Does anyone make a bore snake type cleaning rope that uses nylon, instead of bronze, for the bristle part? I know the bronze won't scratch the gun, I just don't like handling the thing and nylon doesn't get damaged as easy.
bore snake question.
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The knock on nylon brushes is they can collect/imbed a "hard" material and then scratch bores.
Sincerely, and with all due respect, I would think that the engineers/manufacturers behind the design would not have used brass if nylon was a better altertnative.
May I ask what your aversion to handling brass is?
May I ask what your aversion to handling brass is?
sourdough44
Single-Sixer
Never been a big ‘bore snake’ guy. I can see use in the field for a ‘once over’ under certain conditions.
Nylon or brass, normally I’d just go brass, nylon ok for a quickie job.
Nylon or brass, normally I’d just go brass, nylon ok for a quickie job.
Depending on the solvent, the brass brush may turn into green mush inside the snake and then all you have is a mess.
FWIW, I'd just as soon have no brush at all.
FWIW, I'd just as soon have no brush at all.
rugerjunkie
Hunter
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I see comments like this on bore snakes all the time and I really don't get it. "Why brass brushes?" "I wont use em because they break off inside barrels." Etc,etc,etc. And a new one to me is the brushes could turn to mush? I've been using them since they came out and am still using the original ones I bought. What do some people do? Use the wrong size and try to pull them through the barrel by tying it to the truck bumper? And the prickly brushes? There is about 2 or so feet of bore snake to grab that doesnt have brushes...try that.
I use about every kind of solvent out there at one point or another on my guns and have yet to have one fall apart or turn to mush from any solvents. Do people know they are meant to be rinsed out in a sink with warm soapy water? Or that they can be ran through the washing machine? Take care of them and they will last. They also aren't a replacement for a good cleaning but do prolong the need for a deep cleaning. I use them between thourough cleanings when Im shooting prairie dogs and they extend the time shooting by quite a bit. They are also about all that gets run through most of my 22's.
I use about every kind of solvent out there at one point or another on my guns and have yet to have one fall apart or turn to mush from any solvents. Do people know they are meant to be rinsed out in a sink with warm soapy water? Or that they can be ran through the washing machine? Take care of them and they will last. They also aren't a replacement for a good cleaning but do prolong the need for a deep cleaning. I use them between thourough cleanings when Im shooting prairie dogs and they extend the time shooting by quite a bit. They are also about all that gets run through most of my 22's.
"And a new one to me is the brushes could turn to mush?"
Some bore solvents will "eat" brass brushes . Copper is a component of brass, therefore, a solvent that "dissolves" copper (inside the barrel) will also tend to dissolve the copper in the brass leaving a green gooey substance.
Some bore solvents will "eat" brass brushes . Copper is a component of brass, therefore, a solvent that "dissolves" copper (inside the barrel) will also tend to dissolve the copper in the brass leaving a green gooey substance.
Please list those solvents for all interested. No need to use a dangerous product. Personally I have used brass brushes as long as I can remember and never had one 'turn to mush'. Guess I am lucky.Mobuck said:
Fox Mike said:
I believe Sweet’s 7.62 belongs on that list.
Hoppes #9 is a fairly mild solvent. Roll a brass jag inside a clean patch soaked with Hoppe's #9 and leave it over night. Let me know if the patch doesn't turn green.
Rick Courtright
Hawkeye
Hi,
Most of the copper solvents I've looked at or used contain ammonia, which is tough on copper. I've also used "janitorial" grade ammonia, straight, on patches and bronze brushes. It works faster, and is much less costly, than the name brands. But you really want to use it outside! The brushes may wear a bit faster than they would with non-ammonia solvents, but I've yet to have one "turn to mush."
Someone should write a book of all the truisms, suspicions, common knowledge, superstitions, old wives' tales and whatever other tidbits of trivia one can find about cleaning guns. I think it would be a very good sized one!
Rick C
Most of the copper solvents I've looked at or used contain ammonia, which is tough on copper. I've also used "janitorial" grade ammonia, straight, on patches and bronze brushes. It works faster, and is much less costly, than the name brands. But you really want to use it outside! The brushes may wear a bit faster than they would with non-ammonia solvents, but I've yet to have one "turn to mush."
Someone should write a book of all the truisms, suspicions, common knowledge, superstitions, old wives' tales and whatever other tidbits of trivia one can find about cleaning guns. I think it would be a very good sized one!
Rick C
Gutshot
Single-Sixer
I have used bore snakes since they came out, great for a quickie field clean. I have also taken the brush out of a few of them to be used solely as a giant patch.
Jeff
Jeff
