Is the jury out on the boresnake?

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I keep one for each caliber/gauge. After I'm through shooting I make a coupla passes with the b/s before I put the gun in the case.

With my Tok I just use the factory rod, a few patches and 'moose milk'. No problems with corrosive ammo.

Clean enough is good enough.
 
I have one thats similar. It's a .30 cal pull through that comes in the "tobacco can" comes with a sturdy bronze/bristle brush and uses a chain to pull it through. It comes with a little squeeze bottle you can put bore cleaner in. Also, there is enough room in the case where I can put a sawed down toothbrush and earplugs. It's not my primary method of cleaning, but great fro the range and for inbetween.

Here's a link !

http://www.robertrtg.com/g3clean.html
 
They haven't 'replaced' my old fashioned rods, but they work brilliantly. I have them in a variety of calibers.
 
Use them every chance I get. Squirt bore with cleaner, let soak a bit, zip it once or twice with the bore-snake...done.

Rods with bore-guides are used for more thorough cleaning of the Remingtons.

Haven't used one for shotguns, but sometimes with the Glocks.
 
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I use them on most of my rifles and pistols for a quick and effective bore cleaning, but I'm sure to do period inspection and more thorough cleaning with brush, jag and patch as well.

Bore snakes make life so much easier after a day of dirtier ammo, which unfortunately is most of what I can afford these days.

I don't use bore snakes when using corrosive ammo, of course. Back to traditional methods, then...
 
I use them on all my rifles and pistols. I need to get one for my shotgun. I use them even with corrosive ammo in my Mosin Nagant. I use a lot more solvent with them then, as Hoppes #9 does deactivate the corrosive material (I checked on their website), and my barrel has always come clean with no signs of corrosion in it.

The one place I would say they're really NOT worth it is when cleaning revolvers. A rod and patch is much better and easier for cleaning the chambers. But for bolts and semi-automatics, you can't beat them.
 
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Do they make them in 6PPC caliber for us Benchrest Shooters?

According to Wikipedia, 6PPC is standard 6mm/.243 BD, so find a .243 boresnake and go to town...
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True, but I seriously doubt you'll find any in use at a benchrest shoot. I'll check in a couple of months at the NRA Metric Smallbore matches. But then I already know the answer.
 
I'm going to "ditto" a bunch of responders by saying a good hand washing in hot(as you can stand) water with a good dish detergent cleans a bore-snake up nice. I've been using them on my 17 HMR and 243 for a few years with no problems and excellent results.
 
I use mine in every gun I own, from my pistols all the way up to my AR and FN SPR. I still get fantastic accuracy out of the SPR, so I don't think that it hurts the barrels. I imagine that would be the gun I would see accuracy problems in first. I don't see how they could possibly hurt the gun...
 
I've never used a boresnake but I like the idea of breech to muzzle cleaning.

I found the Otis system a few years back and I've been using it ever since. Same general principal as the boresnake except the Otis system uses a cable instead of a string.

I have several Otis kits. I keep one in my truck, one in my range bag, one in my hunting pack, and one in my shop. I clean everything from 17 HMR to 12 Gauge with the Otis system.

The thing that has put me off on trying the boresnake is that it gets dirty over time and needs to be cleaned. With the Otis system you can use the same patch several times and then throw it away when it gets really gunked up. Load a new patch and your good to go for another round. An added benefit it that the cable is stiff enough to use to remove moderate bore obstructions.

You can usually find them on Ebay for much better pricing than suggested retail.

My $.02 worth.
 
They work well enough to only require a traditional cleaning once a year. I've thrown them in the washing machine for years, and only replace them when they show signs of fraying.
 
They're great until you get one stuck in a barrel, lol.
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If you only own a .22 caliber boresnake and you are trying to clean a .270 win do not put a piece of cloth through the loop at the end of the boresnake, if the piece of cloth is too big you are doomed.:cuss:

Other than that I love my boresnake, even though it is cut in half and torn up.:rolleyes:
 
jcwit: I'm not a benchrest shooter or anything, but I consider hitting an MRE box at 800 meters fantastic enough for me. It's also a .308. I just don't see what a long nylon sock and a brush could do to a bore, in this case, chrome lined.
 
They work great. I broke one inside the bore of my .308. Used a patch jag from my muzzle loader and it came right out.
 
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