Barrel Cleaning - Boresnake
- Thread starter Arseno
- Start date
LeadMonkey
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Off The Radar
Have several boresnakes of different calibers sitting in parts bin that will never be used, great way for the uninformed marksman to destroy the crown and accuracy potential of your firearm.
Dewey Boreguide with proper vinyl or stainless steel cleaning rod, patch out cleaner, patches on jag and nylon brushes is the only thing that goes down any of my $1000+ barrels besides projectiles… it’s cleaned properly or not at all.
Dewey Boreguide with proper vinyl or stainless steel cleaning rod, patch out cleaner, patches on jag and nylon brushes is the only thing that goes down any of my $1000+ barrels besides projectiles… it’s cleaned properly or not at all.
buck knife
CGN Regular
- Location
- Golden forest
I've seen that myself,I used a fish hook and 100 lb test to get it out.
This!! THere are proper tools to clean rifles with. Boresnake is not one of them. Dave.
Some people may...
Others may need to clean more...
If you have not cleaned in awhile and accuracy falls off, you may need to clean.
It is common for serious benchrest shooters (the guys who shoot the smallest groups in the world) to clean often... and carefully.
- Location
- Blaster land, Okanagan BC
Same here, no way a dirtsnake is touching any of my rifles. Shotguns see them once in a while.
The other thing to considered is how do you clean the danged things!?
Every time you pull the thing through your rifle, you are picking u whatever in there, carbon ( very abrasive stuff) , possibly copper and who knows what else. It stays IN the bore snake and gets pulled through every time.!!
Yet , clean patches are supposed to be used every time you run a rod into the bore!
I don't consider them an alternative for field work either, if you do have the misfortune of getting mud or snow, etc up the muzzle, a multi piece rod will work far better than a bore snake to get it out.
Cat
Every time you pull the thing through your rifle, you are picking u whatever in there, carbon ( very abrasive stuff) , possibly copper and who knows what else. It stays IN the bore snake and gets pulled through every time.!!
Yet , clean patches are supposed to be used every time you run a rod into the bore!
I don't consider them an alternative for field work either, if you do have the misfortune of getting mud or snow, etc up the muzzle, a multi piece rod will work far better than a bore snake to get it out.
Cat
The other thing to considered is how do you clean the danged things!?
Every time you pull the thing through your rifle, you are picking u whatever in there, carbon ( very abrasive stuff) , possibly copper and who knows what else. It stays IN the bore snake and gets pulled through every time.!!
Yet , clean patches are supposed to be used every time you run a rod into the bore!
I don't consider them an alternative for field work either, if you do have the misfortune of getting mud or snow, etc up the muzzle, a multi piece rod will work far better than a bore snake to get it out.
Cat
You can wash your bore snake. - dan
Tried that once, didn't really get that clean, and the wife flipped out when she found it in the dishwasher!!
I'll stick wit my one piece rods, bore guides and patches!
Cat
My dad called his cleaning rope a "pull through" for his army .303 It was just a rope with a patch at the end of it. All soldiers used it...is it similar to the new bore snake? I have a BS and the only difference is the wire (brass?) brush included.
