Re: Weapons Cleaning Tools...
My stainless 36" one-piece cleaning rod and guide are from
Pro-Shot. No special reason, they're what were hanging on the gun shop wall when I bought them. They show no discernable difference from Dewey.
I use a steel long slotted tip for running my patches.
I have pistol bore brushes in 45 cal and 9mm which I use for cleaning chambers. I have various caliber bore brushes, but almost never use them in the bore itself. When I do, it's mainly to spread bore solvent deeper into the rifling prior to soaking. For my purposes, nylon bristles are just as suitible as bronze.
I use Gunslick Foam Bore cleaner and cotton patches. Borescoping indicates it's totally effective, and it's so much easier to use that it's probably dumb not to.
Hoppe's #9 is my liquid solvent of choice. I wet the bores with it prior to extended layups, and patch it out and replace it once or more a month over the Winter. It protects the bore and dislodges stubborn bore residues, leaving a fresh bore to start the new shooting season.
I seriously doubt that anything that relies on mechanical abrasion is going to be particularly helpful. I don't think that bronze bristles are a proper match for carbon glaze.
Theoretically, all residues should respond, eventually, to solvent action. Time is a much underappreciated tool.
The above comment about abrasive and throat checking has caught my attention, and I will be giving it further thought. I guess it depends on what the borescope reveals, although I don't get so much access to it lately.
Greg