Fellow Shooters,
First of all Merry Christmas. Had a great day with the family and then could not resist four rounds with my new gun...well, it is an old gun, purchased last week. SKB Model 605 Combo Trap set for those keeping track. Shoots well for me, but then having never shot...almost anything shoots well.
I got back and discovered that after several cleanings of my son's gun and the first good cleaning of my new gun earlier in the week that my Bore Snake seems to put more residue in the gun than take it out. The virgin white snake is now a hideous black snake. How do you clean this reptile?
I really do not want to put in in the washer with clothes that we wear, as I expect that the residue mixing with clothes would really bring up some nasty skin ailments. Who knows prolonged contact is likely carcinogenic.
This Bore Snake has those copper bristles embedded in it. I am wondering if the bristles oxidize in any way if I just throw some detergent in a bucket and have at the snake with a good stick? I would hate to introduce rust via the Bore Snake to the barrels of my guns.
So, how do yoy folks clean your trusty Bore Snakes? How often to you find you clean them, etc?
Thanks,
Jim Callan
First of all Merry Christmas. Had a great day with the family and then could not resist four rounds with my new gun...well, it is an old gun, purchased last week. SKB Model 605 Combo Trap set for those keeping track. Shoots well for me, but then having never shot...almost anything shoots well.
I got back and discovered that after several cleanings of my son's gun and the first good cleaning of my new gun earlier in the week that my Bore Snake seems to put more residue in the gun than take it out. The virgin white snake is now a hideous black snake. How do you clean this reptile?
I really do not want to put in in the washer with clothes that we wear, as I expect that the residue mixing with clothes would really bring up some nasty skin ailments. Who knows prolonged contact is likely carcinogenic.
This Bore Snake has those copper bristles embedded in it. I am wondering if the bristles oxidize in any way if I just throw some detergent in a bucket and have at the snake with a good stick? I would hate to introduce rust via the Bore Snake to the barrels of my guns.
So, how do yoy folks clean your trusty Bore Snakes? How often to you find you clean them, etc?
Thanks,
Jim Callan