This started in Wendy cleaning copper issue and jumped into the perils of cleaning rods.
I thought it was an interesting take by others, not sure this is quite the right place but seems so to me.
It was stated that aluminum and glass rods embed grit and wreck rifles.
I don't keep a pile of gravel in my shop though I won't claim its grit free.
I also don't have diamond grit around period.
A sane commons sense approach says that if you feel anything on your rod, you clean it off.
The rod also tends to be centered in the bore though it does make contact.
From geology class and metal working, in order to wear something, it needs to be harder.
I have also seen a study where they guys beat the daylights out of the crown and still had good accuracy.
While a lot of factors go into how a barrel shoots, I don't think that wearing it by cleaning has the least bit of anything to do with it.
What does is flame front eating out the throat and or enough rounds the lands get worn down.
Last time I checked I can't run a cleaning rod at 3000 fpm and I don't think brass or nylon bristles and a patch quality as an abrasive item.
I sure don't' fire up a torch and put it in the bore before I run the rod down it.
I thought it was an interesting take by others, not sure this is quite the right place but seems so to me.
It was stated that aluminum and glass rods embed grit and wreck rifles.
I don't keep a pile of gravel in my shop though I won't claim its grit free.
I also don't have diamond grit around period.
A sane commons sense approach says that if you feel anything on your rod, you clean it off.
The rod also tends to be centered in the bore though it does make contact.
From geology class and metal working, in order to wear something, it needs to be harder.
I have also seen a study where they guys beat the daylights out of the crown and still had good accuracy.
While a lot of factors go into how a barrel shoots, I don't think that wearing it by cleaning has the least bit of anything to do with it.
What does is flame front eating out the throat and or enough rounds the lands get worn down.
Last time I checked I can't run a cleaning rod at 3000 fpm and I don't think brass or nylon bristles and a patch quality as an abrasive item.
I sure don't' fire up a torch and put it in the bore before I run the rod down it.