do you think i damaged the crown of my barrel?

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AFshooter

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i was shooting a new rifle for the first time today, remington 700 varmint 223. i was scrubbing the barrel and as i was pulling the rod out the part that attaches the brush to the rod failed and the brush got stuck in the barrel. the best thing i could think of was to very gently push the rod down the barrel and force the brush out the breech. do you think i damaged my crown? i used a dewey rubber coated rod
 
I doubt it.

Well, it's not a good idea to reverse a bronze brush in a barrel, but if it's a nylon brush it probably won't hurt. Not sure how you would have damaged your crown with what you did, and just having done it once probably did nothing of significance. Sounds like you may have been pushing the brush down the barrel from the breach and out the muzzle and then pulling it back again. Doing a lot of this is not particularly good for the crown. It is also not necessary. Get some Wipeout Foam and Accelerator. This will get your gun clean without a lot of effort on your part, very few strokes of the rod, and NO scrubbing. Of course you always want to use a good bore guide, preferably one from Sinclair that is made to fit your rifle.

Many claim to know many things about the crown and its affect on accuracy. Precision Shooting ran an article where they intentionally messed up several crowns and the front part of the rifling and found little to no effect on accuracy. I wouldn't count on that, but I wouldn't be super-sensitive about it either. You can always examine your crown with a jeveler's loupe or magnifying glass using plenty of light. A bore scope is the gold standard for this work, however. The important things about the crown are that it be even all the way around and that it be square to the bore. Square, 11 degree or beveled all work fine.
 
… was scrubbing the barrel and as i was pulling the rod out the part that attaches the brush to the rod failed and the brush got stuck in the barrel.

vtmarmot
Well, it's not a good idea to reverse a bronze brush in a barrel,

Small point of order… since the brush was ALREADY headed towards the breech, there is no "reversing of the bristles."
 
Had it happen twice last year. Did not effect the accuracy. Take a q-tip and make a circle around the edge of the crown. Then look thru bore with flash light you should not be able to see any fuzz from the q- tip sticking to the crown of the barrel that a burr would have pulled off the q- tip. JMI.
 
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