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[BADUNAME37]

I don't agree with the stainless steel brush causing scratches.

Any that I have ever used are not stainless steel ends but are rather loops at every bristle that are bent back on itself.

So, it is not a sharp piece of stainless steel that cleans the barrel, it is a brush full of bent loops that aren't sharp which are what contacts the barrel, rifling lands and grooves.

 

[msb45]

Use a lead remover cloth sold in gun shops. IF you have a blued gun be EXTREMELY careful as the cloth will remove bluing. Make a patch and run down the barrel a few times. You'll be amazed at the lead you'll get

 

[rcmodel]

Any that I have ever used are not stainless steel ends but are rather loops

That is called a Hoppes Tornado brush.
http://www.amazon.com/Hoppes-Tornado-Bore-Brush-Shotgun/dp/B004SATPHC


A conventional stainless steel bore brush WILL sctarch a barrel.

Like this one:
http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=1283/Product/STANDARD-LINE-STAINLESS-STEEL-BORE-BRUSHES

I use them on 100 year old rifles with smoke-stack looking bores.
They will take everything out, including one layer of rifling!!

rc

 

[Mango88]

Hey Shinbone,
Did you try the Shooter's Choice yet? Did it remove some nice big chunks of lead?

 

[Shinbone]

Not yet. I'll try it this evening.

Ran a patch through barrel several times and it came out clean. But the barrel looks cleaner.

 

[LiquidTension]

vinegar and hydrogen peroxide really does a number on lead

This also creates lead acetate which is extremely hazardous.