Your rifle cleaning rod technique

[Berper]

Yeah, only the hard brushes.

No concern over soft ones obviously.

[Turkle]

I was gunna say... Now that's OCD if you won't run a nylon brush through your barrel

[Joom]

I was told (and it made sense so I continued doing it) to only pass something through the barrel in the direction the bullet travels.

I push the brush through then remove it and return the rod.

I do the same. Only really because I started cleaning with a jag tip, not a ringed one...

Only down to chance really but it worked so kept on doing...

[headspace]

I don't use Brass brushes at all, just a nylon bristle brush. I've been using Butches Bore Shine lately and it gets the fouling out OK. I'll pass the brush through one way, especially on the first pass, then let it sit for about 10 minutes, then patch it out. I do that until the patches come out clean then lightly oil the bore. Job's done.

As to the first pass of the brush, dragging it back loaded with crud from the barrel is a possible wear factor on the muzzle. One pass with the proper size brush should be enough to distribute the solvent/oil through the lands and grooves.

JD

[SendIt]

I don't use Brass brushes at all, just a nylon bristle brush.

I used brass ones in the past but have also stopped.

Just a few minutes soaking with the copper solvent does the job with the nylon brush.