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TOOLS AND THE SHOP => GUNSMITHING/ KNIFEMAKING => Topic started by: jabberwoki on April 16, 2019, 06:27:17 PM

Title: Rifle barrel cleaning brush
Post by: jabberwoki on April 16, 2019, 06:27:17 PM

Nylon or Brass?

Title: Re: Rifle barrel cleaning brush
Post by: geneg on April 16, 2019, 07:51:00 PM

If it hasn't been cleaned for awhile- use brass first.  If you do regular maintenance , then nylon & swabs work well.

Title: Re: Rifle barrel cleaning brush
Post by: DeadNutz on April 16, 2019, 08:30:52 PM

I have ended up buying boresnakes for every caliber and gauge I own. I take them with me when I shoot and run it through when I am done. It makes cleaning them a piece of cake when I get home.

https://www.amazon.com/Hoppes-BoreSnake-Cleaner-Choose-Caliber/dp/B004DPJPV8

Title: Re: Rifle barrel cleaning brush
Post by: slip knot on April 16, 2019, 09:07:35 PM

Nylon doesn't play well with some of the copper fouling solvents.

Title: Re: Rifle barrel cleaning brush
Post by: ken w. on April 16, 2019, 10:50:05 PM

I'm not a fan of nylon brushes. I prefer the brass brushes. Usually  by time I get a gun to clean it's pretty fouled and I'll be at it awhile. I'm a fan of Kroil for a solvent.

Title: Re: Rifle barrel cleaning brush
Post by: slip knot on April 17, 2019, 05:40:11 PM

I had some blue colored solvent that worked really well on fouling. it even etched the brass brushes. it ate the paper label off soon after I got it and I don't remember what it was called now.

Title: Re: Rifle barrel cleaning brush
Post by: jabberwoki on April 17, 2019, 07:35:21 PM

Ok sop brass it is. What about that Hoppes Black solvent?

https://www.sportsmans.com/shooting/shooting-equipment/tools-cleaning/cleaners-lubricants/hoppes-black-copper-cleaner/p/1474884?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIqL_10LLY4QIVCdVkCh0hLwkEEAQYBSABEgKEgfD_BwE

Title: Re: Rifle barrel cleaning brush
Post by: bonneyman on April 18, 2019, 09:55:07 AM

Quote from: jabberwoki on April 17, 2019, 07:35:21 PM

Ok sop brass it is. What about that Hoppes Black solvent?

https://www.sportsmans.com/shooting/shooting-equipment/tools-cleaning/cleaners-lubricants/hoppes-black-copper-cleaner/p/1474884?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIqL_10LLY4QIVCdVkCh0hLwkEEAQYBSABEgKEgfD_BwE

Haven't tried that one yet. I usually get the results I want from vintage Hoppes #9 regular.

Title: Re: Rifle barrel cleaning brush
Post by: gtermini on April 18, 2019, 10:36:35 AM

Don't go too overboard here. A few cotton patches now and then is usually more than enough. Any more takes out fouling that may be helping accuracy.

Greyson