Most of the guys I've met who say to toss bore snakes sell expensive one piece, caliber specific cleaning rods. I have never seen a speck of proof that they harm bores when used correctly. I have seen rod wear in barrels.~Muir
Most of the guys I've met who say to toss bore snakes sell expensive one piece, caliber specific cleaning rods. I have never seen a speck of proof that they harm bores when used correctly. I have seen rod wear in barrels.~Muir
got to agree with Paul and tramp.
i have been using bore snakes for years, on the odd occasion i will clean with a bit of hoppes number 9, other than that its the snake.
but also remember what tramp says. leave the mod on as this will prevent the snake from catching the crown on the way out if pulled at a angle,
regards
bob.
I came across this when looking for proof one way or another worth a quick read.
Have a look at this...it goes on and on...and on.
Rifle Cleaning Advice
BTW I've seen wear from military pull throughs but I use them on my 22 Ruger 10/22 and my Uberti 357 Winchester. I'd not use them on my proper rifles...
Do you mean that that woven cloth will wear the crown away? or the brass brush woven into the cloth? In either case, probably won't happen without some real effort to do so deliberately. I have a hyper accurate custom .223 -so accurate that I don't think that I've found out how accurate it really is- and all it's ever been cleaned with it a bore snake. Still touches the .1's occasionally but the .2's are getting pretty common.~Muir