Vitamin Bottle(Bore Brushes of all sizes) random size and types of Patches, re-fillable Bore Cleaning Bottles, Oil, Grease, Tooth Picks, JB Compound, small jar of Moly Grease, Jags(of all sizes) and maybe some other stuff.

One of the latest Kits that caught my eye is made by Remington and is actually a rolled-up Cleaning Mat. That has some good possibilities, but I'm not sure how the cleaning would go with all the Thingys stuck into their pockets. Maybe it would work fine, but as usual I'm skeptical.

So, my recommendation would be to create your "own" personalized Cleaning Box:
1. A large enough Tool Box to hold all your respective Cleaning goodies.
2. A Shoe Box size container to hold extra Brushes, Cleaners, Patches, etc., your own mini-warehouse. This could easily be more than one.
3. Two 1-piece rods; a 22cal rod and a 30cal(and up) rod.
4. Two sectioned Rods in 22cal; one for the Cleaning Box and one for the Field.(No Bore Snakes - Boooo!)

Best of luck to you.

FWIW, if you get in the habit of keeping a piece of electric tape over the muzzle of your rifle, you won't have a problem with mud and roots.

MIdway, Tipton Range Box,#666-641, .22 to .45, $136.99

Thanks guys for all the tips....should be sorting myself out shortly.

Wasbeeman: Condoms over the end do the same . Have used them for years .........on my hunting rifle that is......

As do the little finger protectors that bank tellers use. FWIW, in WW2, the US had made a little condom specifically for protecting the rifle muzzle.

Zimfrosty, do you prefer the standard or the ready-wets?? Nipple end, perhaps?