Eddie Harren,
I'm sure the Sinclair makes great stuff, since their reloading equipment seems to be all top shelf, at least by reputation. You don't see much of their stuff up here but I will order their catalog. I just don't know how a guide that is the same size or bigger than the bore diameter can hold the rod in the center of the bore. If the jag and patch pushes through the guide easier than through the bore it must be bigger, and once the guide is bigger the rod will rub on the throat area before it even touches the guide.Once the guide is bigger it shouldn't matter too much how much bigger it is, since the bore is now guiding the rod through the guide. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused1.gif When the guide gets small enough that it can hold the rod off of the throat area you can't get a patch on a appropriate jag through it. A brush is different since it will squeeze down through a constriction in the guide then expand back to original diameter. I have used a 25 caliber guide in 270, 7 mm and 30 calibers this way with a brush.Hard on brushes but perhaps easier on the throat?
Dogleg
