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Bore Snakes anyone?
« on: March 24, 2010, 09:29:32 AM »
Who is using them? What do you think?

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Re: Bore Snakes anyone?
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2010, 09:36:33 AM »
I have them for (I think) 5 different calibers. I think they're great to have but I still clean mine the old way after a lot of shooting.
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Re: Bore Snakes anyone?
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2010, 09:39:34 AM »
Love Mine. Easy to pack & travel with. Kinda wish the wire brush built in was a bit more aggressive. The majority of ammo through my 45-70 is cast lead and it seems to clean it out  good. I like that I can get a real good amount of solvent through on each pass.

Still use the rod & brush at home but it goes to the woods with me for daily cleaning.

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Re: Bore Snakes anyone?
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2010, 09:58:49 AM »
I only use them for my shotguns..and I love them for quick cleaning.   I spray gun scrubber down the tube than chase it with the snake works like a champ.

I dont like them for rifles because I dont think they do a good job removing copper fouling but all in all I wish I invented them.
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Re: Bore Snakes anyone?
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2010, 10:06:11 AM »
I only use them for my shotguns..and I love them for quick cleaning.   I spray gun scrubber down the tube than chase it with the snake works like a champ.

I dont like them for rifles because I dont think they do a good job removing copper fouling but all in all I wish I invented them.
Ditto to the letter.  You need chemicals to remove copper and fouling from rifles.
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Re: Bore Snakes anyone?
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2010, 10:24:06 AM »
I've got em, and especially like them for my semi-auto .22's that don't have  bolt to pull out.  You can't run a cleaning rod from the breach, and the snake is easy to get in, and I don't expect a great cleaning on a .22 anyway.
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Re: Bore Snakes anyone?
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2010, 10:26:15 AM »
Great for quick cleaning in the field on hunting trips.  Definately recommend thorough cleaning at home with the rod and patches as the primary source of cleaning though.

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Re: Bore Snakes anyone?
« Reply #7 on: March 24, 2010, 01:17:00 PM »
they work exceptionally well for a quick cleaning, i have several for my rifles and shotguns.  mainly use them to keep the barrels from getting disgusting in between regular cleaning.

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Re: Bore Snakes anyone?
« Reply #8 on: March 24, 2010, 01:20:01 PM »
Use them for quick cleaning at the range. 
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Re: Bore Snakes anyone?
« Reply #9 on: March 24, 2010, 01:24:25 PM »
I use them for quick clean ups, in the field in case of crud getting into the barrel.  I also use them for quick cleans after only shooting a few rounds.  I also use them in the shotguns exclusivly other than a once a year scrubbing.

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Re: Bore Snakes anyone?
« Reply #10 on: March 24, 2010, 01:26:56 PM »
Break one off in a barrel and you'll stop useing them :o

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Re: Bore Snakes anyone?
« Reply #11 on: March 24, 2010, 02:30:19 PM »
Break one off in a barrel and you'll stop useing them :o

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Re: Bore Snakes anyone?
« Reply #12 on: March 24, 2010, 02:32:30 PM »
I've talked to a few gunsmiths and I guess it's pretty common.

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Re: Bore Snakes anyone?
« Reply #13 on: March 24, 2010, 02:59:35 PM »
I only use them for my shotguns..and I love them for quick cleaning.   I spray gun scrubber down the tube than chase it with the snake works like a champ.

I dont like them for rifles because I dont think they do a good job removing copper fouling but all in all I wish I invented them.
Ditto to the letter.  You need chemicals to remove copper and fouling from rifles.

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Re: Bore Snakes anyone?
« Reply #14 on: March 24, 2010, 03:21:32 PM »
I use them to clean the easy stuff out and then run a patch with lub down the barrle. I wont scrub my bore unless ive lost accuracy. Ive looked in to this a lot and I think american rifle men had a thing on it but accuracy tends to do up after the first 20rds, and a sierra test barrel even after 100 rds was shooting tight groups and your barrel will last longer if your not scrubing the bore all the time. :twocents:

 


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