Nylon Bore Brush

[7shooter]

A friend who owns an indoor range and gun shop told me he only uses nylon bore brushes. Are they as effective as bronze brushes ?
Thanks.

 

[Grayfox]

In a word - NO.

 

[rwsmith]

One gun we bought....

...was supplied with a nylon bore brush. I've never used it. I never damaged a gun with a brass brush. A nylon might be ok for really light cleaning

 

[snowman]

Not in my experience, and I've used both extensively enough to tell the difference.

Regards,
Andy

 

[Rule3]

A nylon brush is used to apply so called "copper" dissolving solvents, of which there are only 2 or 3 that actually work (Hoppes9, Ballistol and ClP are not the ones either.

The solvent when reacting with copper leaves a blue tint on a patch so using a bronze(copper) brush would give a false reading.

Some purists use only nylon so as to not "harm" the barrel which makes no sense as a bullet is going thousands of fps down the bore along with hot gas and particles of powder.
Oh, almost forget if you don't use a bore guide with your nylon brush you will also wreck the bore from the cleaning rod.

Stay tuned for more information on the best gun cleaners!

 

[rockquarry]

Very limited usefulness. Use a bronze brush if you're serious about cleaning. If a nylon brush "works", you didn't need to use a brush at all or you have only a slight trace of fouling, whether it's copper, carbon, or both.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

I use nylon brushes to apply & scrub Copper Solvent (Shooter's Choice Copper Solvent work well), a different brush and rod are used for rubbing alcohol to neutralize any solvent, then a different Bronze brush for powder solvent & scrubbing. Copper build up and powder varnish are in alternating layers that REQUIRE different solvents. I have bought used rifles that had 30 layers to be removed.

Cast and lead bullets will shoot OK over copper fouling. But jacketed bullets shoot horrible over lead build up!!!

Ivan

 

[DWalt]

Good only for copper solvent, of no use otherwise.

 

[ben_g1]

I use them on my Titanium cylinder guns. Otherwise copper brushes on my steel barrels/cylinders.

 

[7shooter]

Lots of good information here . I'm going with the bronze.
Thanks all.

 

[CCantu357]

I always believed they worked well for light cleaning. But I always prefer a bronze brush, and avoid the stainless steel ones. While it is true a copper solvent such as Shooter's Choice could destroy a bronze brush, cleaning the brush with a cleaner/degreaser after use could save the brush.

 

[OLDSTER]

Not normally very effective . However, those of us who own vintage factory nickel revolvers, use the nylon on delicate old nickel. But they are more like scrubbing the bore with mild solvents..

 

[Bozz10mm]

If a nylon brush does the job, it didn't need cleaning.