Power drill for cleaning

[Kracken McGraw]

I guess you haven't seen Lou Murdica's video on cleaning? He is a Hall of Fame benchrest shooter who cleans all of his barrels with a drill. He said in the video he has sent the barrels back to the manufacture who have examined them and said they showed no sign of damage. Erik Cortina has mentioned that he has done it to his barrels as well. They are both pretty good at what they do I think.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=638423259992938

On a side note, I bet those two have barrels stacked a little deeper than most

 

[Murray Brook]

I have never fully cleaned a barrel with a drill and brush but have often used this method ( with the drill on low speed) to remove a carbon ring . I use Isso or Fritz and it works great with no damage that I could see using my Teslong or on the target. JMO

 

[gkgeiger]

Have you seen this video?

 

[EGBrown]

I use one of the brass sections out of a Tipton style cleaning kit chucked up in a drill.
Don't spin fast enough to build up heat.

 

[RabbitSlayer]

Dont you have an old crappy 3 piece rod in a box somewhere? Just take the last section and chuck it up. I use it on shotguns. If it's good enough for Lou, it should be good enough for you! Drill baby dill!

 

[jonbearman]

I have done it myself with one friend calling me nuts, but my guns still shoot excellent. I have major problems with my shoulders,wrists and slight paralysis in my fingers from arthritis, so I had to do something.

 

[Charlie-NY]

I use a short AR-15 rod that has a non-spinning handle. After a long soak in C4, I push a bronze brush into the area of the carbon ring and twist the rod by hand. It is semi-effective. It is rather difficult to twist that short rod by hand. I'll bet if I had a slow twist drill attached (to a longer rod) that it would work better and be easier.

 

[Dave M.]

I have done it myself with one friend calling me nuts, but my guns still shoot excellent. I have major problems with my shoulders,wrists and slight paralysis in my fingers from arthritis, so I had to do something.

I can certainly relate to the arthritis issues.

 

[D-4297]

This is definitely a controversial topic . Some do , and some don't . I have never attempted to clean a barrel fully with a rod on a drill motor , but I do clean the Neck Area with one .
One brass section of a cleaning rod I've had for years in the drill chuck . Since I shoot a .308 , I use a Blue .338 Nylon brush , with the neck area soaked in C-4 and a little on the brush before it is inserted . Run it on lower speed for a minute or so , and then wrap the brush with a patch . Re-insert and run for about thirty seconds .
Check with a Borescope for any carbon ring . Clean ? ....Done . Have never had any extreme carbon ring build-up on any of my barrels using this process , but I have never done this to a barrel , full length . Using a nylon Brush and C-4 , on a drill at low speed , I don't see how it could ever damage a stainless barrel , when many here also say that using a Bronze Brush won't hurt a stainless Barrel . Nylon is one hell of a lot softer and has no "edges" like a bronze Brush does . Just my .02 worth .

 

[EGBrown]

to get this back to original question:
"What rod are people using to clean the real stubborn areas in the throat with a powered drill?"

 

[Murray Brook]

I use 12" of a sectioned rod installed in a drill with an attached bronze brush.

 

[Dgd6mm]

What rod are people using to clean the real stubborn areas in the throat with a powered drill? I have a super old stubborn barrel and I’d like to use a rod of some sort to chuck up in the drill, but I have no idea what rod to use that is threaded for 8-32 brushes. How can you prevent the rod from spinning in the drill chuck??
Dave

to get this back to original question:
"What rod are people using to clean the real stubborn areas in the throat with a powered drill?"

I use 1 section of a 3 piece rod that I've had for years.

 

[David101]

Funny thing is that these US Gun experts like Eric Cortina, and the other U tube US experts are not the world champions of F class. There more interested in selling product and being an expert.

 

[DShortt]

Funny thing is that these US Gun experts like Eric Cortina, and the other U tube US experts are not the world champions of F class. There more interested in selling product and being an expert.

Tony Boyer probably had no problem with carbon in the throat because he changed his barrels as if they were underwear. Same with power tools for cleaning I suspect. Sure it's quick and easy if you pull barrels before things even begin to look bad on target.