Bore Brush...Yay or Nay

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Lef T

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When I clean my pistols after a day at the range,I will usually give my pistol a bore brushing with a brass type brush.
Maybe I'm reading too many gun forum posts,but it seems a fair percentage of shooters don,t bore brush their barrels.
They may brush the chamber area,but that's it.
Any brushing will actually be harmful to the barrel.
They say that the only thing to go down their barrels are the bullets
and that keeps the barrels clean.
I'm talking centerfire pistol using TMJ or FMJ,not lead.
What method of barrel cleaning do you subscribe to.
 
Brass brush will not damage the rifling. If you're not brushing your barrel, you are not cleaning out the lead deposits. Not only can this affect accuracy but can also eventually lead to a kaboom (though the later is unlikely).

Stainless steel brushes, on the other, will hurt the rifling if used frequently and should be avoided.
 
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I think most shooters use brass brushes to clean their barrels ( I know I do). A few years ago stainless brushes became popular but that craze quickly faded due to the harshness of the stainless. especially when you see some people insert the brush and not completely push it through before pulling it out. OUCH!!
 
Use a bore snake....easy , fast and does a good job for clean-up after some shooting but if a lot of buildup then a good scrubbing with a brass brush and Hoppes or cleaner of your choice .

nitehawk55
 
not me, then again I don't shoot lead, only TMJ, FMJ or CMJ bullets for me. I simply use a patch on a jag and remove the carbon. takes me about 3 minutes to clean my handgun bore.
 
I use a nylon brush if possible. As a last resort I'll scrub with bronze and Hoppes Elite.

Usually though, this is for newly aqcquired and neglected rifles. Once I get 'em clean, it's only jags and brushes and copper solvents.

The exception is lead in handguns - often I have to use bronze wool or bronze brush to get the lead out from the edges of the rifling.
 
why do you care about the copper fouling? it doesn't do anything harmful to the gun.
 
I'm not worried about copper fouling in my handguns.
I've not noticed any copper fouling.
Aren,t rifles more prone to copper fouling because of the higher velocities.
I've been using a jag and copper bore brush and it seems that the brush
takes out the powder residues very easily.
I was just wondering if it's better not to use a copper brush in your pistol barrel.
 
Lef T said:
I'm not worried about copper fouling in my handguns.
I've not noticed any copper fouling.
Aren,t rifles more prone to copper fouling because of the higher velocities.
I've been using a jag and copper bore brush and it seems that the brush
takes out the powder residues very easily.
I was just wondering if it's better not to use a copper brush in your pistol barrel.
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If a copper brush does damage to your bore, get the damn barrel replaced because it's not safe to shoot.
 
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