I have searched but been unable to locate a bore brush in a rifle configuration for my 9.3 x 62

8/32 thread would be a plus.

Any suggestions as to where I might buy one would be appreciated.

Thanks for your help.

Ty

The 9,3 is .366" so go ahead and use a .375".

Thanks for the suggestion Dane.

I tried starting the .375 brush, but it was a tight squeeze.

I think I'm stuck using a 9.3 brush in a pistol configuration for the time being...

Ty

In my 9.3x62 I sort of swing both ways...up & down. If I really want to brush "hard" on something in the bore, I use a .375" bronze brush (NEVER a stainless steel one). After one pass down the bore, it is a less than .375" diameter brush anyway. But you don't want to be reversing the slant of the bristles each time you pull it back through, so to prevent that, I don't pull it back through. I push it through, remove the brush, take out the rod, re-attach the brush, and repeat.

Most of the time I don't really want to scour the bore with bristles anyway. If the crud is that bad, I'll use some of the modern cleaners, such as Wipe-Out.

For a milder but still very effective scrub, I use a .35 brush with a thin patch wrapped around it and soaked in whatever is appropriate for the kind of crud I'm attacking. For carbon I soak with carburetor or brake cleaner, etc.

I am NOT saying my way is the right way, just saying what I do & why.

Thank you Sir for your suggestions and advice.

I appreciate it.

Ty

Basically I do not use brushes much since i started using Wipeout.

I have used 375 & 35 cal. 375 bronze bristles will break up after some use. 35 cal is not big enough.

I also use the nylon brush in 375 & that works well.

Also 35 nylon with a patch works great particularly with Wipeout.

JMTBW

.35 Parker Hale bronze brushes feel much harder and tighter than their competition. They do a good work on my 9,3 rifles, prior to patching with solvent.

My Problem with 9,3 mm caliber cleaning is not brushes ( which aren´t necessary at all at typical 9,3 mm shooting amounts ) but a REAL 9,3 mm brass JAG!

For example, I got LOTS of crud out MUCH easier, when turning from ".270/7mm" type Jags to specifically "7 mm" jags. Both in my old Ferlacher and my DWM 1909!

Hermann

Using a little larger patch on a .35 jag should solve your problem.

If the jag is your problem, spend a little money ...use 2 patches at once on your jag. I do that all the time with both .338 and .35 jags; works great for me.

Just be aware the patches come in different thicknesses, so you may need two thin patches, two thick patches, or one of each.

I found out, that Pro Shot Jags are MUCH better than Tipton´s! ( bought because the set is handy ).

And the Pro Shot come in .25 AND 6,5 mm, and .270 AND 7 mm!

And there IS a difference!

Hermann

Use a 375 Nylon brush..I never use brass or steel brushes other than the small bronze brush on a bore snake...Most of my gun cleaning is with the bore snake, one pass equals 180 patches, and a bore need not and should not be squeaky clean, for one thing its condusive to rust and another is some wash keeps those minute pits filled to the surface..

Inaccuracy is not cause so much by copper in the bore persey but by the effect that too much copper is destructive to the bullet, as it passes out the bore and the pores pull copper off the bullet or so I am told by bullet makers...Taking the edge of the copper in the bore and smoothing it out illiminates that I guess. Over cleaning exposes these rough spots in the barrel and effects the bullets accuracy, but I would guess the effect may be over played..Most rifle either shoot or the don't, end of story.

Pretty tech stuff. right or wrong, but the bottom line is if your rifle shoots great groups leave it alone until quits shooting great groups then clean it "gently"..Trust me I know guys that litterly clean on their guns, because they are bored I guess, they may spend every evening cleaning them. I also have a bunch of guide and cowboy friends who keep the family rifle in a saddle scabbard in the feed room of the barn, never clean it and some of those gun shoot exceptionally well,

Gunny rule no. 1, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Some time since my last posting, some shooting and hunting and gun cleaning.

Shot 3 pigs yesterday at a driven hunt :-)

Two patches, one smaller, and a larger one above ( 1 3/4 over 1 1/8" ) on a .35 jag works GREAT for the 9.3!

Tight fit, but great cleaning or deoiling action!

I use, and seldom at that, mostly for handguns ) only plastic / bristle brushes.

Brass brushes are ONLY for Lead in Barrels and Chambers, and AR´s, that have been shot much.

Only cotton flannel ( oiled for the most part ) and brass jags for my fine hunting rifles.

Hermann