Quote Originally Posted by Turnup View Post
While brass (or phosphor-bronze) is softer than steel, this does not mean that there will be no wear to the steel - even polishing with a soft cloth wears steel.

That said, provided the cleaning is not excessive, or repeated frequently, I can see no problem. I clean mine with a phosphor-bronze brush occasionally and it suffers no harm AFAIK. Seems to need about 20 pellets through it to settle down again afterwards though.

One point with the Bisley kit - the rod is steel so care is needed to prevent damage to the bore from the rod, particularly at the breech and muzzle.
Hi Turnup

Thanks for the tips, especially the one about the steel rod, I will defo be careful with it.

Atb

Peter