Ar-15 cleaning kit.

[Sentryau2]

I was thinking of picking up a kit like this http://www.ebay.com/itm/223-5-56-RI...670?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e7e6b201e
Anyone have any experience with em?

How likely is it my barrel is scratched due a brass rod scraping the inside of the bore for about a foot till I realized it had broken and was scraping against the rifling. I've looked through it at a light and with a snake light and have not seen any actual gouges as far as I can tell. After all the brass is much softer than chrome steel, but I hear guys talking about scratching the rifling of their guns all the time.

 

[wgaynor]

It won't cause damage.

 

[taliv]

watch the tiborasaurus rex videos on youtube, particularly the one about how the surface of the steel changes chemically and from heat as a result of firing, and how it's different than the rest of the steel.

"chrome moly" steel isn't the same as chrome lining

 

[herrwalther]

Add some pipe cleaners and it will be all set.

I have about 9 or 10 of those kits and they work just fine for cleaning an AR, as that is what they were designed to clean.