suggestion, wet the bore w/ bore cleaner w/ rod and patch. soak snake in solvent cleaner, from the chamber end, insert brass tip pull out muzzle end. half way thru i double wrap tip end around my hand. it is a pull, but you should be holding the barrel in one hand. your barrel will come clean, in several pulls, even the 223 barrel will clean good. i use a pickle jar w/ hot water and dish soap to clean the bore snake. if you don`t fill up the jar, it can be shook to clean snake. let sit awhile. then change water and add some dish soap. shake-- rinse, it will come out like new. hang to dry. another suggestion while hunting, patches, bore snake put in bag w/ bandaids, compass, always know where it is at. it just seems when goose hunting, mud will get in the barrel.
