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mateomasfeo
These boresnakes look good to me. They appear to be compact, and easy on the crown.

Opinions please...



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Mateomasfeo

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  • cbxjeff
    I've been using them for a year and love them. I thought they were too tight in the bore and would break when I first started using them. After a while I realized that was the whole point in their ability to clean well.

    cbxjeffIt's too late for me, save yourself.
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  • wm69
    I've got one and like it, but I dont think it's a replacement for a good old brush scrubbing. I use my in my "plinker" and usually shoot 100-200 rounds each session, run the bore snake throuh it, and am done. If it were for a target gun/ hunting rifle, I would do it the old fashion way. There is just no way a boresnake can get copper fouling out of a barrel. That takes good ole fashion elbow grease. boresnake is great for "plinkers" and .22s (seems to remove lead fouling fine)
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  • kuhlewulf
    Great product. I love the ease of use at the range, and the ease of carry while hunting or camping. They say that the brushes will someday wear out, but I've yet to see it. Did I mention great product?[;)]

    James

    Whats next? A ban on automatic transmissions?
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  • drewto
    I have several. Can't say enough about them. In auto loaders they are the hot ticket. Great for 10/22 Rugers. Even better for quick shotgun cleaning. I too questioned the cleaning ability, and tested them against a clean patch and brush. The amount of residue after a couple of passes with the snake followed by a patch and brush was really minimal. Perfect for the field when prairie dog hunting. Buy one for the rifle you shoot the most, and test it out . . . you'll have one for every caliber before you know it. I still use the patch and brush at the end of the season, or before long term storage (but I think that it's more of a ceremony than any thing else!)
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  • allechalley
    The first one I bought was for a 12ga. that I shot a lot. I thought this is just too easy to work. The first time I used it, I had a lot of the usual plastic wad and trap powder and darned if one pull got 90% of it. I think the good ol' solvent and scrub every now and then is still a good idea but they seem to work remarkably well.
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  • Texas Hunter
    A question about these things.
    If you have pulled that thing thru your dirty barrel what do you do the next time the gun needs cleaning.
    Surely you dont run it thru the barrel dirty do you??
    Are they cleanable and if so how??

    mike
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  • temblor
    Being that you pull them through dry most of the stuff just falls to the ground. The trick to using them is not going to long between "pulls". When you go to clean and scrub with solvents and bore brushes it cuts down on amount to get out of your bore.--- To clean them, just tie them up inside an old white sock and wash them in the washing machine(another reason not to use solvent on them because it keeps the washing machine from getting fouled).---- PS= Don't wash them with the little ladies good stuff! [8D]
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  • cbxjeff
    Great post tem. Unfortunately you are about 10 months too late. I go to the laundromat now. Sure it's expensive but a heck of a lot less than an attorney!

    cbxjeffIt's too late for me, save yourself.
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  • William81
    I have two and have been very pleased with them over the last three years. I agree they do not completely taking away the need for a good brush now and then. If used regularly, and the gun has not been allowed to get really dirty between cleaning then they are more than adequate for the job.

    Guns only have two enemies: Rust and Liberals....
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  • bambihunter
    I use it the for almost all my shotgun cleaning, and I use 'em for a quick cleanup on my rifles. I do still give 'em a good cleaning when I get home however.
    I'll go an entire waterfowl season with just bore-snaking the bore on my Benelli SBE. They are a great product, but I wouldn't recommend using as a replacement for solvent/patch/rod & brush cleaning.
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  • JustC
    They can not and will not clean a rifle barrel as well as a good cleaning rod with a jag and a patch. There design does not allow a scrubing motion nor a complete coverage of the bore with a good solvent. Good for a quick powder fouling removal (however incomplete) but not for a bore cleaning down to a clean metal surface.

    Buy a good rod and a bore guide and don't look back. Also,..forget those dinky little tips with the hole in them to thread a patch through,.buy a good jag to go with it.

    dewey or bore tech rods!!!

    why chase the game when the bullet can get em from here?....
    Got Balistics?
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