I would suggest that you quit worrying about it. I use a bore snake for almost all my cleaning whenever I clean my guns. Just take barrels off the receiver and just use the bore snake. They are very convenient and don't take up any space at all. I had talked with the guy selling them at some gun show way back when and he told me he made them in almost all calibers. The only time I use a regular cleaning rod is when somehow my barrel(s) would get fouled up and accuracy suffers.