I am looking for a cleaning rod to take to the backcountry for trips of a week or so. At home I have a Dewey and a one piece brass rod and they work great.

I am looking for something to use if I got crap in my bore out in the field or to unstick and obstruction not clearing copper fouling. I see that there are kits that use flexible rods and bore snakes.. I am concerned that it might be hard to get them down the bore if there were an obstruction.

On the other hand I also see that there are ridgidmulti piece rods (I actully have a military 30 cal sectioned rod, but its steel and I am not so happy putting a sectioned steel rod down my bores and its heavy as hell). How about the aluminum sectioned rods are they safe for the bore and crown?

Lastly I should note that the rod would need to work from 30cal to 35cal and one of the rifles will clean from the muzzle.

what are your experiences?