Rapid rod

Guns Magazine, Dec, 2008 by Clint Smith

If you have ever been hunting and plugged or fouled the barrel of your long gun, you know it is quite the rodeo to find the right willow branch to shove the crud from your barrel. I recall in my younger days a ground hog expedition where I traveled some distance, snuck upon the furry rodents and whacked the first one. Moving forward to examine the terminal work of the stunning .22-250 projectile I managed to try out for the Olympic mud sliding team and wound up with 6" of soft mud stuffed into the barrel of my Remington 700.

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It was a long ride home to get the cleaning rod to shove the mud clear and then to return back to the place where I really wanted to hunt all day without driving back and forth for a cleaning rod. I imagine some of you have had the same experience. I cured my problem by simply placing a cleaning rod into permanent residence inside my truck.

The GG&G people must have been thinking of me when they brought on line their new Rapid Rod. At first glance I kinda said "R-i-i-ight," but in retrospect and reality the darn rod is nifty. It is not a solid Dewey rod, and then again it is not supposed to be. What it is, is a breakdown-type rod that folds on itself and neatly fits into a belt type pouch for easy carry. If needed, it simply unfolds and, by screwing the handle end, the threaded rod pulls all the rod pieces into line for a reasonably solid rod for cleaning fouled or dirty barrels. It weighs nothing and travels at no additional weigh or bulk to the long gun shooter. If you spend time a field, it is a definite candidate for a ride along tool in your pack or pocket ... I know from now on I'll have mine with me.

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