Otis, Boresnake or rod?? Which do you use?

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For cleaning your .22, which cleaning system do you use? I'm looking to buy a cleaning kit and I like the Pull thru concept but never try it. Comments are welcome guys!
 
-Otis is a POS "you must buy there swabs and fold them just right or you have to use a vise and 400lbs of force to remove the pull though"

I got one for free and it sits at the bottom of my locker

-Bore snake is good for field cleaning but for extented use the brush will wear out and you cant replace it unless you but a new one. For the love of god dont put a swab on it! lol

-Rods are bulky but work the best IMO
 
Another bore snake every time and rod once a year. I mainly just use the rod to scrub the fouling out of the bore. I have found that since I started use a bore snake there has been less fouling overall.

And another Otis hater, unfortunately I paid for my kit that sits in my gun room. Almost the worst $60 I have ever spent.

Shawn
 
I bore snake As well fantastic things that work in all gauges. I even used it on a Cooey that had not seen a cleaning in probably 15 years and it came out spotless and shiney in two pulls.
 
Couple patches with solvent, one last pass with a boresnake.

This usually leaves me with a shiny new looking bore everytime on my Savage, 10/22s, CZ Kaket and Sig P226R Classic .22lr.
 
stubblejumper said:
I use a Dewey or Tipton rod, and a proper bore guide. I won't let anyone near any of my rifles with a bore snake.
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WTF? you must have one of those mystical gun barrels made of paper towel or something, how is a bore snake going to "hurt" any of your firearms?

Cotton, bronze brush, and the string on a bore snake isn't going to DESTROY your guns FFS:rolleyes:
 
shooterbuck said:
Care to explain?


I use the boresnake for field cleaning and a patch/jag/brush when I get home.
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Ask the precision guys what they think of boresnakes. Also realize that most wear and damage to the bore happens due to overcleaning and incorrect cleaning. IMO, boresnakes are incorrect cleaning, especially on a rimfire with the very shallow rifling. The Dewey rods are plastic coated to make it easy to wipe off the gunk coming out of the bore before it gets dragged back through and causes damage. This same gunk gets embedded on a boresnake and gets dragged through again and again. Never in a gun that I own. YMMV


Mark
 
Dsiwy said:
-Otis is a POS "you must buy there swabs and fold them just right or you have to use a vise and 400lbs of force to remove the pull though"

I got one for free and it sits at the bottom of my locker

-Bore snake is good for field cleaning but for extented use the brush will wear out and you cant replace it unless you but a new one. For the love of god dont put a swab on it! lol

-Rods are bulky but work the best IMO
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I love my Otis cleaning kit and use it regularly on my 10/22, issued C-7A2, personal Armalite AR-15, .308 hunting rifle, and SIG 226R DAK (.40 S&W).

I 'm not a fan of the Otis patches though. I use regular cleaning patches with no problems. I will even cut my pistol patches into quarters and use them with no issues in my .223 and .22 LR rifles.
 
milshooter said:
WTF? you must have one of those mystical gun barrels made of paper towel or something, how is a bore snake going to "hurt" any of your firearms?

Cotton, bronze brush, and the string on a bore snake isn't going to DESTROY your guns FFS:rolleyes:
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Stubble has his ducks in a row, noobie. Boresnakes get dirty quick!
Then you drag them through a bore again and again, so the abrasives in the snake can damage your expensive barrel.
Like stubble, no boresnakes for my rifles.
Coated, one-piece rod and rod guide is the only way to go.
Eagleye.
 
homer76 said:
I love my Otis cleaning kit and use it regularly on my 10/22, issued C-7A2, personal Armalite AR-15, .308 hunting rifle, and SIG 226R DAK (.40 S&W).

I 'm not a fan of the Otis patches though. I use regular cleaning patches with no problems. I will even cut my pistol patches into quarters and use them with no issues in my .223 and .22 LR rifles.
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Biggest problem with the otis "for the military" is if your barrel gets mud, snow or a squb round in the bore. How are you going to clear it?

I tried cutting patches too, but there ether to tight or too loose F it! lol I went back to the good old CF cleaning rods "for my work gun"

If mine was not issued I would give it to you free :p
 
I used to use a brass rod and a patch, from the breech, every 500 rounds or so. When borenakes came on the market, I got the idea and used a length of #18 magnet wire doubled up, with a patch in the loop that I pulled through from the muzzle. I only used a brass brush a couple of times decades ago.

I say "used to" because in the last 4-5 yrs, I have not cleaned my .22 bores at all because I read that cleaning caused more wear than shooting.

I also read that the experts only cleaned when accuracy dropped off significantly...which hasn't happened yet. To be honest, I don't shoot my rimfires that much.
 
Reading my Anschutz manual, they recommend cleaning the bore on their 22lr firearms every 1000 rounds for the first 10,000 rounds, then every 5000 rounds after that.

I rarely use a brush in my centerfires, and almost never in my rimfires.
 
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