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I was cleaning the barrel of my SVD yesterday and the cleaning rod was too short to go end to end. I ended up with a collection of black sludge halfway up the barrel (I was cleaning from one end and then the other, all the muck got pushed to the centre).
I thought up all sorts of things to extend the rod or to make some sort of pull through. It was the simplest one that worked the best...

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Some heavy weight fishing line with cleaning cloth tied along its length.
The line needs to be about three or four times the length of the barrel.
Push the line through the barrel first, before tying on the cloth.
Use whatever metal cleaner/polish you like (I used Ciff/Jiff cooker cleaner).
The wider you cut the strips of cloth the bigger the knot will be and the tougher it'll be to pull each knot through.
I was thinking of making a five metre one and tying it between two trees, then I just walk the barrel back and forth a few times and the jobs done.
Or, you could just buy a longer cleaning rod
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I thought up all sorts of things to extend the rod or to make some sort of pull through. It was the simplest one that worked the best...

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Some heavy weight fishing line with cleaning cloth tied along its length.
The line needs to be about three or four times the length of the barrel.
Push the line through the barrel first, before tying on the cloth.
Use whatever metal cleaner/polish you like (I used Ciff/Jiff cooker cleaner).
The wider you cut the strips of cloth the bigger the knot will be and the tougher it'll be to pull each knot through.
I was thinking of making a five metre one and tying it between two trees, then I just walk the barrel back and forth a few times and the jobs done.
Or, you could just buy a longer cleaning rod
