DEWEY - M1/M1A Chamber Brushes

Product will be used on M1 Garand recently purchased. It is exactly what I needed. Brownell's online selection, customer service and delivery was another excellent experience. Thank you for being such a quality business. Special thanks for your How To Videos.

As the other comment has pointed out, the rachet mechanism requires force towards the chamber to engage, while remaining loose if you pull out. To top things off, the rachet is made from poor quality plastic held in place by a single metal pin. Mine snapped as I was turning the mechanism and must now extract the brush from the barrel.

To Dewey's credit, the brush cleans the chamber easily and well; problems don't arise until it's time to remove the brush from the chamber. The ratchet mechanism requires forward force to engage and turn the brush, so there's no way to turn the brush while pulling it out of the chamber. The only solution I've found is to gently pry the brush out with a common screwdrive while continuing to turn it with the ratchet. This reflects poor design. To add to poor design, the brush is already loose in the cast plastic base after 4 uses in my M1. If the base wears away and won't rotate the brush it will be very difficult to remove the brush from the chamber. Good idea on paper, but poorly testing and executed in the real world.