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Anyone using bore snakes?
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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 46119" data-source="post: 1262369"><p>From the looks of it there are some bore snake haters here. </p><p></p><p>I'll be going against the grain again.</p><p></p><p>I use bore snakes on every firearm. At the end of a shooting session I will snake the barrel. From 22lr to 50 DTC. Hand gun or long gun.</p><p></p><p>For the rimfires, this may be all I do for a thousand rounds or more.</p><p></p><p>For center fire, this is all I will do until accuracy struggles. This could be 50 rounds to 500 rounds, it depends on the rifle. Once the load is settled, each rifle will have a pattern of how many rounds. Like I said, up to 500 rounds. Then I will clean the firearm conventionally and remove all the copper which usually isn't much. </p><p></p><p>Exceptions to this cleaning regimen are matches. If I have a match, I will clean firearms for the match Tuesday before the match, then on Thursday I will function check and foul the barrel, test for accuracy, bore snake it and put it away until the match.</p><p></p><p>This is what works for me. However, there are some things that make my use of bore snakes different.</p><p></p><p>All rifle projectiles are HBN coated.</p><p>I use a snake 1 size smaller than the rifle caliber.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 46119, post: 1262369"] From the looks of it there are some bore snake haters here. I'll be going against the grain again. I use bore snakes on every firearm. At the end of a shooting session I will snake the barrel. From 22lr to 50 DTC. Hand gun or long gun. For the rimfires, this may be all I do for a thousand rounds or more. For center fire, this is all I will do until accuracy struggles. This could be 50 rounds to 500 rounds, it depends on the rifle. Once the load is settled, each rifle will have a pattern of how many rounds. Like I said, up to 500 rounds. Then I will clean the firearm conventionally and remove all the copper which usually isn't much. Exceptions to this cleaning regimen are matches. If I have a match, I will clean firearms for the match Tuesday before the match, then on Thursday I will function check and foul the barrel, test for accuracy, bore snake it and put it away until the match. This is what works for me. However, there are some things that make my use of bore snakes different. All rifle projectiles are HBN coated. I use a snake 1 size smaller than the rifle caliber. [/QUOTE]
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