Stainless steel cleaning brushes good idea or bad?

[HockeyDad]

I see Bass Pro has some stainless steel barrel cleaning brushes - anyone have any experience with them? Or opinions on using them?

 

[General RE LEE]

I've never seen a person suggest them.

 

[Coyote Shadow Tracker]

I see Bass Pro has some stainless steel barrel cleaning brushes - anyone have any experience with them? Or opinions on using them?

Just my humble opinion but I only mostly use nylon and some bronze bore brushes. Probably 10 to 1 ratio nylon. We have an ample supply from .17 to .338. Only want to use softer material than the barrel metal. If using a good bore cleaner should only need nylon.

 

[cdherman]

A number of barrel manufacturers recommend nylon only and a few say bronze is OK. Never read a single one that even mentioned anything like stainless. Now -- some brushes have a stainless steel core wire. This is fine. It never touches the barrel and will not turn green with copper removing agents.

 

[coyotemaster]

Just my humble opinion but I only mostly use nylon and some bronze bore brushes. Probably 10 to 1 ratio nylon. We have an ample supply from .17 to .338. Only want to use softer material than the barrel metal. If using a good bore cleaner should only need nylon.

I use Nylon exclusively. I couldn't imagine using stainless steel in my hand lapped tube.

 

[BHP9]

One of the best ways to ruin a barrel (or cylinder on a revolver) is to use a stainless steel brush.

Bronze of nylon for barrels and a Hoppes Tornado brush (they are spiral wound) in a cylinder.

 

[HockeyDad]

Thanks everyone. Well, I'm glad I didn't buy any then.

 

[wonderman4]

I would seriously recommend to stay away from stainless steel.

 

[ntsqd]

I've used them as they have one particular application where nothing else works as well. Removing serious rust from the bore of someone's "family heirloom".

 

[Hugnot]

No stainless-steel brushes for my rifles - never, no way. I have a closed loop stainless brush that I use to clean insides of brass necks but no use for rifle bores.

 

[wonderman4]

I've used them as they have one particular application where nothing else works as well. Removing serious rust from the bore of someone's "family heirloom".

For this, use a small wad of the white scotch brite. I also use scotch brite for degunking brass. It does a wonderful job as long as you use the correct one. There are several different colors signifying different coarseness.

 

[wonderman4]

I've used them as they have one particular application where nothing else works as well. Removing serious rust from the bore of someone's "family heirloom".

For this, use a small wad of the white scotch brite. I also use scotch brite for degunking brass. It does a wonderful job as long as you use the correct one. There are several different colors signifying different coarseness.

 

[ntsqd]

I've used Scotch-Brite for decades. The one bore that I can recall in particular was well past using white on it, would have taken literally a year to get somewhere. The Brownish Burgundy, maybe. It was bad. I wore out a SS bore brush on it. I didn't worry about trying to remove the pits, I just wanted to get to it having a bit of a sheen.