Will a S/S brush hurt a S/S barrel ?
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Will a S/S brush hurt a S/S barrel ?
Most all of the barrel manufacturers suggest using a copper brush with a bore guide. I have never seen any suggest a stainless brush.
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
the rimfire boys dont even like the brass ones. most claim both will ruin barrells.
bob
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
A worse idea than SS bore brushes I can scarcely imagine.
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.
they do a fair job of getting the gunk out of the grooves in my 1911 slide.
Shilen
http://www.shilen.com/faq.html#question11
Krieger
http://www.kriegerbarrels.com/Break_...246-wp2558.htm
Pac Nor* .......read the do's dont's
http://www.pac-nor.com/care/
Stainless steel is good for chamber brushes, nothing else.
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.