barrel cleaning brush size

[greyspider56]

I was just watching Erik's friend clean his bore with a brush size 1 1/2 -2 times lager than the bore to get the carbon ring out. What size brush would I use on a .260?

Thanks
Mike

 

[Coyotefurharvester]

Have you tried a new quality 6.5 brush and solvent?

 

[6.5 forever]

I have not had any difficulty using the caliber specific brush with C4 to remove carbon very quickly.

 

[762plinker]

the ring aint in the bore its at the neck, so yes a bigger brush helps.
use better chemistry to clean.
clean the bore of carbon and copper, clean the chamber, then scrub the neck and just forward of the neck.
every time you should and you should never have a carbon problem

 

[dbduff]

the ring aint in the bore its at the neck, so yes a bigger brush helps.
use better chemistry to clean.
clean the bore of carbon and copper, clean the chamber, then scrub the neck and just forward of the neck.
every time you should and you should never have a carbon problem

 

[nettle]

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[Clancy]

.338 brush buddy

I don’t think some of the other guys understood the question.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

What dia is your neck? Choose that caliber

 

[Shooter13]

I use a .308 brush on 6 or 6.5 cal, it will not go into the chamber but does a great job scrubbing the carbon ring off.

 

[whatsupdoc]

I measure the neck of a fired case and choose a brush that is slightly larger
(used brushes work good for this).

 

[762plinker]

yes even tho he says bbl the carbon ring is generally at the end of the neck up the start of rifling

 

[greyspider56]

Thank you for all the replies

 

[Kracken McGraw]

What dia is your neck? Choose that caliber

You know I’ve been on here eight years, and never heard anyone explain this with such a simple answer.

 

[greyspider56]

I was asking about the carbon ring and I guess I used the wrong term. I was asking about the chamber.

 

[762plinker]

I was asking about the carbon ring and I guess I used the wrong term. I was asking about the chamber.

the carbon ring forms just forward of where the case neck ends....so measuring a fired case and then picking the correct brush size for scrubbing the chamber from the neck forward