Originally Posted by
Pharris218
could I have damaged it by cleaning them the handful of times I have / I've probably cleaned about 10 times on the 308 and 5 times on .17 / is there any way to tell if I've already done damage?thank you.
Doubtful. Even rubbing a stainless rod against it that few of times wouldn't hurt it much if any. But like our resident "Redneck Genius" Nomercy said, it's best to use a bore guide. And yep Oldtimr there are chamber side bore guides. Here's a couple elcheapo's but they do the job well enough.
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/794...ge-bolt-action
http://www.lymanproducts.com/lyman/G...vboreguide.php
Or you could go the professional route and get this one thats matched to your bore size,
http://www.accurateshooter.com/gear-...m-bore-guides/