Hello all, Like many i was raised cleaning my rifle bore with a brush and patches. But I just bought a few boresnakes but I'm not sure if I am using them correctly. I usually start by spraying some bore cleaner down the bore. And follow that up by pulling the snake through the barrel. I repeat the process 3 or 4 times. Is that good? Am I doing it wrong? Is there any advice you pros can give me?

I usually put some solvent on the brass bristles and a little oil on the end of it. The say one pull is like 100 patches , something like that.

I thought they were the end all be all of barrel care until I ran a brass brush, one piece rod, and patches through what I thought was a clean rifle.

Boresnakes have their place but they will not remove copper fouling and only a minimum amount of carbon. Use a one piece rod, nylon brush and quality solvent.

I have a bore snake and I hate using it. It doesn't clean the bore at all. I stick to a one piece rod and brushes and patches myself.

I typically put some Hoppe's 9 on the bristle end or just before the bristles and after a few passes would put some oil on the tail end.

Ideal would be run a patch soaked with solvent and let it sit, then use the snake, but if you are using patches with a rod/cable it takes away from the main benefit of the snake, which is convenience.
As others posted above, I got disillusioned after passing a patch (with or without solvent/oil) after boresnaking and was surprised how dirty it came out.
They are good for quick cleanings at the range.  

They will get the bore as clean or cleaner than you NEED it to be, but if you really like to get your bore clean regular patches/brushes with a rod or cable (like Otis) I think works better.

ETA: for OP, what you are doing sounds perfectly fine.  I normally add a little oil at the end.  On chrome lines barrels there should be no need to do so, but it is a habit I got into where I like all metal in my guns to have a light coat of oil.

More rifles are ruined by overzealous rod cleaning than anything else.I use the boresnake quite a bit and only breakout the rods a few times a year.

 There's a bit of debate on the merits of a cold bore shot vs shooting after a "fouling shot" but a lot of high power rifle shooter swear their rifles shoot better with a slightly dirty bore than a cold clean bore. Frankly most of us won't ever know the difference between a super clean barrel and one that's a bit dirty.

Thanks so much for the advice. i too was a bit "disillusioned" when I passed my patch through after several passes with the snake. But it wasn't super dirty. To clear up one point. After I clean my bore, either with a snake or rods, I always soak a mop with lube oil and run it down the bore just to have a nice layer of oil.

I agree.  The least of my problems is my groups being off by an 1" at 100meters because my barrel is grey and not silver.  Shoot ir, clean it, shoot it again.  The cleaning should not take longer than the shooting!

Make sure you patch the oil out before you shoot. You don't want oil in the chamber. I just pull a dry patch with my Otis cable and forget about it.

I have two snakes for each caliber. I soak one is cleaner and one with oil. I store them in zip loc bags. Otis came out with their "rip cord" they are half the price of a snake and they allow you to attach a patch puller or a brush and they fit a lot tighter than a snake.