Of the myriad products for cleaning firearms, virtually all of them work well and, not surprisingly, work best matched to specific jobs. Here are some I find very effective.

The rods and jags and an investment here in top-notch equipment is truly worthwhile. I prefer 1-piece rods long enough to clean from the breech and one 44" in length covers most target rifles. The less expensive 33" rods will often work just as well if you have mostly sporting rifles. Make sure they have a brass muzzle guard for those times when you clean from the muzzle, such as on an M1 Garand or a 94 Winchester and especially on your handgun rods.

Stay away from segmented rods and rods made from aluminum or brass. Aluminum or brass can hold grit and damage the barrel. Segmented rods can come loose and damage the barrel. Carbon fiber rods like the ones from Tipton or coated rods like the Dewey’s are good choices. Plain stainless steel rods from Kleen Bore or Pro Shot are excellent (I’ve been using mine for 15 years).

The common thread size for accessories is 8-32. Something simple like common thread sizes seems superfluous, but having a combination of 10-32 (mostly used for black powder accessories today) and 8-32 equipment gets annoying real fast. Outers used to be 10-32, but converted to 8-32 in the early 2000s.

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