Scrub the barrel every time?

[Ryan_289]

Do yall scrub the barrel with a bronze brush every time you shoot it? I usually do on my other guns but was wondering about putting extra wear on the rifling?

[CJB]

I use Hoppe's benchrest solvent... extra extra stinky.... brass brush... good to go.

[muggsy]

A bronze brush won't hurt the rifling in the least. I'd be more concerned about keeping the cleaning rod centered in the bore.

[Cubby]

A bronze brush won't hurt the rifling in the least. I'd be more concerned about keeping the cleaning rod centered in the bore.

I use a rod from Otis. It's coated and won't scratch the bore...

[hardluk1]

I started useing heavy duty nylon brushs some years ago and thats all I have today. Cleaner is kroil oil and or proshot for light cleaning, kg12 for heavy duty cleaning and let soak a while then brush and cotton wrapped around brush.

[Flincher]

I use a rod from Otis. It's coated and won't scratch the bore...

Yep. Or use an aluminum pistol bore rod.:)

[jocko]

hoppe's since I was akind, to old to change now. any is good though so if ur happy stick with it,bronze, aluminum nylone brushes are all perfect IMO..add alittle common sense to the job and u have a good cleaned barrel. Just sayin

[taxifolia]

I may be wrong on this, but I think I read a couple years ago that some bronze looking brushes are bronze plated, not pure bronze.

Is that true ? If so, what are risks with plated brushes ?

[downtownv]

Do yall scrub the barrel with a bronze brush every time you shoot it? I usually do on my other guns but was wondering about putting extra wear on the rifling?

I don't always clean after every time I shoot but when i do I clean/grease and oil everything. I have been range shooting less than 100 rds on a weekly range trip, so every other shooting session I clean the gun
If the gun is all apart why would you skip one step?

[CJB]

I may be wrong on this, but I think I read a couple years ago that some bronze looking brushes are bronze plated, not pure bronze.

Is that true ? If so, what are risks with plated brushes ?

about the same risk as givin' yer female SO a plated ring I suppose... end of the world type stuff... don't risk it

I get those pistol brushes on the twisted wire "rod" with the loop in the end. I think last time it was $6 a dozen at the mil surplus store, but that was ten years ago when I stocked up on a few dozen in 38/9 and 45 cals.

If the brush is plated... then its gotta be steel under it. Try a magnet.

Stainless brushes never hurt anything, and I used 'em for years with zero ill effect - just that the bronze was so little money, and I'm really a cheap ol' bassturd these days.

True - back in the day at the range, when I was doing machine work, reloading, workin the counter, sellin guns, running the range, and sweepin' the floor - jus' about everything. When one of the range rental guns would get extra dirty and really just not shoot too well, we'd take a stainless brush on a rod chucked into a Makita drill and "power clean" the bore, or chambers, revolver or auto loader alike. Every once in a while a customer would insist we do that to his own gun, and we obliged. I never seen so much crap fly out a gun barrel or revolver cylinder. And even with that harsh treatment, SPINNING the stainless brush in the barrel, especially right in front of the chamber where the lead was terrible thick and such, never once seen any rounding of the rifling or other nasty result on the bore. I'm not saying do that as a daily rectumendation, just that if you really need to get the crap outta yer shootin iron, it does work, and has little damaging effect.

[jocko]

IMO with today copper rounds etc,and good plating in some barrels, I fend the ol snake does a good job if u use it often. When Iused to shoot alot at the range I would snake the bore about every 50+ rounds, just because it was so handy to do. when I do it at home I check one end in the vise and then as fast as I can I pull the gun back and forth on the snake and it creates some heat even and it does an excellent job. I would assume I could get a ore brush and get alittle more out to, but I am getting lazier every day and as poor as I shoot, it is not gonna help either..

[JimC]

My cleaning program is that if the firearm fired is a EDC, it get cleaned completely after each and ever range session. Yes, this includes the use of a bronze brush and Shooter's Choice solvent.

If only a range gun and it's going to be used again in the near future, I just run a couple of patches wet with FP-10 down the bore.

[muggsy]

Yep. Or use an aluminum pistol bore rod.:)

Aluminum cleaning rods should be avoided. They pick up embedded dirt and can act as a lap. Gun cleaning rods should be made of hardened stainless steel. Ask any bench rest shooter.

http://www.proshotproducts.com/Micro-Polished-Cleaning-Rods_c_80.html

[jocko]

Aluminum cleaning rods should be avoided. They pick up embedded dirt and can act as a lap. Gun cleaning rods should be made of hardened stainless steel. Ask any bench rest shooter.

http://www.proshotproducts.com/Micro-Polished-Cleaning-Rods_c_80.html

might be right if ur a bench rest shooter but in this case I see no harm no foul in aluminum rods. way to technical in my opinion.:Amflag2:

[Bill K]

I'll only use a brush maybe every 4th or 5th cleaning. Live round sessions for any one gun is generally carry rounds plus 50 to 100 rounds.

[CJB]

Ok, this is like doin dishes. Sometimes, you can just use yer hand and clean an "almost" clean plate with a little dish soap and water.

Other times, you need a dishrag, and yet other times you need a scrubber pad or brush.

Its the same with barrels.

Funny thing, I almost always grab that scrubber pad and give each plate a goin over anyway - just because. And its the same with gun barrels. Sure the barrel is dang near clean, maybe patch alone would do, but I give it a few strokes of the brush, then patches and the last one is some BreakFree CLP ... just because.

[AdamSean]

I was taught to always clean after shooting. I tend to use a nylon brush with a quality solvent. Then a very light coat of M-Pro 7 LPX.