Flex-Hone® for Firearms Instruction Video

Flex-Hone® tools for Firearms produce the optimum plateau surface finish in any type or size cylinder, slide, chamber, magazine tube, or smooth bore barrel. Their low-temperature, low-pressure abrading process creates a long-wearing surface with the precise dimensions that the bores of your guns require. So whether you want to reduce jamming, sticking and brass scarring, or clean oxidation and corrosion more efficiently, Brush Research Manufacturing (BRM) makes a Flex-Hone® for firearms tool for you.   

How-to Video: The Flex-Hone® for Firearms
Recently, our company released a Flex-Hone® for Firearms Instruction Video that demonstrates how gunsmiths, hobbyists, and firearms manufacturers can use BRM’s gun cleaning brushes and barrel hones to improve firearms performance. This short how-to video provides detailed instructions for barrel polishing, barrel honing, chamber polishing, and cylinder polishing. Information about Flex-Hone® tools for shotguns, rifles, revolvers, pistols and paintball guns is also available on the Brush Research website.

Shotgun Barrel Polishing
As BRM’s new video explains, the Flex-Hone® for firearms should be held securely in a collet, chuck, or similar workholding device. The tool should be coated with plenty of lubricant (preferably Flex-Hone® oil), and then spun to remove the excess. With the workpiece (shotgun barrel) held in a padded vise, rotate the Flex-Hone® prior to entry. Continue to rotate the tool until the Flex-Hone® is fully removed from the shotgun barrel.

Shotgun Barrel Honing and Chamber Polishing
Barrel honing for shotguns requires long, even strokes. As a rule, BRM’s firearms hones should be run between 800 and 1000 revolutions per minute (RPM). Inspect the surface every few strokes, and never “over hone”. Taping the stem provides professional and amateur gunsmiths alike with a visual marker of how deeply to insert the Flex-Hone®.

For ALL Flex-Hone® for Firearms polishing operations, remember to always wear proper eye-protection. When finished, wash the workpiece with warm soapy water and a natural filament tube brush. As a final step, dry the barrel or chamber with a clean, lint-free cloth until the cloth comes out clean.

Revolver Cylinder Polishing
Polishing revolver cylinders begins with mounting the workpiece in a padded vise. Using the Flex-Hone®, stroke through the cylinder until the tool partially extends from the cylinder’s end. A few strokes per cylinder are all that is needed, and most applications take only a few minutes. When finished, scrub each revolver cylinder with warm, soapy water. Remember to lightly oil the surface after honing.