Help cleaning/using brass brush? G19

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Hello, I just cleaned my G19 after shooting 50 rounds, not much lead with a patch and oil, but when I run a brass brush down it then another patch its super dirty! did this about a few dozen times and still dirty!!!!!

Does a brass brush really hurt a barrel? I feel like I am going to ruin my gun one way by using brass brush and by lead build up if I do not clean it. I couldn't get all of the lead out. It looks super shinny in the light but when you brass brush it, the thing comes out more dirty. It's like a never ending lead buildup!! :confused:
 
It'll start to come clean eventually. :)

I have the same problem with all my Glocks. You wouldnt think the polygonal rifling would be so dirty, but it appears they are, or at least Glocks are. I dont remember my HKs with that type barrel being that dirty.

I usually use Hoppes initially, and use a couple of wet patches to first blow the gunk out, then alternate dry patches and brushing (for awhile). Then I let it soak while I clean everything else.

Then I dry patch it, and then clean the brush with Gun Scrubber, and then just use it on both the patches and brushes. As soon as you do, its black patches again for awhile. They soon fade to light grey usually after that though.
 
Use a solvent first (I like Hoppes) then oil it after its clean. Oil is for lubricating and rust prevention, it will do very little to get the gunk out of a dirty barrel.
 
The brass is much softer than the barrel, so you don't have to worry about harming it, so grab the Hoppes and scrub away. Just don't make the mistake of using a steel brush.
 
Brass is softer than steel, so it won't hurt your barrel.
Brass is harder than lead so it will scrape the fouling off.
As long as you don't reverse the direction till you are 110% free of the other end of the barrel all it will do is help.

Most solvents will remove carbon, some will remove copper, only scrubbing will remove lead.:D
 
Find yourself some Chore Boy copper scrubbing pads. They look like the old school "brillo" pads or steel wool but are made out of copper. Those of us in the 1911 world love these since they scrub the lead out a barrel quite nicely.

Take a few strands of the Chore Boy and wrap them around your bore brush. A few strokes later and you have a clean, lead-free bore.
 
Personally I agree with PBRFISH! Leadheads, as they are known, arent good for any gun. They are cheap for a reason, you will probably even offset your costs by saving all that time by shooting jacketed bullets.
 
removing lead from the bore

I've had really good luck with Shooter's Choice Lead Remover formula:

http://www.shooters-choice.com/lead_remover.html

High Power rifle shooters sometimes use a mix of Kroil penetrating oil and Shooter's Choice to remove copper fouling. I've used a mix of Kroil and the shooter's choice lead remover formula to remove lead build-up from a compensated IPSC gun.
 
Is the brass brush you keep running down the bore dirty?

Clean patch followed by dirty brush isn't going to do much for cleaning.

I'd expect to see a dirty patch after running a dirty brush down the bore.
 
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