Cleaning the barrels - question

[allen newell]

For years I used Hoppes #9 solvent when cleaning the barrel interiors. Then somewhere along the line I was introduced to G96 Gun Treatment and have been using it since. I find it cleans the insides extremely well and makes removal of powder residue much faster than Hoppes.

My question however is this, after I spray the insides of the barrels, I wrap a few strands of a Frontier Pad around the bristle brush and then work the brush in each barrel. The Frontier Pad strands seems to accelerate the powder residue removal faster and after running pads through the barrels, they come out nice and shiny. No indication of any excessive scouring etc. The insides actually look mirror bright. Question is; does using the frontier pads harm the barrels in any way, am I slowly but surely removing metal in this process?
This process seems to work well on my Damascus barrels/


Any thoughts? Thanks in advance :bowdown:

[Rick Losey]

They will do no harm

Many of us clean the outside of the barrels on dirty new acquisitions with them without harming the finish

[Dean Romig]

I have wrapped Frontier pads around a brass brush on a cleaning rod and put the rod in the jaws of an electric drill to clean the bores of guns with lots of grunge and the cleaning job was quick and thorough.

When I first bought my VHE 28 gauge I did the same but with no solvent... just dry-scrubbed the bores and the amount of lead fouling that fell out onto the white paper towel I had placed under the muzzles was unbelievable :eek:

No damage to the bores whatsoever. Frontier pads with a solvent can be used to clean surface rust and crud from fluid steel or composite barrels and even frames with case color with no ill effects at all.