Good Afternoon Fellas,

Just thought I'd mention something that I came across last week regarding the use of "Bore Snakes". I have and do use bore snakes from time to time when I am in the field during my annual hunting week. I am a Pheasant Hunter and there are usually less than 5 or 6 rounds fired out of my Superposed in the course of a day. When I get back to the cabin, I'll give the bore snake a spritz of Remoil and have a few passes through the barrel, then do a quick wipe down of the gun with some Remoil on a cotton rag. Unless the gun got wet, or I had an incredibly successful day, that is sufficient until the Hunting Trip is over. When the trip is over, I will properly and thoroughly clean my shotgun using a brass rod, bore brushes, solvents, oil and cotton patches..

One of my shooting buddy's just bought an EXPENSIVE shotgun and after shooting 125 rounds of trap, he ran a bore snake through the barrel once or twice, and put it away. I said to him "I hope you are gonna clean it up a little better than that after 125 rounds"; his reply was, nah, the bore snake got it all. So I said to him, give be the barrel and watch this. I ran a bronze brush soaked with some Remoil through the bore followed by a few patches. They were black! He couldn't believe his eyes. He truly thought that the bore snake properly cleaned his expensive shotgun. He told me that is what the guy in the gun shop told him to do so it must be correct. After he saw what came out when done properly he started believing what I was saying and showing him.

The reason I am posting this is that I hope that there are not too many gun store employees out there selling an expensive gun to someone and then telling them all they need to do is run a bore snake through the barrel a few times. This really gave me a case of "the jaws"! I figured I would post this to try and help me get my blood pressure back to normal.

Regards,
chief38

Bore snakes are usefull but there is more to clean and lube than a bore snake handles. I use bore snakes during matches for a quick clean up, but the handguns always get a full cleaning and lube afterwards.

IMO bore snakes suck.

__________________
Dom

I have a few Boresnakes and I use them at the range when firing alot of rounds through any of my guns. But they get a good cleaning when I get home.
Tomcatt

__________________
1911Sc 1911Sc
1911E M&P10

I have a box of bore snakes but never use them. I don't run anything with steel teeth through the bore.