chore boy ?

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rebs

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when you guys use chore boy on a brush for removing lead from your barrel, do you run it both directions or only from the chamber end of the barrel ?
 
Both ways will not hurt your barrel. The potential problem comes about with brand new brushes, or loading too much chore boy on any brush thereby making it possible to get the brush stuck in the bore upon reversal of direction.
 
A little goes a long way.

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Make sure it is real Chore-Boy as some out there is steel with a copper wash. This stuff is getting pretty pricey. I only use it in extreme cases and even though it might not hurt to go in and out like in an M/L. I try to stay with the habit of going from breech to muzzle. .... ;)

The last time I went shopping for some, found out that "this" generation hasn't a clue about what this stuff is. It is getting harder to find .... ;)


Be Safe !!!
 
Whether from the breach or the muzzle, run it all the way thru before you reverse the direction --- goes for any brush with or without the Chore thingy. :cool:
 
The last time I went shopping for some, found out that "this" generation hasn't a clue about what this stuff is. It is getting harder to find ....
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Our Wal Mart stocks it. And as Pahoo noted, be sure to get the all copper variant. I think even the Chore Boy brand makes two versions: one copper and the other steel.
 
i go back and forth all day long with the chore boy. i wrap it around a nylon brush, if that matters. i use to use a store bought actual 356 cal brush but, id rather use a lump of chore boy for daily cleaning. this stuff is magic.
 
Our Wal Mart stocks it. And as Pahoo noted, be sure to get the all copper variant. I think even the Chore Boy brand makes two versions: one copper and the other steel.
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Chore Boy only makes the all copper version. (As long as we're talking about the appearance of copper.)

Copper-washed steel is found under off-brand labels like "Pot Boy" "Copper Boy" and other near-ripoffs.

If it doesn't say "Chore Boy", it isn't copper.
 
Hello, rebs. If you match your bullet dia. to your throat, use a good lube, and match powder charge to bullet hardness..you shouldn't have to use a Choir Boy.
 
Somethings wrong if you need to remove that much lead. Ideal Tool had some good suggestions. Buy a pre-sized and lubed bullet, hold the speed down a little with the charge weight, and you really shouldn't need choir boys to get the lead out.
 
What about the Orphans ???

Hello, rebs. If you match your bullet dia. to your throat, use a good lube, and match powder charge to bullet hardness..you shouldn't have to use a Choir Boy.
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Great point but what of the "orphans" that uou might buy or inherit, that have been neglected by the previous owner. I once picked up a Ruger SA that was so bad that you could not make out any rifling downstream of the forging cone. I must have gone through a couple of dozen patches. The lead was coming out, in flakes. .... :eek:

Be Safe !!!
 
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