Bore and chamber brushes by calibre and material.
- Phosphor bronze — the standard for shifting carbon and copper fouling. More aggressive, and the usual choice for a proper clean.
- Nylon — gentler, for routine cleaning, for applying solvent, and for anyone nervous about a coated or match barrel.
- Chamber brushes — Napier Payne Galway heads, for the part of a shotgun that fouls worst and gets cleaned least.
Two practical points: brushes are calibre-specific, and thread standards differ between UK and American rods — check you have the right adaptor. And a brush is a consumable. Once the bristles have gone soft it is polishing, not cleaning.
See also cleaning rods, cleaning kits and cleaning sprays.
