Rod Guides/Bore Guides

A bore guide is an essential cleaning tool that helps protect your firearm’s chamber and bore during maintenance. Designed to guide your cleaning rod directly through the action and into the barrel, a bore guide prevents rod bowing, protects rifling, and ensures solvents and debris are kept out of sensitive areas.

Bore Guides – Essential Protection for Your Rifle Cleaning Routine

Using a bore guide during rifle cleaning is one of the simplest ways to preserve your firearm’s accuracy and longevity. By aligning the rod, jag, and brush with the bore, it guarantees a straight, centered entry that eliminates the risk of damaging the throat or chamber. For bolt action rifles, it also helps prevent solvent leakage into the action — a common source of wear and corrosion.

Whether you’re working with centerfire, rimfire, or bolt-action platforms, a high-quality bore guide improves consistency while reducing contamination and unnecessary wear.

Benefits of Using a Bore Guide:

  • Protects the chamber and bore from damage during cleaning
  • Ensures proper cleaning rod alignment and prevents flex or scraping
  • Minimises solvent waste and prevents leakage into the action
  • Reduces fouling by keeping debris and grime from circulating back into the barrel
  • Extends barrel life and helps preserve rifle accuracy over time

Bore guides are especially useful when using coated cleaning rods, bore brushes, mops, and other rifle cleaning accessories. They help keep each cleaning pass smooth and efficient, ensuring that tools enter the bore without resistance or misalignment.

At Creedmoor Sports, we offer a wide selection of bore guides for a range of calibers and rifle actions — including guides with solvent ports, collar locks, and custom fits for popular bolt-action rifles. Whether you’re a precision shooter, hunter, or competitive marksman, a bore guide is one of the best investments you can make for your firearm’s maintenance.

Shop Bore Guides at Creedmoor Sports

Protect your investment and maintain peak performance with the right tools. Shop now to find the ideal bore guide for your firearm and keep your cleaning routine as safe and effective as possible.

For product advice or help selecting a bore guide that fits your rifle, contact us or search our full collection of cleaning rods, brushes, and gun care tools today.