Bore Brush Storage

[BP Addict]

I accidentally grabbed a brand new 50-caliber brush and ran it down a 45-caliber bore. It hit the bottom and didn’t want to come back out.

I came up with the idea of using a plastic coin roll holder to keep them separated. These were for a nickel that could possibly hold up to a 12-gauge brush. I think a penny size would work for 45 & 50 and a dime size for smaller calibers like 32, 36, and 40.

These can be purchased online or at your local Coin and Collectibles shop. I bought used ones for a fraction of the cost.

Of, course if my guns were standardized at 50-caliber, it would make things easier, all around. But what’s the fun in that?

Shoot Straight, my friends!

Walt

 

[nchawkeye]

Best to store in the garbage can......

 

[necchi]

Whatta ya need a brush for?

 

[BP Addict]

Whatta ya need a brush for?

Brushes are cheaper than cleaning patches. Allows me to use less.

Walt

 

[French Colonial]

I use a brush once in awhile, not every cleaning, I rotate the brush as I push it down and before reversing direction and have no trouble getting them back out.

 

[oldwood]

Bronze BRUSHES.........1. Use the right size brush. 2. use the brush on a r/r that has a knob on the opposite end , so the brush when fully inserted , can be rotated in the bore to break the "set" of the bristles. 3. Always rotate the r/r to the clockwise direction , so the wire brush doesn't come unscrewed from the r/r tip , and get stuck in the bore. If the brush gets loose down the bore ,you need a cork screw end on the r/r for retrieval.
A brush trick in case stubborn debris is stuck in the bore , is to wrap a wisp of #0000 steel wool into the brush. The steel wool won't damage the bore , and should remove the debris. 4 . Always use the kind of bronze brushes , with the twisted brass wire in the center looped through the threaded end. If you have the kind of brushes with the brush wire "crimped" in an aluminum socket , run some solder down into the crimped end ,to secure the bristles from separating from the threaded end.
To use muzzleloaders , ya have to develop some mechanical skills. You can do it.........oldwood

 

[Uncle Miltie]

How I store bore brushes.....

 

[Johnny Tremain]

I use a piece of green flower shop Styrofoam.
Washem, dryem, sickem in the styro.

But then I ONLY use 30 and 45 cal. So its hard to put the wrong one down the gullet.

Oh yeah, dont use brass brushes on the BP ones.

 

[BP Addict]

The reasons the Brush got stuck are

1) It was Brand New
2) It was oversized

New brushes will only come back out when they've hit bottom. After a few strokes, they go both ways easily.

Walt