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I know this will soon wear out my guns, but I only expect to last another fifteen years at most, so my guns, which are about fifty years old in some cases, will probably last that long.
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Where did anyone say that stainless steel brushes will wear out guns?
The only comment I see was the one I made, and what I said was that I had never found them to be necessary--not that they would wear out guns.
That said, they are harder than bronze/brass brushes, just as bronze/brass brushes are harder than nylon brushes and nylon brushes are harder than patches. If I could get my bore clean in a reasonable amount of time with only patches I wouldn't use a brush at all. If I could get it clean with reasonable effort using a nylon brush, I wouldn't use bronze/brass. Since I can get it clean in a reasonable amount of time with bronze/brass, I don't use steel.
If you feel like you need to use steel, and aren't seeing any negative effects as a result, then more power to you. But it's a little overly melodramatic to try to make it sound like someone has prophesied doom & gloom on any guns that have been cleaned with steel bore brushes when all that's been said is that steel bore brushes aren't necessary.