Bronze or Steel

Nylon doesn't gouge as well as metal strands, I find, but it doesn't scratch the innards of your firearm either. So if you want to keep something pristine, nylon's the way to go. Just takes more work.

Steel is stronger and would likely last longer but bronze conforms better to the shape and direction of the barrel. So it's up to you. I'd say go with bronze, but steel I'm sure would work just as good.
 
Bronze it is. I just needed a little push.
Demon971 said:
Nylon doesn't gouge as well as metal strands, I find, but it doesn't scratch the innards of your firearm either. So if you want to keep something pristine, nylon's the way to go. Just takes more work.

Steel is stronger and would likely last longer but bronze conforms better to the shape and direction of the barrel. So it's up to you. I'd say go with bronze, but steel I'm sure would work just as good.
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If your using a heavy duty copper eater like Sweets or Barnes CR10 then Nylon is the only way to go as the ammonia content in those products will eat bronze brushes.
 
What about patch only? I'm a fan of patchworms (google it), which allow patches to be pulled through from breach to muzzle with a good fit to the barrel. If patches are used with a good copper eater, are brushes strictly necessary?
 
Never use steel brushes in a stainless steel barrel, and I even cring in chromoly barrels. Save them for chrome-lined milsurps.

I am a nylon convert, but nothing wrong with a good quality phosphor bronze brush.
 
I don't agree with that. I keep some steel around for special circumstances (extremely fouled surplus barrels for example). I generally use bronze/brass, nylon with Wipeout (great stuff, and now we can buy it in Canada rather then trying to get it mailed across the border, woo hoo!). On some of my custom barrels (lapped I assume), Wipeout and patches clean them up nicely. Rough and damaged bores require stronger measures, and if bad enough, that's where the stainless brushes come into play. - dan
 
Wipeout - from my experiance with custom and lapped barrels, does not clean the throat area well. There is an area of carbon that bulds up in the throat area that wipe out does not clean. I use a nylon brush and GM Carb cleaner.
 
Bronze brushes for rifle/pistol/shotgun. Stainless steel brushes for revolver chambers only. Nylon brushes are reserved for M16 toothbrush tools, IMHO.
 
Steel brushes will wear and ruin a stainless or chrome moly bore quite quickly. They will even alter cylinders with excessive use. I guess they may have a use in chrome lined chambers/bores.
 
Obtunded said:
Wipeout - from my experiance with custom and lapped barrels, does not clean the throat area well. There is an area of carbon that bulds up in the throat area that wipe out does not clean. I use a nylon brush and GM Carb cleaner.
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Thanks for the tip. I'll see what kind of gunk I can turn up with solvent later tonite after the Wipeout is done soaking.
 
I only use bronze. Mostly I find brushes unnecessary as I use Wipe Out which does a great job of softening fouling and allowing it to come ut with patches on a jag.
 
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