Barrel Cleaning - Boresnake

If you fall and debris gets jammed in the bore, you can't push it out with a boresnake, you need a rod or at least one of the cable pull throughs. So better to tape the muzzle, and avoid having the debris entering the bore, and the tape will actually help to protect the crown.
 
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No one is falling down regularly here. Don’t be stupid. But here is what I have experienced in the last two years. This year my hunting partner was helping me pack my Mule deer out. We each had half the animal. A fairly hefty load. The snow was knee deep. He hit a a knee deep hole hidden by the snow. As you can imagine, with that weight on his back he did what he could to keep from breaking a leg. In the process his rifle was buried in the snow. A problem.

Last year I was hunting moose. Had a full pack and took a route on a face into a basin. It was steep. 2/3 the way up I cliffed out and had to move laterally across the face. The problem was I was crossing water. Frozen water. I found footing and then just as quickly lost footing and fell hard. I kept my rifle safe, but took an absolute beating doing it.

So are we tripping and falling all the time? No, of course not. But electricians tape is pretty cheap insurance. All the teenage like mockery be hanged.
 
stubblejumper said:
If you fall and debris gets jammed in the bore, you can't push it out with a boresnake, you need a rod or at least one of the cable pull throughs. So better to tape the muzzle, and avoid having the debris entering the bore, and the tape will actually help to protect the crown.
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I like the snakes, but hunters should always have a rod handy somewhere, like in the truck or back at camp at least. Why risk ruining a hunting trip.
 
stubblejumper said:
If you fall and debris gets jammed in the bore, you can't push it out with a boresnake, you need a rod or at least one of the cable pull throughs. So better to tape the muzzle, and avoid having the debris entering the bore, and the tape will actually help to protect the crown.
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This ! And if you do need to clean out debris in a rifle bore a rod is what’s gonna do it ! JMO RJ
 
I’ve fallen a few times. Got up. But I handle the rifle so the muzzle isn’t getting rammed into the dirt. Tape isn’t a bad idea if you have previously found yourself looking at a muzzle full of ground. And I have put it on in the rain, only to quickly remove it to dry the gun off at home. If guns are getting accidentally tossed around, maybe a gun case is in order.
 
Just gonna leave this picture of the British Sniper up here...what the heck, let's go with a German Fellow too...inclusive you know?
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Rank amateur's I would guess?
 
tokguy said:
Just gonna leave this picture of the British Sniper up here...what the heck, let's go with a German Fellow too...inclusive you know?
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Rank amateur's I would guess?
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Making do with the best they had, a proper rod and patches isn't exactly practical for a soldier to carry in the field.
 
Yeah the army has never been accused of using outdated technology for arbitrary reasons

tokguy said:
Just gonna leave this picture of the British Sniper up here...what the heck, let's go with a German Fellow too...inclusive you know?
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YZfbaetl.jpg

Rank amateur's I would guess?
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In 53 years of gunsmithing I have seen all sorts of bore damage close to the muzzle... and it does cause a reduction in accuracy. Even dust enters the bore when sliding a rifle in and out of a gun case... and when you have stored your rifle muzzle up for many months, run it in and out of your gun case several times and then fire it... that is a bit like lightly sand blasting the last few inches of the bore.

Everyone is free to do what they want... clean, don't clean, use a pull through or a rod, tape the muzzle or don't.

I simply recommend to use a good rod and tape your muzzle to insure top accuracy and a longer barrel life. You don't have to do it.

And I have never figured out how a pull through can remove an actual obstruction. Sometimes that can be even difficult with a rod...
 
See, no-one really cares?
Snake or rod; about 5% ( guessing here...could be a little high) are weird about it. Was at a Gun Show today and talking about rifles and the guy selling, referenced boresnakes for applying his favorite 'Snake Oil' to bores.
You can hum and plug your ears all you want; human nature is thus. A bore snake user isn't terribly worried about it... so he's not running it back and forth like he's tryna start a fire... he's gonna drag it through a couple of times, hit it with the oil and put the rifle away...still capable of good accuracy. The cleaning rod fellow is going to put on fresh socks and underwear, brush his teeth, put on some soothing music and get it perfect!
Both are happy; but the Snake user is gonna shrug and move on...unless he is trolling, like me:wave: ... and of course...well ...others as well. Ya'll know who you are...don't be like that.:stirthepot2:
Unless you are bringing a milsurp or Granddaddies hunting rifle back from the brink... potatoe potato. I've shot deer at distance with carbines where the rifling was a suggestion, lol...like freaking dismal. You gotta dyck around to get that done...but it can be done.
God, I find OCD people so entertaining, they just go off on the smallest thing...so easy to mess with.
" Forgive me father, for I have sinned. Today I trolled some OCD people...it was just too easy... "
 
OCD here, but I occasionally use a bore snake, and I am of the opinion that this whole topic is beat to death, very much like the OCD break-in topic, or the type of oil you put in your car.
 
NO issues with guys who clam they can use a bore snake to clean a plugged bore. I am sure if they can't get the snake down the bore they will just whip out their little pencil dicks and give the bore a good thrusting then continue on.... LOL can't fix ......
 
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