Boresnake

[UTGrad]

I have one and use it between range sessions. Is this enough cleaning until after gun season when I plan to do a major cleaning and store the rifle away. I put some Hoppe's #9 on the first part ahead of the brush then run it through three times.

 

[Model70Man]

It takes about 15 to 20 minutes for that stuff to start working. I usually let that stuff stay in the barrel about an hour or two and then run some clean patches thru until clean and then run solvent to clean and then dry patches followed by an oil patch.

I have read where over use of a bore snake can ruin your muzzle. The nylon actually cuts steel.

 

[UTGrad]

Not much info on the Boresnake.

 

[Whelen Man]

IMHO it might be fine for an occasional cleaning and oiling of the bore on a hunting trip when nothing else was available but I don't like the idea of using the same cleaning implement through the bore multiple times. That's what clean patches were made for. You wouldn't use the same dirty patch over and over. I'd have to run the bore snake through the washer between each pass to be happy and that ain't going to happen. I've got one of the little round flexible rods with oil & patch kit that will fit in your pocket that I've taken with me on trips where I'll be away from gear. One time it came in handy when I fell in middle Tennessee and plugged my barrel with mud.

 

[LCU]

I don't like the idea of using the same cleaning implement through the bore multiple times. That's what clean patches were made for. You wouldn't use the same dirty patch over and over.

I agree. I looked at them,but I prefer to have the rod that I can use the brush with,and then change patches of cleaner,and oil.
I don't see why a boresnakee is as good or an improvement.

Maybe I am too old to change,and am missing something.
Would not be the first time.

 

[UTGrad]

With two passes through the bore I checked the barrel and it removed the powder fouling. Obviously it will not remove jacket fouling, but I wanted to foul my rifle for the upcoming gun season, but my gun will be a shooter opening day. I think it is a good product.

 

[Thunderroost]

The nylon actually cuts steel.

That sounds a little fishy to me....

i am sure that is true, but in the same way that a drop of water can cut a hole through a rock....does it happen fast enough to matter?

 

[Model70Man]

The nylon actually cuts steel.

That sounds a little fishy to me....

Nylon does cut steel. Over time if you don't pull the boresnake out straight, and pull it out at an angle, the muzzle can get damaged due to the nylon cutting the steel.

 

[Whelen Man]

Ask any experienced plumber what he uses to cut PVC pipe in tight places. A piece of nylon twine will saw right through that stuff. It's tougher than I would have believed.

 

[farmin68]

Nylon is the devil.

 

[7mm08]

Careful what you say there about NYLON. HA! My Dad worked 37 years at the world's largest nylon plant in Martinsville,VA., for DuPont. Union came in, they eventually shipped it overseas, and it was a ghost town in 10 years. Employed 5000 people at one time. Seven story building, chemical in the top story, and product coming out below. Now it's a park with no buildings.

Maybe I'm not anal enough over barrels but a boresnake is all I use on all my guns. Three weeks ago I took my rifle out since January, and put three shots in the bulls eye at 100 yds and quit. I routinely throw them in the washer inside a big sock.

 

[Sako]

I love boresnakes for shotgun barrels.....

 

[mike243]

you could probaly wear out 20 bore snakes & still not see any wear on the steel,jmo mike243

 

[UTGrad]

I got me a one piece nylon coated cleaning rod and a bore guide and I love cleaning my gun after a range session now. I still use the Boresnake at the range, but my Marlin collects alot of copper and I like to shoot it alot, so I have to do a deeper cleaning after shooting.

 

[7mm08]

I drop some bore solvent down the barrel when I am finished on the range. It sits there in it's cozy warm barrel eating away all the copper until I get home and then clean it with a boresnake....simple, stupid by some standards, but works for me.

 

[UTGrad]

I have been going to range alot and realized I cannot keep this gun clean with Boresnake alone. It is good to run it through after a range session or in between several shots, but the copper and powder fouling requires more cleaning.

 

[7mm08]

what is this gun that is fouling this much if you don't mind me asking?

 

[mike243]

what is this gun that is fouling this much if you don't mind me asking?

sounds like a malin lever action,some of them have rough bores & need polishing,they will smooth out after a lot of shooting but i would buy some polish or you use to could buy the bullets with the buffing media allready on it.mike243

 

[TennBuck]

CLP and the boresnake is all i use.

 

[UTGrad]

I used the Boresnake exclusively for two or three range sessions, but as soon as I actually claned the rifle with a rod and patch, I couldn't believe how much junk was in my barrel. Powder and copper fouling were coating my patches. The Boresnake is not a replacement for cleaning with rods, but it is good for field use or cleaning after a few shots.

 

[mike243]

it works ok for a quick powder clean up but wont take the place of a cleaning rod & some good chemicals,mike243