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To clean or not to clean?
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<blockquote data-quote="Kmccord" data-source="post: 1838764" data-attributes="member: 99039"><p>I hear people claiming, cleaning a barrel will wear it out, I also hear using a brush will wear it out, I do not understand how. The last time I checked, nylon brush is softer than steel, same as brass jags. Is this fact or myth? I purchased a borescope and checked my 28 Nosler barrel, I expected this barrel not to have very many riflings left since I followed a regimen of cleaning it when I got it from the Custom builder. The first 50 rounds were going through half a bottle of bore tech cleaning products, now after 340 rounds with the amount of cleaning done working on new loads to verify accuracy with a fresh barrel, with some people's thoughts on wearing it out by cleaning, the bullet should be bouncing off the interior going down the barrel. The borescope showed me the barrel does have rifling, it is bright and shiny for that many rounds, the throat seems to be normal with a little fire cracking from running some hot loads. I verified my COAL touching the lands from the time of purchase till now has grown to .020. if someone could explain to me how cleaning one will damage one I would appreciate it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kmccord, post: 1838764, member: 99039"] I hear people claiming, cleaning a barrel will wear it out, I also hear using a brush will wear it out, I do not understand how. The last time I checked, nylon brush is softer than steel, same as brass jags. Is this fact or myth? I purchased a borescope and checked my 28 Nosler barrel, I expected this barrel not to have very many riflings left since I followed a regimen of cleaning it when I got it from the Custom builder. The first 50 rounds were going through half a bottle of bore tech cleaning products, now after 340 rounds with the amount of cleaning done working on new loads to verify accuracy with a fresh barrel, with some people's thoughts on wearing it out by cleaning, the bullet should be bouncing off the interior going down the barrel. The borescope showed me the barrel does have rifling, it is bright and shiny for that many rounds, the throat seems to be normal with a little fire cracking from running some hot loads. I verified my COAL touching the lands from the time of purchase till now has grown to .020. if someone could explain to me how cleaning one will damage one I would appreciate it. [/QUOTE]
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