Nylon, steel, bronze bore brush on old gun...what would you use?

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Reason I ask this is: Its an old old rifle and I`m wondering about the rifling itself. Also, what would be the best, best solvent to get EVERYTHING out? I just have the cheap Outers cleaning kit and it has no bore brush and just the nitro solvent.
 
i have made my own bore brush by tying a small amount of 0000 steel wool to strong string and pulling it thru the bore. works good when in a pinch. a small fishing weight on one end of the string allows the string to be dropped thru the bore. Using dry patches after can also be dragged thru.
 
Nylon, if you keep it clean. It's softer than the steel (well should be) so you shouldn't be able to hurt the bore with it and it will be impervious to the copper solvent that would remove some of the brush along with the copper if you use a bronze brush (steel brush, steel barrel, just don't like the sound of that). Solvents are marketed as one size fits all, but copper and carbon need different chemicals to remove them. Get a solvent for carbon and one for copper (if you have copper fouling). Also get the right tool for the job. A good one piece cleaning rod is a must, pick one up first chance you get. I like Dewey but there are others just as good.

As to a brand, I have some Barnes CR-10 for copper and I just tred some Hoppes Elite recently and it seemed to work good on the carbon. As for Lead, I'm cluless, in my revolvers that have had some leading I just used whatever all in one product I had and gave it a good scrub.
 
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No metal brush ever touch the bore of any of my rifles, nylon when harder is needed and patch and solvent or Cooper cutter for the rest... JP.
 
Bronze and nylon are both softer than steel and thus would not scratch. The key is to choose a cleaning material that is lower down on the hardness scale than the material you are trying to clean.
 
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