Any negatives to using bore-snakes the majority of the times you clean?
Any better solutions?
Any better solutions?
BoreSnake
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I use a Boresnake on my guns after each day`s shooting . NO plastic buildup in my Bbls . My Dbls gun with over 180,000 rounds through it has no plastic buildup and not a single port is closed shut from crud .....
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Have two Bore Snakes in every caliber and gauge I shoot. One for solvent and one for oil. But then I also have a ton of rods and jags too! I've come across a few guns that needed the old rod treatment because they weren't taken care of by their owner!!
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How filthy do the guns get? 3-4 boxes of shells are pushing out the previous crappola... "maybe" some wad plastic build up...
I knew a guy who waxed his car weekly... rubbed out much of his painted pin stripes... not saying... just to each his own...
Maybe a little schmutz in the barrel tightens my pattern a bit... 😉
I knew a guy who waxed his car weekly... rubbed out much of his painted pin stripes... not saying... just to each his own...
Maybe a little schmutz in the barrel tightens my pattern a bit... 😉
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Come next spring, I'll show you that your wrong about your barrels.
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Sorry bill
I did not know the terminology (sheep skin). I was reading directly off the label on the tube.
I did not know the terminology (sheep skin). I was reading directly off the label on the tube.
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The plastic wad scuffs off in the barrel, creating a build up over time. Under high heat & pressure the plastic can produce water molecules. If left unchecked, this can create pitting in the barrel.
I cleaned a gun for someone that bragged he had not cleaned his gun in 5 years. He just ran a fuzzy through it once & a while. The bore looked nice & shinney. I measured the bore before & after, and took out 2 thousandths of plastic. Then you could see the pitting in the barrel. He wound up getting it back bored. You can't beat a bore brush & good cleaner.
I cleaned a gun for someone that bragged he had not cleaned his gun in 5 years. He just ran a fuzzy through it once & a while. The bore looked nice & shinney. I measured the bore before & after, and took out 2 thousandths of plastic. Then you could see the pitting in the barrel. He wound up getting it back bored. You can't beat a bore brush & good cleaner.
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I have no use for them. They don’t clean the gun. I use good old fashioned Hoppies and Cotton makeup rounds. And a good old brass brush to take the plastic out. I clean my guns. They cost me to much to neglect them.
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I am of the school that boresnakes give you the illusion of a clean bore. Use one long enough and the plastic will really build up, as Thanos noted. I've seen choke tubes so fouled with plastic it took a couple of days submerged in brownells plastic shotgun wad solvent to get it all out, some brushing was still required to get it all.
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