Posted: 2/7/2003 4:12:29 PM EDT
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I just picked up 2 of them for a couple of rifles that I have and wow. Just thought I would share. With the time you save, you can spend it super cleaning the other parts. oz |
| I have a Boresnake for every caliber I own, and I think they're the cat's ass. I haven't seen any case of them breaking off in a barrel. Anyone have a link, or proof that it's even happend? Or is this another of those "I heard it on the internet, so it must be true." deals? |
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Quoted: I have been putting off purchasing one of these untill I had some proof of how well they work. I'm old school cleanin' rod type. How many folks here use them/like them? Are they better than the "old" way? AB They are great for removing powder fouling but don't touch the copper fouling. You can wet a part of the snake with solvent but I pull one through the bore as I'm leaving the range and clean the copper fouling at home the "old-fashion" way. And they are the only thing I use in my .22 rimfires anymore. They don't suffer copper fouling nor, usually, lead fouling. Easy as all get out. |
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Quoted: Quoted: I have been putting off purchasing one of these untill I had some proof of how well they work. I'm old school cleanin' rod type. How many folks here use them/like them? Are they better than the "old" way? AB They are great for removing powder fouling but don't touch the copper fouling. You can wet a part of the snake with solvent but I pull one through the bore as I'm leaving the range and clean the copper fouling at home the "old-fashion" way. And they are the only thing I use in my .22 rimfires anymore. They don't suffer copper fouling nor, usually, lead fouling. Easy as all get out. Ditto, guns where I care whether or not they have copper fouling in them will get the traditional cleaning method with solvents and patches. Guns that typically don't need to be cleaned so throughly(chrome lined ARs and my handguns for instance) get the boresnake. |
| BoreSnakes are the sweetest cleaning toy for most uses... everytime I use one I wish I'd have thought of it myself... I'd be wall to wall AR's from the income. Give your snake a bath in the washing machine once in a while... put it in an old sock and tie the sock off or the snake has an ugly habit of wrapping around the agitator... ask me how I know that... |
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Quoted: The difference is either 30min punching the bore or 30 sec. You choice... I hear that about 30 minutes of punching the bore! I usually take all of my guns when I go plinkin', it takes me no less than 3 hours to clean them. ARGH! I really don't like cleaning guns, but I had it drilled into me since childhood to "always clean your gun when yer done". AB |
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Boresnakes are great! You will probably want to keep your rod and patch kit around, since they will still do a few things that the Boresnakes cannot do. But for the most part, imagine cleaning your bore in 60 seconds.... and getting done with cleaning your guns in 5 minutes instead of an hour... I cannot imagine how I lived without them. |
| I love mine too. Have one in .308 and one in .40. I love the amount of time they save, though I'll still use conventional cleaning methods occasionally if I've been shooting a whole lot, or if I've stored one of the guns (like the SKS) for a long time without using it. |
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Quoted: Wonder how the El Wallyworld boresnake and the original compare? Anyone? Just got one. It has replaceable "bronze wool" and it also includes a brush on a rope that you pull though to help loosen deposits. $9.00 ...thought I would put in in my trapdoor compartment for quick clean-ups. Now I need a small bottle of clp to pack with it. Where do you find it? Next show is a few months off. |
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I thought the boresnake was the shiznit, until I ran it through my old .223 bolt rifle, then ran some patches through the bore... they came out FILTHY I think the Boresnake is good for getting out some crud and large chunks of fouling, but I wouldn't use it as the only cleaning instrument.... |
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Also good for a quick cleaning before you leave the range Walmart sells a knockoff that has changable brushes, but it is not as good I read somewhere that this was the system that was used in some of the first breachloaders in the civil war. If true, goes to show you that a good product will be around for a long time. |
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Quoted: [red]They are great until they break off in your barrel. Good luck getting that out of there.[/red] You can always try to push your bore snake through instead of pulling your snake. That might eliminate breakage. But your mileage may vary. Aw shee-it. Just load yerself up a round and shoot that sumbitch out... [BD] |
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I much prefer using a BoreSnake in my rifles or revolvers where I can't push a jag on a rod from the breech (my 10/22, Garand, M1 Carbine, etc.) than trying to clean with a brush and eyelet by pulling from the muzzle. I still have, and use, them for the boltguns and ARs. Great for a quick cleaning wherever, and at home too. After cleaning, I push a clean oiled patch through the bore on a jag. |
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I've used the BoreSnake, but I find that the Otis system gets the barrel much cleaner, for just another 2 miuntes of work. It's still far quicker than the rod/brush/patch and far safer for the crown. Once you figure out how to use the Otis, you can, as they claim, get six passes out of one patch. It is a little tricky to get the patch set up right so that it's not too tight or too loose |