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    Trend towards using nylon bristle chamber brushes

    I'm seeing more people at carbine courses who use chamber brushes with nylon bristles. I've never had or heard of a problem using the military 8/36 threaded bronze/steel bristles, which I get for free.




    These are all 8/32 threaded. I can see someone getting these for compatibility with their civilian cleaning rods, but is there any other benefit to using nylon, i.e. better cleaning, longer lasting, maybe more delicate on the weapon (i.e. those precision bench types who pamper their barrels).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kisara View Post
    I'm seeing more people at carbine courses who use chamber brushes with nylon bristles. I've never had or heard of a problem using the military 8/36 threaded bronze/steel bristles, which I get for free.




    These are all 8/32 threaded. I can see someone getting these for compatibility with their civilian cleaning rods, but is there any other benefit to using nylon, i.e. better cleaning, longer lasting, maybe more delicate on the weapon (i.e. those precision bench types who pamper their barrels).
    In my experience Nylon brushes are nearly worthless.

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    I can't see the need for these. It'd take a pretty slick talking snake oil salesman to con me into the notion that I should buy these over the GI brushes.
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    Same experience with Trim2L.

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    They do have two advantages over bronze:

    (1) They are easier on your barrel. Not an issue at all if talking about chrome lined barrels, but some SS match grade barrels owners are pretty anal about using even bronze brushes.

    (2) Solvents don't attack them, you can use a solvent that has some ammonia in it, but the brush will last.

    The only negative about them is they don't work nearly as well. Just a minor point of order.

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    Hello Kisara:

    Who makes/offers the Blue Brushes in the photo?

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    Not Kisara, but they're made by IOSSO. I've seen them in the Sinclair's catalog, not sure who else carries them.

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    Keeping your chamber clean is a pretty big deal. Most are chrome lined, so I wouldn't worry about using a bronze/steel chamber brush in it. I also use the AR specific chamber mops afterwards to get all the residue out.
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    Thanks jmart.
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    I think nylons are a good idea if you plan on using copper solvents IE: Boretech or Sweets.
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