I have a Bore Snake for every single caliber I have, and use them often. I have about 15 different bore snakes and have been using them for quite a few years now. They work great, each pass is said to be equal to about 12 passes without the bore snake. Just run it through 2 or 3 times with a little gun solvent on it and the bore is clean.

I have never had one break on me. Also, they are very easy to clean. After quite a few uses, just hand wash them or follow the instructions the the package on how to machine wash them.

Overall, an essential tool you MUST have if you are going to do lots of shooting and hate spending more than 20 seconds cleaning your bore.