I've heard people say never clean a barrel by pushing the bore brush through the muzzle end(the opposite direction that a bullet would travel).
In most of my gun manuals, it's recommended that you start cleaning the barrel by "pushing" the bore brush through the barrel starting from the breech end out through the muzzle (the direction a bullet would travel). But in that same process, you'd be 'pulling' that brush back through the barrel from the muzzle end towards the breech end (the opposite direction that a bullet would travel. So in every "push/pull stroke," you'd be pulling that brush through the barrel from the muzzle end towards the breech.
So what's the difference if you started cleaning from the muzzle end or from the breech end? Either way, you'd be either "pushing" or "pulling" the brush through the barrel in the opposite direction that a bullet would travel.
This is particularly relevant when cleaning revolvers because without a bore snake, I can never get the brush through the barrel from the breech end and have to start by 'pushing' the brush through the barrel from the muzzle end.
It seems that regardless of which end you start cleaning the barrel from, you're going to be either 'pushing' or 'pulling' that brush through the barrel in the opposite direction that a bullet would travel.
In most of my gun manuals, it's recommended that you start cleaning the barrel by "pushing" the bore brush through the barrel starting from the breech end out through the muzzle (the direction a bullet would travel). But in that same process, you'd be 'pulling' that brush back through the barrel from the muzzle end towards the breech end (the opposite direction that a bullet would travel. So in every "push/pull stroke," you'd be pulling that brush through the barrel from the muzzle end towards the breech.
So what's the difference if you started cleaning from the muzzle end or from the breech end? Either way, you'd be either "pushing" or "pulling" the brush through the barrel in the opposite direction that a bullet would travel.
This is particularly relevant when cleaning revolvers because without a bore snake, I can never get the brush through the barrel from the breech end and have to start by 'pushing' the brush through the barrel from the muzzle end.
It seems that regardless of which end you start cleaning the barrel from, you're going to be either 'pushing' or 'pulling' that brush through the barrel in the opposite direction that a bullet would travel.
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