Stainless Steel cleaning brushes

[1S1K]

Will a S/S brush hurt a S/S barrel ?

[stangfish]

Most all of the barrel manufacturers suggest using a copper brush with a bore guide. I have never seen any suggest a stainless brush.

[Grit #1]

A stainless steel brush will remove your rifling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Scratch your barrel from one end to the other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!When they first came out
25 years or so ago I was shooting high power silhouette and we had a couple competitors ruin custom barrels with them. One of the guys had Hawkeye Bore Scope and we got to see the damage caused first hand. Thank God I did not have the opportunity to use the ones I had just bought!!!!!!!
Best regards,
Grit

[cwop]

the rimfire boys dont even like the brass ones. most claim both will ruin barrells.

bob

[airaddict]

I use them....but very sparingly. One or two passes is all it takes for stubborn powder or to get the last few spots of copper fouling in a hurry. I do think if u do ovet use them it could affect the barrel and accuracy. But i dont think it will remove the rifling. If anything it will score the bore and cause more fouling to build up.

I mostly use them for pistol if i start to see lead fowling build up.

Brian

[nsaqam]

A worse idea than SS bore brushes I can scarcely imagine.

[JCalhoun]

The only reason I can see in owning SS brushes is if you need to clean up a very old gun that has very caked on carbon and some rust like old mil-surps sometimes have. This only because the SS is harder to wear out than the bronze.

[earl39]

they do a fair job of getting the gunk out of the grooves in my 1911 slide.

[stangfish]

Shilen
http://www.shilen.com/faq.html#question11

Krieger
http://www.kriegerbarrels.com/Break_In__Cleaning-c1246-wp2558.htm

Pac Nor* .......read the do's dont's
http://www.pac-nor.com/care/

[Cycler]

Stainless steel is good for chamber brushes, nothing else.

[Eric in NC]

Barrel steel (even stainless) is pretty soft. Wouldn't run a stainless brush through my chamber or barrel. Heck, some makers say stay away from brass/bronze brushes.