Bronze brush works fine in mine.

I use a brass brush. it works fine. It doesn't scratch the inner barrel.

I'm hooked on foaming bore cleaner. I think a few different brands are available; I'm using the Breakfree brand. Squirt it in the bore, let 'er sit for a few minutes, and then swab with a couple patches. It's the consistency of shaving cream, and it thoroughly coats the bore when applied. Seems to attack copper pretty aggressively, based on the amount of blue that's present on the patch after swabbing. Most of my cleaning with the foam is on rifles, and those seem to produce more copper fouling than the 250.

The foam makes the cleaning regimen easy. I squirt the foam, swab it out, follow with an oiled patch, and finish using a dry patch.

The upshot is I don't use a brush. However, when I do use a brush on other bores, it's either a bronze/brass or plastic bristle, both Hoppe's brand.

Bronze brush, followed by patches here.

ss355 - Brings up a good point that should be repeated ......... It is very important to use a copper cleaner during your cleaning sessions. It is not necessary to use it every cleaning session ........but it should be used at least once every 500 rounds or so to keep ahead of any build up. You can stretch that number to 5000 rds if you have the time to soak the barrel and give it time to work on the copper. Most of the newer cleaners will show that "Blue" tint when the cleaner is working and doing its job.

Nothing will destroy accuracy faster than allowing copper to build up between your Lands & grooves of the barrel. After you use a good copper cleaner ........your barrel will look black again on the inside ( depending on how many rounds the barrel has taken ).

Just read an article in "Guns" magazine ( Oct 2009 ) ........ where the author David Anderson writes " Barrel turning Green - just clean it ! "
where he explains how he has bought some rifles that were thought to be shot out ......... and all he did was give the weapon a good copper cleaning and the rifle shot like NEW !!!


JF.

I have switched to bore snakes. I keep brass brushes handy for all calibers when I have a lot of build up.

I like billbeamon's idea of a tennis shoe lace.

When you can use something that doesn't say "gun" or "medical" on it, it costs about 90 per cent less than specialized things.

I mix up my own gun cleaner. "Ed's Red". Using paint thinner, acetone, and car automatic transmission fluid (ATF). Works fine. Google "Ed's Red"

If I have a copper problem, I use 5% ammonia and get it out after a minute or so. It turns green and gets the copper out like expensive copper cleaners.

I used to buy synthetic gun oil. Now I use Mobil 1, thicker in the summer and thinner in the winter. Somebody is probably rebottling it and knocking the price way up. Lifetime supply for $7 a quart. It is hard to get off your tools after you change the oil on the cars.

Mobil 1 grease sticks to metal so well it is hard to get off. Works great on rails. It will always stick. Main problem is getting it off. Sticks persistently. A problem I can handle. Lifetime supply for $7.

I use the plastic brush I got with a Glock. I try to keep metal brushes out of the barrel unless it really needs it. If I need to scrub, I use a bronze brush. I try to keep stainless steel brushes out as much as possible.

I will be looking for broken tennis shoe laces for emergency cleaning. Thanks, billbeamon.

I buy cloth by the yard for bore cleaning. Usually from the end of the bolt sale items. I use old socks and shirts for rags.

Never use anything with methanol in it to clean a firearm. It dissolves steel.

Good doesn't mean expensive.

Just my opinions.

I switched to nylon brushes for all my guns and havent looked back since. The clean the same or better than brass, last longer, and don't leave residue in the barrel which can later turn solvents the tell-tale blue/green color. That means when I am cleaning copper from the rifling, I KNOW its copper Im removing, not what I just left in there with my brass brush.

Bore snake, then I put a good amount of oil just behind the metal brush and then more oil 2-3inches down snake cloth.

Break up particles --> oil catch particles --> oil --> polish

1-2 pass done! This set up works like a charm, fast, easy and a nice shinny barrel. Nuff said

Bronze brush.