Well, of course, as you are an SME one shouldn’t have dare broached the subject.
T2C - No soup for you.
In all fairness, members are not obviously identified as SMES in the default mobile view, you have to view their profile. SMEs are clearly identified in the full view
Andy
Needs more Rayos number
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When i was using a Viper there was always cord either fore or aft if this thing got stuck. What length bore do you have? I stopped using the Viper and in place use a $2.47 (free shipping) Chinese bore snake which does a better job, doesn’t get stuck and is much cheaper. Originally, this was my backup and now I’ll be ordering more. Take a flashlight and look down the barrel if you don’t think bore snakes do the job.
A longer bristled brush area combined with a much, much smaller diameter pull cord is my guess. I made mine in to a chain sinnet so it is easier to grab.
I did not see that in the original post.
I’ve been using Bore Snakes for years. I’ll have to watch out for problems from this point forward.
I don’t understand if you are offering an excuse for T2C in not paying proper deference by asking a simple question. Even though it is not my place to say so, I appreciate you taking the role of peacekeeper.
However, I think it was kind of arrogant, no I know it was arrogant, to reply to T2C in that matter. What is this, kiss the ring?
I wasn’t familiar with the OP so I looked at his posts, and I didn’t get a solid feel for what the OP is SME of. Probably because I got bored by all the EE listings.
I was embarrassed to post that I use those Amazon wonders. Really cant tell the difference, other than I toss them without much effort to clean them.
I was simply pointing out that anyone using the default mobile view is unaware of a poster’s SME status. I know that I don’t normally “drill down” into a member’s profile before posting, maybe I should.
I’m not making excuses for anyone.
Andy
Besides the OP’s clear abuse of the product, do bore snakes actually work well in effectively cleaning a barrel (and chamber)? Anyone scope a bore before and after?
They don’t work as well as a thorough cleaning with an actual brush, jags, and patches.
However, people tend to over-clean their bores. Cleaning was a real thing back in the days of corrosive primers/caps and black powder. Non-corrosive primers and smokeless powder eliminated the need for white-glove clean firearms but that false mantra seems to have been instilled from generation to generation.
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They don’t do a whole lot. I use them sometimes because I’m lazy and I don’t shoot benchrest matches. I put a couple drops of CLP on and ahead of the brushes and pull it through like 3-5 times. It comes out of the bore dirtier, so it does remove some carbon. I doubt it removes any copper.
If I actually want the bore to be clean for whatever reason, I use jags.
I have a couple that I use on my .22LR rifle. I can’t run a rod from the breech end without removing the stock from the barreled action, so I do the same thing with some Hoppe’s 9 to break up the powder and lead (obviously, copper is not a real concern). To clean the chamber, I bend a .22cal bronze brush into a 90 and use that. With an AR, I use a standard chamber brush and some light rod and patch cleaning.
Thanks for the comments, guys.
Boresnake = completely retarded
Why do you need a boresnake in the first place?
Why does a rifle barrel need to be cleaned in the field with this flexible apparatus?
If field expedient cleaning is required due to mud or rain water, then why isn’t a USGI cleaning rod good enough?
OP was probably issued one, as was I. Heck, I used one today.
In my case, it was sand and pond water, and I’m too lazy to assemble a janky apparatus and then thread a patch through an eye with the hangover shakes.