PapaChop
US Veteran
Once you go Boresnake, you'll NEVER go back. I can clean a weeks worth of gunk out of an M249 in less than 5 minutes with a Boresnake. With patches, it'd be a two hour process... For $20, you can't go wrong.
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Once you go Boresnake, you'll NEVER go back. I can clean a weeks worth of gunk out of an M249 in less than 5 minutes with a Boresnake. With patches, it'd be a two hour process... For $20, you can't go wrong.
Maddmax
US Veteran
I agree. Right Way-Wrong Way-Military Way. Old proven habbits are hard to beat. I like pushing a new weapon to see what it's limits are. But SOP is shoot,clean,inspect,wipe down and lock in storage. Never used a bore snake.
Do as I say not as I do on this one..lol I agree.. cleaning of the chamber and lower every range visit. And only clean the bore when it fouls out.
That being said my rifle has had over 40k through it and its a first Gen gun. S&w should examine my rifle and see what they done right. The bore has never been cleaned minus the day i bought it and the action gets it as needed.. it might have 500 put though it or 2000 before it gets a good cleaning I keep clp in my range bag with a can of compressed air if I do get a few jams I hose it down blow it out and that gets me through the day till I can clean it when I get home
That being said my rifle has had over 40k through it and its a first Gen gun. S&w should examine my rifle and see what they done right. The bore has never been cleaned minus the day i bought it and the action gets it as needed.. it might have 500 put though it or 2000 before it gets a good cleaning I keep clp in my range bag with a can of compressed air if I do get a few jams I hose it down blow it out and that gets me through the day till I can clean it when I get home
Like most here I tend to clean mine after every outing, the detail of the cleaning will depending on the amount of fouling found. I think of them kinda like a classic car. When you get them back from a car show or track event, etc. Clean them up, give them a good once over, and throw the cover back on em. Next time you go to grab it, you know it will be ready to go.
BigRat
BigRat
Kayback
Member
There are plenty of people proving you don't need to clean your guns and they will work fine.
So I don't need to do it. Prove it, that is. My guns get cleaned after every range trip. Because of the excessive fouling from .22 ammo my .22's get stripped down and cleaned to original condition again.
It is a thankless task sometimes, but I like my toys to be pretty. The semi auto rifles that are harder to take down will get less cleaning.
Never cleaned a .22 barrel though. I got told to not do that to a .22, for various reasons. One being the shallow depth of .22 rifling is easy to damage.
Am I doing that wrong?
So I don't need to do it. Prove it, that is. My guns get cleaned after every range trip. Because of the excessive fouling from .22 ammo my .22's get stripped down and cleaned to original condition again.
It is a thankless task sometimes, but I like my toys to be pretty. The semi auto rifles that are harder to take down will get less cleaning.
Never cleaned a .22 barrel though. I got told to not do that to a .22, for various reasons. One being the shallow depth of .22 rifling is easy to damage.
Am I doing that wrong?
Majorlk
Member
25-30 years ago, maybe. The only way to damage modern barrels is to use something harder than the barrel to clan it with. I'm not aware of any commercial cleaning tools that fit this description. Under normal circumstances, a bore snake pass every few hundred rounds is more than sufficient.
Kayback
Member
Huh. Thanks.
Something new every day.
KBK
Something new every day.
KBK
coorslight
Member
YOUR SUPPOSED TO CLEAN THEM! damn who knew.
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