tikka cleaning

[huntwithme2]

is there a reason why you are not sapost to  use a brush when cleaning the barrel on a tikka. i'm from the old school and always scrub and use  j b bore cleaner when cleaning any firearm
larry

[Empty Quiver]

This is simply a guess. The fella that wrote the manual was not raised the same way we were. I give my Tikka a good scrubbing now and again and have seen no poor results.

I'm pretty sure they haven't perfected any ordnance steel softer than brass, and I haven't found any brass files either. Maybe the newest bore solvents are strong enough to make the nylon brushes and cotton patches plenty for cleaning. Maybe the bores were always clean enough in the past without using a brush.

I bought the gun and will do what I please with it, the owners manual was taken under advisement.

[kansas45]

I grew up using a bore brush on my firearms. I still have most of those same guns & they still preform as expected. I adopted the no brush cleaning method a few years ago. I run a wet brush down the bore & let it set for 1/2 hour or so, then start pushing dry patches down the barrel. I takes a little longer but I feel that I am still doing a good job of cleaning. I do have a urge to revert back to the brush sometimes, but so far I have been able to fight it off.    Is the brush tearing up our barrels? I doubt it. Are those of use that use or not use the brush right or wrong? Probably not. This is just another area for the "If it works for you, do it" line of thinking. My Tikka Varmint rifles, a .223 & a .308 have never seen a bore brush, but that dosen't mean that they never will.

[Happy]

[I bought the gun and will do what I please with it, the owners manual was taken under advisement.
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Then too if something goes wrong with the gun YOU  JUST Bought it.

Cleaning the barrel with a patch works, but also you could use a foam cleaner.
My t3 has never seen a bronze brush just a patch, how ever I have tried a foam. It seems the patch seems to get it clean

[Empty Quiver]

If a brush ruins that rifle it is a rifle I'll learn to live without. My point is this, you could not saw that barrel in half with a brass anything in a normal life time. I will concede that a patch does just fine. I will also point out that a brush will clean better, you don't have to believe it, it is a simple fact though. Rubbing a patch near the fouling that is lodged in the rifling doesn't displace it. Scrubby bubbles are a wonderful thing to watch on TV, but take a good look at your tub, and tell me you couldnt do better with a good scrub brush.

I'm not argueing that patches aren't good enough. My arguement is that a brush is better and won't harm steel when used with even a modicum of intelligence.

[Happy]

I think the designer of the product knows, and has his reason for making a note in the manual about the use of a brush .
Bet they Laughin , saying " Watch !! some one will notice , then these stone heads will argue back and forth the pro and con of following the instructions .""

Make sure that is a steel brush my friend .Otherwise ya won't get it all out .

[Empty Quiver]

You are probably right, on both acounts.

[wareagleguy]

My first Sako was a 270.  Right out of the box it was a tack driver and it came with instructions not to use a brush.  I always used patches anyway so I thought I would never use one anyway.  One day a bunch of us were shooting and a friend of mine breaks out his cleaning stuff and cleaned his rifle with a bronze brush.  I didn't think about it and used the brush on mine.  Right after that my gun went from a one hole group @ 100 to a 1 inch group at best!!

It scared me to death because I thought it was gone.  I took it to a gun smith and showed him the groups before and after the cleaning.  His suggestion was to keep shooting and not to clean.  After about 60 rounds the rifle settled back down.  From that day I have never used a brush again.