Comrade Mike
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Does anyone use these? How well do they work? I've seen them but am very hesitant to run anything made of steel over my pretty rifling
Stainless Steel Tornado Brushes
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medic15al
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Like you said, steel on steel isn't good generally. A good stiff brass or bronze brush will not hurt the rifling as it is softer than steel. Make sure it isn't just brass plated steel like some Chinese crap brushes are.
hoghunting
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I put a large patch over them, wet patch with solvent and run it through my shotgun barrels. Works great as a tight fitting jag for the shotgun barrels, but wouldn't use them on rifling.
Jim Watson
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They don't do much for a rifled barrel, the coils are not flexible enough to get down in the corners of the grooves.
They are fine for shotguns.
The best chamber brush I ever had was a .410 Tornado with an adapter to a pistol rod for quickly cleaning a .38 revolver cylinder between match stages.
They are fine for shotguns.
The best chamber brush I ever had was a .410 Tornado with an adapter to a pistol rod for quickly cleaning a .38 revolver cylinder between match stages.
nettlle
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I've tried them for rifle. After using one I took a brass brush back through the bore and got more crud out.
Sunray
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Hard or like hardness steel on steel isn't good. SS is softer than barrels. Used Tornado brushes for years myself.
ApacheCoTodd
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As bore brushes... They make great patch holders.
I only ever use them to hold patches and used undersized at that; .30 brush in a .38... .40 brush in a .45 and such.
I hate to think of dragging highly stressed stainless steel over the edge of the lands in any of my guns. As note above, they leave a lot behind compared to a bristle brush as it is easy to describe an arc of untouched barrel from the edge of the lands to the next groove floor.
Todd.
I only ever use them to hold patches and used undersized at that; .30 brush in a .38... .40 brush in a .45 and such.
I hate to think of dragging highly stressed stainless steel over the edge of the lands in any of my guns. As note above, they leave a lot behind compared to a bristle brush as it is easy to describe an arc of untouched barrel from the edge of the lands to the next groove floor.
Todd.
notaglockfanboy
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Unless you want to ruin your pretty rifling, do not use a tornado brush in a rifle bore. Brass/bronze or nylon brushes in rifle barrels.
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