Nylon Brushes

[ShootDots]

What amazes me about this forum is the passion exhibited by forum members about almost any posting thrown up to be discussed. To be T-Totally honest, I would have never thought there would have ever been any discussion about "brushes" whether nylon, bronze or any other material. Then to get in somewhat of a heated discussion about what is a personal position on this or any topic, as I stated, amazes me... However, having said that, I do love to read about it all! LOL!!! Heck once in awhile I even engage in it myself!!

 

[BoydAllen]

Getting back to the topic, the old black nylon brushes that I have, do not take much effort to push through a bore, and present no problem at all as far as short stroking. Back in the day when I bought them Tony Boyer was still shooting surplus T powder (a batch of 8208 that was particularly good in 6PPCs), that has a tendency to build up carbon in the back of the barrel, that was not easy to remove. He would load a nylon brush (like the ones I have) full to the ends of the bristles with IOSSO and short stroke the throat and back 8-10" of the bore, every time that he cleaned, finishing by moving from there to the muzzle and out. I don't remember if he unscrewed the brush, but I doubt it. In any case, for that procedure a stiff brush that was very resistant to being reversed in the bore would not work. It only took a little while for me to figure that since my barrel budget is a lot smaller than his, and the powder that I shoot did not have the same problem, that using abrasive to clean with every time was probably not the smartest move, especially since bore scoping showed that I was not missing anything without the IOSSO shooting 133. BTW the reason that I get into this topic so strongly is that I run into young shooters who only have the internet to consult about what is the best way to clean a barrel, and they tend to give way too much credence to stories about the horrors of bronze brushes, and lacking a bore scope, they struggle with accuracy problems that are partly the result of under cleaning their barrels. As I said, the most accurate rifles on the globe are cleaned with bronze brushes, and IMO cautioning shooters against using them does a lot more harm than good. I'm talking about a large sample here. IMO it would be a lot more productive to discuss cleaning rod guides and rod technique.