Originally Posted by jimmypgeorgia
which is more abrasive the bore paste or the red bore polish?


The standard JB breaks down as mentioned but IIRC it is about 1600-2000grit, the red polish is even finer, about 3000grit per a brownells tech. I have both but cant really see a difference in either when it came to cleaning down to bare steel to apply UBC.

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