Bore snakes

I have 3 of them, (.22 cal, .30 cal & 12 Gauge) and I love them. They don't completely replace the tried and true brush and patches but are excellent for a quick cleanup or a barrel clean at the range.
 
Bore snake? Why not just pour some sand in the barrel then find a string/rope that fits the barrel and drag that through a few times? Will save the cost of the fuel to the gun store and the cost of the bore snake itself with the same results. :D:D

Bassmaster: How many rounds you put through a barrel in camp that it needs cleaning? My guns go 100's of rounds between cleaning, and these are full on custom rigs.

Hunting rifle will get cleaned at the end of the season and oiled for storage.
 
CyaN1de said:
Bore snake? Why not just pour some sand in the barrel then find a string/rope that fits the barrel and drag that through a few times? Will save the cost of the fuel to the gun store and the cost of the bore snake itself with the same results. :D:D

Bassmaster: How many rounds you put through a barrel in camp that it needs cleaning? My guns go 100's of rounds between cleaning, and these are full on custom rigs.

Hunting rifle will get cleaned at the end of the season and oiled for storage.
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Very much the case here as well. Clean your bolt guns when the groups open and you need to. You will probably have very visible brass in the bore at that point.

This is my MO for ARs, M14s, Remington 700s. Each of them gets at least 100 rnds through it each outing. All of them get wet/snowy/muddy, and this is a bigger concern for me then the firings. I don't shoot corrosive though.

I keep a boresnake(with the brass brush removed) in my hunt pack. I use it if/when I get snow in my bore at the end of the day. About the only other thing I've used the boresnake for is helping a TR shooter get stuck patches out of his rifle. :p
 
Mine are great! I run a rod and bristle brush through doused in Hoppes' #9, let it sit and work in for 10 minutes or so. Run clean patches through to pick up most of the carbon and fly-ash and then touch it up with the appropriate bore-snake. If the barrel will sit for awhile it also gets a nice coat of fresh oil. Every several uses the bore-snake will get a bath. Either a good soaking in detergent and water or else I carefully wind it around the spindle in my washing machine. If used appropriately they are no worse than any other pull-through.
 
I have 3 of them one for the SKS and one each for the 2 303's and find they work great for a Quick cleaning and then do a propper job when I get home and have time to do it. They work fine for the quick jobs.IMO
 
Why is there no love for the snake...? I usually run a quick patch through my Glock 19 after any range session and then use a 9mm snake. It's cut my cleaning time easily in half with just 2-3 pulls (and it does a better job). It's just a Glock, and these things are generally meant to be abused.. so am I missing something here?
 
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