moe.ron
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Those things are great! I have one for all calibers, .22LR, .40, .38/.357, .308, and a 12GA for the shottie. I havent broke one yet. I keep them in baggies in the range bag.
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SCKimberFan
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I have used them since I first bought a gun. I usually run it through the bore after shooting just a few rounds - less than 100, in lieu of a field strip cleaning. I have one for each caliber of gun I have.
Calibre44
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I’ve been using a .44 and .22 Bore-snake for a number of years now and have nothing but praise for them.
They don’t replace a good ‘rodding’ of course, but for intermediate cleaning they are the ‘business’ - always get a little puff of misty gunk every time I pull one through at the range.
They don’t replace a good ‘rodding’ of course, but for intermediate cleaning they are the ‘business’ - always get a little puff of misty gunk every time I pull one through at the range.
LegalAlien
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And here I am sitting with a 9mm boresnake still boxed up and I keep on cleaning my Beretta 92FS the same old way :banghead:
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:banghead:bogie
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What do you use to clean it? Give it a coat of a light lube next time to put it away... A little dab'll do ya...
I love the heck out of them and have them for each of my guns. When one of my co-workers got recalled and shipped back to Iraq for another tour I send him 3 in .22 and he spent his precious phone minutes to call and ask for more. Seems all his guys loved them, too. We sent them in .22 and .30 cal in every care package we shipped. They'd take them on patrol, pre-soaked and in a zip-lock. Anytime they had a moment during a patrol they could drop the mag, eject the chambered round and lock the bolt, drop the weight through and zip, clean the dust/sand out. Particularly for the 249's it help prevent problems. I'm sending them to a hot chick combat medic friend of mine that's there now.
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out of uniform
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in country with a clamore mine!
Think nice thoughts about her, she's a cool chick!
John
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out of uniform
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in country with a clamore mine!
Think nice thoughts about her, she's a cool chick!
John
I love the heck out of them and have them for each of my guns. When one of my co-workers got recalled and shipped back to Iraq for another tour I send him 3 in .22 and he spent his precious phone minutes to call and ask for more. Seems all his guys loved them, too. We sent them in .22 and .30 cal in every care package we shipped. They'd take them on patrol, pre-soaked and in a zip-lock. Anytime they had a moment during a patrol they could drop the mag, eject the chambered round and lock the bolt, drop the weight through and zip, clean the dust/sand out. Particularly for the 249's it help prevent problems. I'm sending them to a hot chick combat medic friend of mine that's there now.
out of uniform
in country with a clamore mine!
Think nice thoughts about her, she's a cool chick!
John
out of uniform
in country with a clamore mine!
Think nice thoughts about her, she's a cool chick!
John
I love my boresnakes. I've got them in .22, .30'06/7.62/.303/308/7.7/pretty much all the rest of the milsurp sizes (LOL), .38 (which works perfectly fine for 9mm), .45, and 20ga. But the sad thing is that with the Mosins, I almost never use it. The brush just doesn't get all the soot out, and since I have to use the brush for the chamber anyway.....
LJ-MosinFreak-Buck
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A lot of patches, CLP and outers solvent. Now it's the boresnake, but...
230RN
2A was "political" when it was first adopted.
"And here I am sitting with a 9mm boresnake still boxed up and I keep on cleaning my Beretta 92FS the same old way"
Don't they have polygonal rifling? Can't remember.
Ought to work even better on poly rifling.
Kin I send your medical lady a couple of dozen? Kin I, huh? Huh? Kin I?
(Sorta like nylons during WWII.)
Don't they have polygonal rifling? Can't remember.
Ought to work even better on poly rifling.
Kin I send your medical lady a couple of dozen? Kin I, huh? Huh? Kin I?
(Sorta like nylons during WWII.)
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Wildfire said:
Sounds like you went to a lot of trouble and didn't use your brain to think it through. Why not use a conventional cleaning rod and push it out? A wooden dowel? ANYthing softer than the steel of the barrel?
hey to be honest i am new at the whole forum business, i am not even sure how to make my own posting, can anyone help me i bought a Boresnakes and i was wondering if i had to put a piece of material over the brass wire part, i am worried it scratches my barrel ?
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Jonkie, no need to worry about the brass bristle area of the Boresnake. Heck, they make "regular" all brass bristle brushes. The brass is much softer than the steel barrel and won't hurt it in the least. It is specifically on the Boresnake to do the heavy "scraping" to loosen the fouling and the cloth part behind it pulls it out.
moooose102
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DUH! that is what they are supposed to do
it collects the junk you dont want in your barrel, then it is nice and clean, like it is supposed to be. wash it out, let it dry, and it will be ready to clean again next time. geesh, some peoples kids
but, i run a brush with solvent down the barrel first, let it sit a while, then run a couple of clean patches through. i do this twice before i run the bore snake through. i want to get the worst of it out before using the snake. that way, it has more area to clean without dragging the majority of the garbage through the barrel. when i am done with the snake (i pull it twice), i know the barrel is clean. then a mop with oil, a clean patch in the breech (to catch oil) and put her away until next time.DoubleTapDrew
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No the brass brush part is there to scrub and won't harm the barrel. It just combines all the cleaning steps in one snake: wet patch, brass brush, dry patches becomes wet snake head, brass brush, dry snake body.
