anyone have experience using Chore Boy

[Rifleman1776]

Google electronic bore cleaners.

Electrolysis rust removers are easy to make at home. A plastic container, water, some scrap steel and Boraxo washing powder. Put rusty part in solution attach positive lead from a car battery charger to the item and the negative to the scrap steel. The item and the scrap must never touch. Line of sight from the rusty item to the scrap steel is best. To rig up a bore rust remover you will need a steel rod to go down the but but care must be taken that it never actually touches the barrel. Might be a tricky set-up but can work.

 

[Grimord]

Rubber "O" rings on the rod inserted into the barrel will keep the rod from touching the sides of the barrel.

 

[oldfrank]

I have always used the Chore Boy Pads for cleaning lead out of modern pistols. I just pull off a big strand and wrap it around a bore brush.

You have to be careful to get a real copper one. Some of the ones you buy at dollar store and other places look like a Chore Boy and some even say "copper" but a magnet will stick to it meaning there is steel in there somewhere.
I actually have not had a problem with round balls and conicals leaving heavy lead deposits.

 

[Griz44Mag]

At my lgs, they use Chore Boys stainless steel to clean up badly treated guns. And a lot of oil. The copper ones I've seen are merely copper coated; otherwise they'd cost a lot more.

But not pitting. That's sub-surface rust.

They make a series of them that are 100% copper.
a Few years ago I bought a large bundle of them because I was heavy into cowboy pistol using soft lead cast bullets, they work great for scrubbing lead.

 

[Kansas Jake]

I too have used the copper Chore Boy pads to clean unmentionables. I was able to find them at my local Ace Hardware store in the paint department. I can't see much use for them in a PRB gun.