Brass Brush

[UTGrad]

With a bore guide and a one piece Dewey rod, will running a brass brush through the bore a few times damage a stock barrel on a Marlin 30 30? I have stayed away from the brass brush and used a nylon brush instead, but I really feel the brass would get more copper fouling out.

 

[FULLDRAWXX75]

will not harm the barrel at all...................


FDXX75

 

[TiminTN]

Nylon brushes are useless. Well, I do use them to clean inside the case neck. Bronze brush is what you want for bore cleaning duties.

 

[UTGrad]

How do ya'll get past the blue it leaves on the patch when removing copper? Copper leaves that blue gunk on a patch and it is hard to tell how well the copper remover is doing when I am getting false-positives. Anyways, I guess all I can do is scrub well with the brush and dry patch till clean and assume it did the job.

 

[Tiny]

How do ya'll get past the blue it leaves on the patch when removing copper? Copper leaves that blue gunk on a patch and it is hard to tell how well the copper remover is doing when I am getting false-positives. Anyways, I guess all I can do is scrub well with the brush and dry patch till clean and assume it did the job.

After using the brush,just flush with a couple wet patches then a couple dry ones,then a wet one if blue/green color or you still see copper at the muzzle,start over.

 

[Tiny]

Nylon brushes are useless. Well, I do use them to clean inside the case neck. Bronze brush is what you want for bore cleaning duties.

Depends on the Nylon Brush and the Bore Cleaner. ;)

 

[cdw338]

I use both, which one is acording to the cleaner I am using.

 

[UTGrad]

Well, do y'all use a brass brush with copper cleaner?

 

[TiminTN]

Your username now has me confused. Yes, use a bronze brush with the copper remover. It has stiffer bristles and will work better. It will disolve in the ammonia, that is why you should flush out the barrel after brushing, then swab another patch with ammonia in the bore, wait a few minutes and run a clean patch in the bore to look for the blue. Run your brush under hot water to save it from the ammonia after you get through with it.

Nylon brushes are useless. They are to soft and will not do what you intend, kind of like getting help from a Democrat.

 

[FULLDRAWXX75]

LMBO..........

FDXX75

Looks all pretty in the package, swears it will work wonders for ya. But once you buy it..............pretty much useless.

 

[UTGrad]

Your username now has me confused. Yes, use a bronze brush with the copper remover. It has stiffer bristles and will work better. It will disolve in the ammonia, that is why you should flush out the barrel after brushing, then swab another patch with ammonia in the bore, wait a few minutes and run a clean patch in the bore to look for the blue. Run your brush under hot water to save it from the ammonia after you get through with it.

Nylon brushes are useless. They are to soft and will not do what you intend, kind of like getting help from a Democrat.

Ha Ha...I'm using an Ammonia free copper remover. Anyways, I will use the bronze brush and I voted for McCain.

 

[TiminTN]

Good for you young man!!

 

[FULLDRAWXX75]

YES, there is still hope for the younger generation...........LOL

FDXX75

 

[UTGrad]

Well, I went to the range yesterday and afterwards cleaned my rifle. I used the bronze brush several times after running copper remover through first. I hope I didn't damage the barrel!

 

[FULLDRAWXX75]

I doubt you could on purpose, shy of throwing sand in with it...............

FDXX75

 

[UTGrad]

Rifle shot fine today after a thorough cleaning with the bronze brush and Hoppe's. The bronze brush gets more jacket fouling than the nylon brush.