As for making your own posting ("thread" in forum lingo): go into the section you want to post it in, and click the "new thread" button below the green navigation bar, add title, message body, and click the "submit new thread" button under the message body.
green country shooter
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Auburn1922: use a solvent, not oil, and you will be amazed at how well the bore snake works. It seems like cheating, it gets the barrel clean so fast.
230RN
2A was "political" when it was first adopted.
jonkie said,
Don't worry about it. The bristles are brass just like every other brass bore brush except they're kind of embedded in the fabric part of the Boresnake. Don't try to cover them, you are likely to get the Boresnake stuck in the bore.
Wear due to the Boresnake bristles is no worse than the wear in a regular brush... meaning almost none at all.
And W E L C O M E !
Don't worry about it. The bristles are brass just like every other brass bore brush except they're kind of embedded in the fabric part of the Boresnake. Don't try to cover them, you are likely to get the Boresnake stuck in the bore.
Wear due to the Boresnake bristles is no worse than the wear in a regular brush... meaning almost none at all.
And W E L C O M E !
orionengnr
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If you do a search, you will find that a number of people have had the stupid things break in their bore....and that removing the broken Bore-Snake is often very complex.
If you have many firearms, and tying one of them up for an extended period of time due to an unexpected failure is no big deal, then the Bore Snake may be a viable option for you.
If you have one rifle unto which you entrust your life...no way, at least for me.
I have no use for them. YMMV.
If you have many firearms, and tying one of them up for an extended period of time due to an unexpected failure is no big deal, then the Bore Snake may be a viable option for you.
If you have one rifle unto which you entrust your life...no way, at least for me.
I have no use for them. YMMV.
Lonestar49
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Great light cleaning tools
Been using them since day one, and only once did I have to cut the front off and pull it out backwards.. Not so hard.
I use a 40cal one for my 9mm, 45cal one for my 40cals and 45 cal, and only once did I make the mistake of trying to pull the 45 thru a 9mm.. (didn't have my glasses on) and it won't go all the way thru, thus the one time need to cut off the front end and remove it backwards.
The only other way, other than trying to pull one that is 2 caliber sizes too big all the way thru and "really stick it" would be if one never saw continued-usage and heavy fraying which means, indicates, a mental lapse or lack of funds to buy a new one, for around 14 bucks.. each.
So far mine have lasted, just fine, for their first year of use, along with light spraying of them with EEZOX..
I highly recommend them as a great light cleaner tool in-between major cleanings, along with, going one caliber bigger for any caliber gun for better cleaning without problems of breaking or getting them stuck.
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Been using them since day one, and only once did I have to cut the front off and pull it out backwards.. Not so hard.
I use a 40cal one for my 9mm, 45cal one for my 40cals and 45 cal, and only once did I make the mistake of trying to pull the 45 thru a 9mm.. (didn't have my glasses on) and it won't go all the way thru, thus the one time need to cut off the front end and remove it backwards.
The only other way, other than trying to pull one that is 2 caliber sizes too big all the way thru and "really stick it" would be if one never saw continued-usage and heavy fraying which means, indicates, a mental lapse or lack of funds to buy a new one, for around 14 bucks.. each.
So far mine have lasted, just fine, for their first year of use, along with light spraying of them with EEZOX..
I highly recommend them as a great light cleaner tool in-between major cleanings, along with, going one caliber bigger for any caliber gun for better cleaning without problems of breaking or getting them stuck.
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230RN
2A was "political" when it was first adopted.
I usually dip the string end (not the whole string itself --fold it over so mostly only the floss on the string end gets dipped) into a bottle of Hoppe's (or whatever solvent/cleaner you prefer) and just as a matter of habit, drop the string through from the breech. As a "general principles" rule, one should, wherever possible, clean arms from the breech end.
If you use a spray cleaner, I'd shoot the barrel and also the string end of the boresnake. My last operation, no matter what solvent I use, is to squirt the barrel with Birchwood-Casey's Sheath. (It is sometimes a good idea to first fire a few fouling rounds if one is shooting for accuracy, to clear out the cleaning residue.)
No pre-preparation of the barrel is necessary, unless it is really funked up or corroded, in which case I would probably run a brush and patch on a rod through it first.
Bear in mind that, despite the hype, the Boresnake is not really intended to replace the rod-and-brush-and-patch in all cases.
My personal opinion is that with ammunition that is known positively to be non-corrosive, it is not necessary to clean guns too often. However, I am challenged on that opinion with regularity.
--Terry
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