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Posted: 4/15/2010 7:34:39 PM EDT
| Ok what is better Boresnake or Otis cleaning system? |
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My all weapon cleaning kit at home is a tackle box and a couple of one-piece rods.
I used an old style M16 cleaning kit augmented to be multi-caliber for 30 years, but these days a bore-snake, an Otis multi-caliber kit, and an Otis optic kit reside in my field gear. I find the one-piece rods easier to use than a pull through cable, but both work. YMMV |
| of the two i have only used the boresnake. the otis kit looks to me like its just a different take on a cleaning rod. personally i'll take a bore snake for a quick run down the barrel to knock the crud down. but if im cleaning in the field i'll use my .mil issue cleaning kit in the range bag. everything i need, rod, bore brush, brushes, etc. just my .02 though |
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Ok what is better Boresnake or Otis cleaning system? I used Boresnake once and wasnt that impressed with it. We use to get issued the standard rifle/ pistol cleaning kit on deployments but when we started being issued the Otis kits we thought they were the best thing ever.... and still do. I even bought a few for use at home. I have a few sets of rods sitting around in a closet somewhere that Ill be throwing out when I find them. I highly recommend Otis cleaning kits. |
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first time i ever used an otis was the first time i ever shot and cleaned my gun and the patch got stuck.....................ill use a rod tyvm Failure to read and follow the instructions on how to use the otis patch on your part, does not constitute a bad product on their part. You can't just put the patch through the eye and pull it through the barrel. 
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first time i ever used an otis was the first time i ever shot and cleaned my gun and the patch got stuck.....................ill use a rod tyvm I have been using Otis exclusively now for over 3 years, and have NEVER gotten a patch stuck. If you affix it properly to the jag, it is good to go. And I don't even use the Otis circular patches, I just poke a hole in regular square ones. |
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+1 for the Otis kits.
I just use standard round patches and keep a cheap pocket knife in the pouch to poke a hole in them. Never stuck a patch and it is quick once you get the hang of it. I do find that I need to use the brass rod that is supposed to be used as part of the t handle, which I don't use, to get the line fed through muzzle brakes. Other than that I have zero issues with the system and for an AR, you can't beat locking the bolt back and cleaning without taking the upper off or tilting it up. |
| boresnakes are good for a quick clean but when you use copper solvent, it needs to sit and do its job. i like both. but prefer otis. they both have good uses. i have that complete USGI otis kit with the gerber pliars and red light. its nice. i put a standard USGI rod kit in with it just in case. |
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