boresnake ripped apart while cleaning

Flash wonder would that hurt the bore? Your referring to the little corkscrew eh? Have you or anyone else ever tried it. Just curious guys. And I hope it never happens to me or any of you. Seem like a nasty experience for sure.
 
haha49 said:
use a push rod to get it out. Don't use wood. It's a pain to get things unstuck from a barrel but oil tends to help. Just dump it down the barrel let it soak in then try pulling it out. With the bore snake it has a brass brush inside so when you pull backwards it's harder due to the brush digging in. It's the brush that is stuck. You can use air and try and blast it out sometimes that works if you have an air compressor.
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I built a conversion piece to allow a grease gun to be attached to the muzzle of an AR. That allows slow and steady pressure to be applied to a bore obstruction. Never tried it with a boresnake but it should work.
 
Ahhh the dirt rope.... I never use it. It works good for light cleaning in field but don't use it as your only choice. After the initial cleaning it has deposits on it embedded that just can damage the bore.
 
Suputin said:
I built a conversion piece to allow a grease gun to be attached to the muzzle of an AR. That allows slow and steady pressure to be applied to a bore obstruction. Never tried it with a boresnake but it should work.
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Brilliant, 1/2x28 adapter with a grease nipple would be easy to make and easy to fit in my cleaning case. Then I could collect the box of beer the Wpns Techs usually get.
 
Suputin said:
I built a conversion piece to allow a grease gun to be attached to the muzzle of an AR. That allows slow and steady pressure to be applied to a bore obstruction. Never tried it with a boresnake but it should work.
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The only issue I could see with this is grease taking the gas port / gas tube as a path of less resistance....unless you have the ability to close or plug it temporarily while using grease to egress the obstruction.

The only method I've seen employed is a slightly smaller drillbit brazed to drill rod used as a hand / manual cutting tool to remove bits of boresnake and sometimes buildup of simunition projectiles (slow and painful but eventually gets it out.)
 
I keep one for quickly getting crap out of the barrel in the field. Never had too many problems with them. I do t think they are made as a primary cleaning tool
 
Serious question........if a projectile traveling at 3,000 fps down a barrel won't damage it, how would a length of essentially shoelaces with some copper bristles sticking out of it succeed?
 
Melnibonean said:
Serious question........if a projectile traveling at 3,000 fps down a barrel won't damage it, how would a length of essentially shoelaces with some copper bristles sticking out of it succeed?
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I think a clean 3,000 fps. bullet, travelling down the barrel, does more to clean it, than a dirty shoelace will.
 
Yeah, I must be doing something wrong with mine. I have about a dozen in as many different calibers, and use them all the time for quick cleaning. I wash them in the clothes washer, and they seem to work well for me. Never had one get stuck in the bore, and for some reason it never occurred to me to try to use one to remove barrel obstructions so they've never disappointed me that way either. My only complaint: I wish they were marked to identify each size positively and quickly.
 
Melnibonean said:
Serious question........if a projectile traveling at 3,000 fps down a barrel won't damage it, how would a length of essentially shoelaces with some copper bristles sticking out of it succeed?
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I've always wondered this as well. Even if there were pieces of debris that were harder than the barrel surface, they would have to have a great amount of pressure applied to them to actually damage the barrel. The amount of pressure applied by the snake wouldn't be enough.

I've been using them on my 22s and 9mms for years. I haven't used the Viper yet, but I did recently buy one. I'll definitely be giving it a good inspection before using it, and on an old barrel the first time.
 
jjohnwm said:
Yeah, I must be doing something wrong with mine. I have about a dozen in as many different calibers, and use them all the time for quick cleaning. I wash them in the clothes washer, and they seem to work well for me. Never had one get stuck in the bore, and for some reason it never occurred to me to try to use one to remove barrel obstructions so they've never disappointed me that way either. My only complaint: I wish they were marked to identify each size positively and quickly.
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All mine have the caliber stamped on the brass. It's small and hard to see, but there (on mine anyway).
 
JACKSMYDOG said:
All mine have the caliber stamped on the brass. It's small and hard to see, but there (on mine anyway).
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Holy Crap! Thank you, sir!

I've looked many times, thinking that they must be marked, but never actually inspected that little crimp...always just assumed it was crimped to retain the cord in the ferrule. I need a magnifier to read it, but it sure beats trying to remember the colour/caliber code! Very useful info. :)
 
I've used a boresnake for a few years and have seen the cable break from the actual cleaning wad, but there was plenty enough of the snake sticking out of the bore to easily pull it out. I use mine all the time for a quick clean, but I have an Otis cleaning kit, rods and Q Tips for when I want my gun really clean.
 
trebor2880 said:
I think a clean 3,000 fps. bullet, travelling down the barrel, does more to clean it, than a dirty shoelace will.
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The bullet may be clean, but the crud that people say imbeds in the boresnake causing bore damage, will be on the bearing surface of the projectile traveling at how many FPS and putting how much pressure on the bore?I can't see that scenario that the thing is damaging.
 
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