Bore guides- EJS

[beemanbeme]

I bought several of these from a vendor quite a while back for several calibres.  They're the ones that are made of white plastic with a step down nose for the different calibres with a groove near the end and an O ring so solvents won't leak back into the chamber.  Well they tend to break at the groove.  The vendor replaced a couple for me but a couple of calls to EJS to complain went unreturned.  So I chalked it up to experience and have been switching over to another brand. 
Yesterday, I cleaned my 8x57 using an EJS bore guide and the tip broke off.  I didn't notice and stepped out to the shooting bench and tried to chamber a round.  Long story short, I have the tip jammed into the leade and the action is in the freezer right now whilst I try to figure out how to get it out.
The moral of this story is: If you own a EJS bore guide, don't do what I did.  If you're in the market for a bore guide, you might consider another brand.

[james]

Thanks for the first hand experience Beman.  Heat will soften the plastic and should make it easier to remove... provided the live round is not stuck in the chamber also.

[beemanbeme]

No live round, thank goodness. I've heated it with a hair dryer until it was too hot to touch and run an over sized bore brush --.338-- in there with no joy.  I'm gonna go get a .410 and .45 brush today and try them.  If that doesn't work, I guess I'll have to have a smith take the barrel off so I can get at it with a dental pick.  I'm not a happy camper.

[bigdaddytacp]

I bought several of these from a vendor quite a while back for several calibres.  They're the ones that are made of white plastic with a step down nose for the different calibres with a groove near the end and an O ring so solvents won't leak back into the chamber.  Well they tend to break at the groove.  The vendor replaced a couple for me but a couple of calls to EJS to complain went unreturned.  So I chalked it up to experience and have been switching over to another brand. 
Yesterday, I cleaned my 8x57 using an EJS bore guide and the tip broke off.  I didn't notice and stepped out to the shooting bench and tried to chamber a round.  Long story short, I have the tip jammed into the leade and the action is in the freezer right now whilst I try to figure out how to get it out.
The moral of this story is: If you own a EJS bore guide, don't do what I did.  If you're in the market for a bore guide, you might consider another brand.

................Check with Brownells......they just aquired Sinclair International and I "think" the EJS is a family-offshoot of Sinclairs.....I may be wrong on that but both Sinclairs and Brownells are GREAT to deal with and I have six of the rimfire/centerfire EJS bore guides and no problems with them....only the centerfire have the O ring but my oldest is 6?yrs old and going strong....may have just been a "batch, or day of work" problem with some of them.....please check and let the board know what they say.........most all suppliers in our hobby/lifestyle are good people and try to work out any problems.......GOOD LUCK and good shooting!!!!...with a clean bore and chamber....lol

[beemanbeme]

Not to beat a dead horse, BD, but I bought them from Midway who replaced a couple of them when I bothered to call. No problem.  When I noticed a trend, I stopped calling Midway and tried calling EJS without success.
 I'm not interested with having them replaced.  I'd rather have something that doesn't break in the first place.  And, as I said, I have had several break. 
What did the trick in this case was a bottoming tap of the proper size and a loooong extension to reach the stuck nipple.  A couple of turns into the plastic and then it tapped right out from the muzzle end.  A special thanks to Johnny Boggs, a retired gunsmith. Things are sooooo easy when you know how.