Quote Originally Posted by axio
Thanks, guys. Wish I knew this before I bought a large bottle of Butch's last week... I have a Dewey coated one-piece rod that is supposed to help prevent any damage though, so shouldn't that help prevent any damage/wear to the barrel? Also using the Dewey no-harm brushes, shouldn't that also prevent damage? Or is it also due to the ammonia in the Sweet's?

Either case, I'll go order some of the foaming bore cleaner right now as well...
IMO your are much better off with the Buches than any foaming bore cleaner.