Help Please!!!!

[jake smith09]

Ive been using a tornado brush on my .223 and when i use it its really hard to put down the barrel and when i pull it little pieces of metal comes out with it! My question is, do you think its metal comeing off the tornado brush or the barrel? Please help, Thanks

[jhoffman]

Probably just off of the brush and maybe any frags from the bullet that may be in the rifling of the barrel - unless that brush is made of some seriously coarse material there should be no way it is taking metal off the barrel

[jake smith09]

i wouldnt think it would do anything to the barrel, 5000 degree bullets travel through that barrel there is no way it could do anything... Right? Its basically a coiled wire swireled around like a tornado (hence tornado brush). It takes alot of strength to push it through the barrel though and thats what scares me along with the metal fragments coming out with it!

[Howler]

How many shots were fired between cleanings? If a guy cleans his rifle frequently enough, then you could use Butches bore shine with patches only, and avoid brushing at all!
A simple rule of thumb is to take a pass through the barrel with a cleaning patch for every shot fired! If the barrel wasn't cleaned for years and firedlots of rounds, then the brush will HAVE to be used!

[MIbeagleman]

I am not familiar with the cleaning brush that you are using. I assume it has some kind of a push rod. I would also assume that the fragments you are seeing are from the pushrod. I see that a lot with cleaning my .22 and a little with the .243 so I wouldn't be too concerned.