cleaning barrel

[BlackonBlack]

Anyone that thinks a bronze brush is going to damage a bore is nuts.

[BLC]

Little bit of solvent on a Boresnake works for me. Pull it through a few times and the barrel looks great.

[BlackonBlack]

Thanks black!

However, I read the comment before the one you posted (thanks to that author as well), and I have decided that I will no longer clean my bores with a bronze brush, only a nylon brush from now on.

Suit yourself but that's ridiculous. A day at the range will do ions more damage to the bore than a lifetime of cleaning.

[littlejake]

Just don't try to reverse a brush in the bore.

FYI, I shoot a lot of .38 spl in a .357 revolver and the carbon builds up in the chamber in front of the shorter case. I spin a .35 cal bronze rifle brush, soaked in CLP, in a chuck with an electric screwdriver and it really cleans the cylinder.

I use a bronze "toothbrush" on the cylinder face and around the forcing cone.

Bronze is so much softer than steel that it doesn't harm steel.

[CSACANNONEER]

Just don't try to reverse a brush in the bore.

BS! The only thing that will happen is that the bristles will brake from fatigue earlier.

[SixPointEight]

BS! The only thing that will happen is that the bristles will brake from fatigue earlier.

+1 especially if you're using a rod where the handle can rotate freely...as you should be

[1911su16b870]

I use bronze brushes and cotton patches/jag with solvent. Then followed by clean cotton patches/jag and finally a oiled patch/jag for the bore.

[1911su16b870]

It also depends on the cleaning solvent you use. I use Kroil and don't worry about it.

Hey topgun7, How long do you allow the Kroil to sit on the bore after application with a patch?

[BlackonBlack]

Strip your gun and firstly run a solvent saturated patchy through barrel. then clean the slide rails and the slide . Wipe off receiver . By that time you can go back to the barrel and wipe it clean. No need to bust out a timer.

[B Strong]

On pistols, I break the piece down and soak the barrel overnight in a tub of Mpro 7, run a patch through when I start the cleaning process, maybe a brush if needed, a few solvent patches, then a bore snake to make sure the bore is completely dry.

[Jonathan Doe]

Hey topgun7, How long do you allow the Kroil to sit on the bore after application with a patch?

Here is what I do for my rifles.

1. Wet patch with Kroil once.
2. Copper brush with Kroil a few times
3. Wet patch with Kroil once.
4. Remington Bore Cleaner a few times on a patch
5. Wet patch with Kroil once or twice
6. Dry patch until clean. No lube or oil in the bore. I keep it dry.

Pistol is similar also, but I don't use Rem bore cleaner in my pistol.

I usually use about a dozen patches per gun, and it is clean.

[BlackonBlack]

Look how the rifling in the bore tears ridges in the metal as the bullet fires. This happens each and every time you fire it.

Bronze brush hurts barrel give me a break.

That's like saying putting oil in your engine damages it.

[1911su16b870]

Here is what I do for my rifles.

1. Wet patch with Kroil once.
2. Copper brush with Kroil a few times
3. Wet patch with Kroil once.
4. Remington Bore Cleaner a few times on a patch
5. Wet patch with Kroil once or twice
6. Dry patch until clean. No lube or oil in the bore. I keep it dry.

Pistol is similar also, but I don't use Rem bore cleaner in my pistol.

I usually use about a dozen patches per gun, and it is clean.

Thanks topgun7 for the guide, I have a small can of Kroil that I will try out.

[BlackonBlack]

Bullets are jacketed in copper. Bronze is a alloy of copper and tin, and is much harder than copper. In fact, bronze is as hard as wrought iron.

still not as hard as the metal barrels are made out of.

[SixPointEight]

still not as hard as the metal barrels are made out of.

Or lined with if you have a chrome barrel


This would be nice to see as a poll. For the most part, I think shooters approve of bronze brushes.

While the bronze may be harder than copper, you have to think of the fact that the copper is flying though the barrel at a very high speed, with a lot of pressure behind it.

Think of it this way, if I take a piece of steel and drag it lightly across glass by hand, it wont scratch. If I take copper and push it really hard across glass really fast, it's gonna scratch the glass. Same concept, different materials.