bigcountry

I would say your right solitary. Maybe its only a visual thing. In other words, you see a new dan lilja and see a mirror finish and then run a bronze thru it, and see the scratch marks, you start saying that looks horrible. But maybe as soon as the first shot is fired, those marks are gone.

Roskoe

Solitary - I went through the same little 12 step process a few years back. Sometimes I wish I had never heard of a Hawkeye bore scope - keeps me up at night thinking about things that are probably about as relevant as whether Bill Clinton wears boxers or briefs.

Solitary Man

bc, it's hard for me to imagine bronze scratching the steel of a quality rifle barrel. Bronze is considerably softer. I wonder if what you're seeing is traces of bronze scrubbed off onto the steel, sort of like what happens when a pencil lead is dragged across a piece of paper. I honestly don't know though and don't mind admitting it. All I know is what I've experienced over the years.

Roskoe, my 12 step program was actually a 2 step program, my 2 kids that is. I just got to a point, rather recently I might add, where I realized what my priorities should be and guns don't figure in as highly as they used to.

bigcountry

No, its the steel being scratched. Just saw this, this weekend on a Dan Lilja barrel. Saw before and after. You can have 59Rockwell ATS-34 steel and a bronze brush will scrath it if rubbed hard enough