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02-22-2024, 03:04 PM
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Do you go both ways when cleaning?
Over the past 50 years there's always been controversy how to or not to use bronze brush's curious as to what other's are doing.
1 when using a bronze brush I push it all through pull it back over the crown
2 when using a bronze brush I push it all through take off the brush and repeat
3 I only use nylon brush's
4 I never use brush's
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02-22-2024, 03:41 PM
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I think you need to re-word your title.
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02-22-2024, 03:49 PM
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I think you need to re-word your title.
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I was thinking the same thing. Waiting for Talking Moose and Twisted to comment.... 
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02-22-2024, 03:57 PM
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Its different every time i clean my barrels . 90 % of the time no brush at all .
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02-22-2024, 04:08 PM
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Title changed by popular request
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02-22-2024, 04:11 PM
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#2 for me.
I usually pull through in one direction with brushes.
I'm not sure if there's a science behind it, but that's just how I was taught by my father, so I just copied that when doing my own cleaning.
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02-22-2024, 04:50 PM
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02-22-2024, 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Albertadiver
#2 for me.
I usually pull through in one direction with brushes.
I'm not sure if there's a science behind it, but that's just how I was taught by my father, so I just copied that when doing my own cleaning.
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Me too I watched a video of some benchresters shooting they were going back and forth vigorously made me think.
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02-22-2024, 09:21 PM
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I go both ways, taking the brush off every time takes forever, and cleaning works better from both directions. I don't believe I have damaged my crowns at all
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02-22-2024, 11:14 PM
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Most damage comes from the rod especially those cheap screw together aluminum rods. Next up are the stainless steel ones. The good coated rods eg: Tipton, Dewey are far better rods then most, if not all the others. Again you get what you pay for.
I do the short stroke, working up to longer stroke method, used by Eric C and a couple of well known bench rest shooters. Patches and solvents though, only go from receiver to muzzle, I never reverse them.
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02-23-2024, 08:14 AM
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Short back and for scrubs or continously one way to the muzzle depends on what type of cleaning I am doing and at what point I am in my cleaning regime .
One thing I do not do is try and pull the patch back through the muzzle after it leaves the barrel.
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02-23-2024, 08:18 AM
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Nylon only for about 20 years now
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02-23-2024, 08:57 AM
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nylon only for about 20 years now
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^^^ right there for me ^^^
With nylon, I have no problems scrubbing both ways.
I use "Wipe-Out" as my cleaner.
A dry jag for final absorption.
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02-23-2024, 09:22 AM
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Tipton carbon fibre rod and wipeout. No brushing.
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02-23-2024, 09:43 AM
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Tipton carbon fibre rod and wipeout. No brushing.
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Until you get a nasty carbon ring.
I used to subscribe to this mantra…. Until……
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02-23-2024, 02:34 PM
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#1 here. Even in shooting short range benchrest where we are cleaning after every 10 shots, everyone I know uses a bronze brush - both directions.
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02-23-2024, 06:22 PM
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Until you get a nasty carbon ring.
I used to subscribe to this mantra…. Until……
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I went that route with nylon brushes, doesn't cut it. The chemicals are just not strong enough.
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02-23-2024, 06:28 PM
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Every relay , wet patch first. Then 10-15 back and forth with brass brush that is also got bore clean on it , patch it out. Also clean last relay. Some never clean the whole day and shoot a lot better then me.
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02-23-2024, 06:30 PM
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I used to use just patches and solvent and found I wasn’t getting them clean enough. I went back to using nylon brushes. Sounds like the consensus is brass brushes are better.
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02-23-2024, 07:17 PM
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To heck with clean. I go both ways when getting dirty. I mean…what?
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02-23-2024, 08:51 PM
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Nylon brush with a tipton rod. Follow the directions on CR12 carbon remover and your'e good to go.
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02-24-2024, 06:40 AM
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standard routine
Front to back
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02-24-2024, 06:50 AM
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If its a lose fitting brush you can go both ways back and forth ,i normally don't like bushing towards the bolt as we all know it will just spray dirt into your action .
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02-24-2024, 06:57 AM
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Quote:
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If its a lose fitting brush you can go both ways back and forth ,i normally don't like bushing towards the bolt as we all know it will just spray dirt into your action .
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Use a bore guide.
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