The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Cleaning - Okay to Pull Bronze Brush Back Thru Bore?

Dfariswheel · December 6, 2009, 08:14 PM

This is personal preference, and your cleaning method.

You can pull the brush back, but some people don't because it can spray dirty solvent into the action.

I've gone to PULLING the brush through the bore.
When you push a brush or patch through, the rod flexes and bumps against the bore.
While this does leave rifling marks on the rod, I'm not sure what, if any real harm this does to the bore, but pulling the rod eliminates all barrel contact.

December 6, 2009, 08:14 PM	#5
Dfariswheel Senior Member Join Date: May 4, 2001 Posts: 7,478	This is personal preference, and your cleaning method. You can pull the brush back, but some people don't because it can spray dirty solvent into the action. I've gone to PULLING the brush through the bore. When you push a brush or patch through, the rod flexes and bumps against the bore. While this does leave rifling marks on the rod, I'm not sure what, if any real harm this does to the bore, but pulling the rod eliminates all barrel contact.