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To clean your gun or not to clean your gun-thats my question
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<blockquote data-quote="keithcandler" data-source="post: 1627438" data-attributes="member: 3728"><p>The Lyman bore scope can be had for $200 if you watch for promotions from Brownells'.</p><p>This is a wonderful tool for the cost. Buy the Lyman and become your own expert, as there are many ways to skin a cat, but good bronze bristle brushes is where the serious cleaning starts.</p><p></p><p>Kenneth, your neighbor is an idiot, please do not listen to him. I have the Hawkeye bore scope and this scope is high dollar where the Lyman bore scope is affordable to most to purchase. Both bore scopes will show scratches in the bore, minor pits, and imperfect edges on the rifling, chamber edge, crooked chambers, etc. </p><p></p><p>The best bronze bristle brushes are good for 100 strokes, max, throw them away frequently. The bristle has to flex back and forth in a scrubbing motion, and when the curve in the bristle is worn to the point to where the bristle is straight, the brush has quit doing a lot of it's job getting the carbon out of the grooves.</p><p></p><p>The best plastic brushes are made by ISSO and Montana Extreme, and these do not do the job that the bronze bristle brushes do. </p><p></p><p>The Hawkeye bore scope magnifies 25x, clear as a crystal optical image. You could see clearly if there were scratches in the bores. A lot of this nonsense of brushes scratching bores started back when Stainless steel bristle brushes were being used in bores, and they will ruin a bore in one usage, I have seen a friend ruin a new barrel.</p><p></p><p>I have several Max Heavy Varmint contours that have been rechambered 3x, cleaned frequently brushing with JB on P. dog towns. There are no scratches in the bores of these barrels that have 10K rounds on them with multiple chambers. Of course they started off at 30" finished lengths.</p><p></p><p>If you love accuracy and keeping your barrel running it's best, then get a Lyman bore scope....you will NEVER regret the investment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="keithcandler, post: 1627438, member: 3728"] The Lyman bore scope can be had for $200 if you watch for promotions from Brownells'. This is a wonderful tool for the cost. Buy the Lyman and become your own expert, as there are many ways to skin a cat, but good bronze bristle brushes is where the serious cleaning starts. Kenneth, your neighbor is an idiot, please do not listen to him. I have the Hawkeye bore scope and this scope is high dollar where the Lyman bore scope is affordable to most to purchase. Both bore scopes will show scratches in the bore, minor pits, and imperfect edges on the rifling, chamber edge, crooked chambers, etc. The best bronze bristle brushes are good for 100 strokes, max, throw them away frequently. The bristle has to flex back and forth in a scrubbing motion, and when the curve in the bristle is worn to the point to where the bristle is straight, the brush has quit doing a lot of it's job getting the carbon out of the grooves. The best plastic brushes are made by ISSO and Montana Extreme, and these do not do the job that the bronze bristle brushes do. The Hawkeye bore scope magnifies 25x, clear as a crystal optical image. You could see clearly if there were scratches in the bores. A lot of this nonsense of brushes scratching bores started back when Stainless steel bristle brushes were being used in bores, and they will ruin a bore in one usage, I have seen a friend ruin a new barrel. I have several Max Heavy Varmint contours that have been rechambered 3x, cleaned frequently brushing with JB on P. dog towns. There are no scratches in the bores of these barrels that have 10K rounds on them with multiple chambers. Of course they started off at 30" finished lengths. If you love accuracy and keeping your barrel running it's best, then get a Lyman bore scope....you will NEVER regret the investment. [/QUOTE]
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