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Your cart is empty.Brush Research’s FLEX-HONE® tool has now been specially crafted for a wide range of Firearms applications. The FLEX-HONE® for Firearms tool quickly and easily produces the optimum plateau surface finish in any type or size cylinder, slide, chamber, magazine tube or smooth bore barrel. Any smooth bore on your firearm can benefit from a quick Flex-Honing, including the barrel bore on your shotgun. By using the FLEX-HONE® tool you can quickly, safely and thoroughly clean out any damage that has occurred from oxidation and corrosion, blend out scratches and remove the nicks that cause plastic adhesion. The FLEX-HONE® will produce a smooth finish that will prevent plastic from building up as quickly in the future. The abrasive globules on flexible nylon filaments remove the built up residue and leave a superior surface resulting in greater accuracy, reduced wear and longer life for your shotgun.
Christopher Pollard
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2025
It really smoothed up a late 1800's SxS Barrel that was in desperate need of attention. Wish there was a finer grit for polishing in this style.
Jimmy Doolittle
Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2025
This works great leaving a finely honest finish.
Terry Tanner
Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2024
Works great no problems.
Eric Romero Arredondo
Reviewed in Mexico on June 19, 2024
Tengo una Browning europea vieja. La compré con oxidación/defectos internos de los cañones. En poco rato quedaron impecables
Wayne
Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2024
Worked great on my 410 chamber.
Jason
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2024
I made a mistake and made some shotshell reloads with Pyrodex FFg RS, which is nasty heavy with salts, let gun set for a few weeks, and was heart broken. Disgusting rust spots throughout the entire bore. No bronze brush would touch it. I bought this flex hone, heavy application soak of Ballistol, 30 seconds with an electric drill, pushed a few dry patches throigh, and it looked like the gun was never fired from factory. Absolutely unbelievable. Outstanding results.
Christoph
Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2024
I did some work on shotgun chambers. It worked great.
Mark G
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2023
Quality control is lacking in a lot of gun makers these days that sell to us at low prices. They skip a few steps and one of them is polishing and finishing barrels and chambers. Flex hone does the job and you don't need to be a Smith to do it. All you need is a power drill or even a Dremel will work. Extraction or loading hiccups can be solved with a good polishing with these brushes. I've used them on several calibers and noted big improvements every time. They last a long time too. If you wash them with soap and water after each use extends their lifetime.
Sotto voce
Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2019
I shoot a lot of 12ga rounds on trap/skeet. 200+ rounds per shoot is typical.After say 500-600 rounds, restoring the barrel finish back to factory appearance is simply not achievable with current EPA solvents. The modern, far less effective EPA solvents are puny for the removal of organics (plastics).Wad expansion friction coats and tempers the barrel with a thin, super hard lacquer. Older solvents once cleanly removed the lacquer in a cleaning. It takes days if you're lucky enough to access a solvent better than Hoppes #9.Lead residue removal is a wholly different process and typically accomplished with the brass bush. When the lead has been repetitiously filled into typical 200 grit finishes, it's a labor. The heavily used barrel gets tougher to clean.That’s the time for the 400-800 grit Al-oxide hone. A 400-grit is barely discernably different from the 800 finish. An 800 grit delivers the mirror finish you likely expect. The hone wears out more quickly the finer the grit.Where the wad expands just beyond the chamber, the hone slows as it chews through the distinct smell of the hot plastic lacquer. It takes a couple passes to wear through the plastic coating.Honing is messy. I use a heavy oil to lubricate the hone. An 800 grit will remove minute amounts of rougher finish burr. Expect magnetic filings. Honing is a machining operation vice a cleaning. The drill speed at the low 800-1000/rpm is adequate for most of the barrel. I crank it up to melt through the lacquer. A smooth slow action finishes the job.Cleaning tip: 12” hones are too short unless you have a 24” barrel. Pick a hone length that runs the barrel length.Brush Research provides an excellent product.
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