Bore brush attachments. When the brass and when the nylon?

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I have typically always defaulted to using the brass screw in bore brush and essentially ignored my nylon brush.

Should I be?

Is there a place for the nylon brush in my cleaning schedule?

As I clean after every range trip, except occasionally and only when only half a dozen shots may have gone down range, is the brass brush overkill?

Thoughts?
 
I personally have found that no synthetic bore brush is as effective or as fast as a bronze bore brush.

This is simple..... metal is more effective a brush than a synthetic brush when the object is to remove copper fouling or leading.
I really don't see much use for a nylon brush.

True, nylon brushes aren't attacked by aggressive bore solvents, but bore brushes don't last long anyway, so I buy bronze brushes in bulk. When they get loose in the bore, I throw them away.
 
Nylon just doesn't do the job as far as I'm concerned. I have a few nylon ones, but never use them. Bronze aren't that expensive, I replace them if they no longer do the job.
 
Don't own a Bronze Brush. Probebly never will. Nylon works just fine. Never had a issue getting bore clean with one. I do not use a brush very often to start with except in pistol. Soak and clean works great.
 
I use bronze out of force of habit.

I should probably at least try a nylon brush.

One thing nice about nylon is that the cleaning stuff probably won't eat it all up, like it does a bronze brush.
 
Read an article once about cleaning bores. Contributors to it were various nationally know benchrest shooters and maybe one or two barrel manufacturers. Generally, most of them thought a nylon brush did little to help clean a bore like a bronze brush could.

I use both nylon/tenex and bronze brushs to clean my bores, but often just use a saturated cleaning patch on a tight jag.....depends on how much I've shot the rifle and the amount of copper I suspect is in the bore.

I get a lot more dirtier patches out of a bore I've run a bronze brush thru than when I've used a nylon brush. Not unusual for me to dip my nylon brush in whatever solvent I'm using to soak my bore with it, making 8 or so strokes, and then dry patch the bore after letting the solvent work for 30 minutes or so. Mind you, I do not use one of the more aggressive ammonia based copper cleaning solvents you can buy.
 
I personally have found that no synthetic bore brush is as effective or as fast as a bronze bore brush.

This is simple..... metal is more effective a brush than a synthetic brush when the object is to remove copper fouling or leading.
I really don't see much use for a nylon brush.
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Don't own a Bronze Brush. Probebly never will. Nylon works just fine. Never had a issue getting bore clean with one.
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I love this forum.:D:eek:
 
Throw out the bronze & go nylon...

I quit using bronze a long time ago & I don't miss 'em. I use nylon & if I have a more severe cleaning job that they can't handle, I get out the JB paste.

FWIW...
 
I don't use bronze or brass if I'm using a metal removing solvent. Why? Because the brush gets dissolved, both damaging the brush & giving false indications of metal fouling.

There are many versions of "nylon" or "plastic" brushes. I bought a set of the Frankford Arsenal blue colored synthetics a while back & I like them to the point I'm thinking of not getting any more metallic ones. They do have good stiff scouring bristles, but many I've tried are just too soft to work well IMO.
 
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