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March 28, 2001, 12:23 AM
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Join Date: April 15, 2000
Location: Oregon
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Can copper wire brushes really damage a barrel? Is there something better that should be used?
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March 28, 2001, 08:28 AM
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Join Date: January 19, 2000
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I don't think that copper would hurt a bore. I think that brass is more "springy" and better suited for the job. Most bore brushes are brass.
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March 30, 2001, 04:03 AM
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Join Date: January 18, 2001
Location: Kettle Moraine country
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I've been using phosphor bronze brushes forever with excellent results...
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March 30, 2001, 06:00 PM
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Join Date: January 23, 2001
Location: USA
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barrel brushes
the steel wire that forms the spine of the brush can do damage. use brushes that have a brass spine and phosphor-bronze bristle.
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March 30, 2001, 10:22 PM
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Join Date: March 17, 1999
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I sort of wonder where these ideas come from. We drive copper or steel jacketed groove diameter bullets down a hardened steel barrel at two or three thousand feet per second at pressures that engrave the rifling into the bullet, and then worry about whether a few passes with a bronze brush is going to hurt the same barrel. Wow!
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