cleaning my revolver barrel

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marklyftogt

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I just purchased a S&W Model 66 revolver.

I was wondering if the correct way to clean the barrel is to push the cleaning brush in through the business end of the barrel.

I the semi auto world I was told not to do that so you dont mess up the end of the muzzle.
 
If the cleaning brush will mess up the end of the barrel then it’s the wrong kind of brush.

Also, how do you get it into the barrel without bending if you go from the chamber end? You can do this with a snake but I clean from the muzzle with both brush or snake.
 
Theoretically, you could remove the brush from the cleaning rod, run the now-naked rod through the muzzle end of the barrel, screw the brush on once the rod is protruding into the cylinder area, then pull the rod/brush through the barrel. Wash, rinse, repeat.
 
I clean my DW barrels from the forcing cone end. On the others I run the brush in from the muzzle and guide the rod with my fingers to keep it from draggin on the side.

Be sure to use a brush that will fit in the frame cutout. A rifle brush may be too long and trying to reverse it in the barrel can cause problems.

Don't ask how I know that. :o
 
How did those Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles police recruits ever pass academy firearms inspections with those obsolete 6 shot Smith&Wesson K Frames before Talon and Otis came about? Amazing.
 
How did those Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles police recruits ever pass academy firearms inspections with those obsolete 6 shot Smith&Wesson K Frames before Talon and Otis came about? Amazing.
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Don't know, don't care. But since an easy method of cleaning from the breech end is now available, I choose to use it. Besides, we don't know anything about the condition of the recruits' crowns, and it's possible they'd all benefit from a re-crowning.
 
My generation ('80s) cleaned from the muzzle. We had brass cleaning rods and bronze brushes. Stainless brushes were just coming out but we never used them for the bore. They were good for the cylinder face though.

Get the Otis.
 
my setup may not be the greatest, my rods are aluminum, my attachments are plastic and i know my barrels are either chrome lined or stainless steel. I dont see how that soft aluminum or plastic can hurt either unless one just does a fubar cleaning job somehow.
 
I`m with CrankGrinder , if ya use an aluminum or brass rod & mangle the muzzle then your firearm is made from the wrong steels !!!
 
I just purchased a S&W Model 66 revolver.

I was wondering if the correct way to clean the barrel is to push the cleaning brush in through the business end of the barrel.

I the semi auto world I was told not to do that so you dont mess up the end of the muzzle.
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Brass rod, brass brush, should be a problem.

Hint: get a copper scouring pad (Chore Boy is the brand, I think). Cut off a square of it, and wrap it around the brush. This will take the lead out effectively.
 
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