Wood dowl rod
Wood dowl rod
Seems to me that you'd have to pull it out rather than try to ram it out. With the whole thing in there, or a substantial part of it, pushing from the end will just bunch it up and make it clamp tighter to the bore - the harder you hit the dowel the tighter it's going to clamp. I guess I'd soak the crap out of it with a synthetic oil (lubricity) or maybe some "personal lubricant" (glycerine or glycol-based), then cut the head off a brass or aluminum 8-32 screw and taper it, screw it into an aluminum cleaning rod, screw it into the boresnake from the muzzle and then pull while turning clockwise. Repeat as necessary as it tears out. I dunno...just noodling here. Good luck.
Last edited by Hmac; 10-02-11 at 18:22.
Try the dowel rod from the muzzle end, carefully give it a few taps with a small hammer...
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I spent the afternoon with the dowel rod. All I have now are bits and pieces of dowel rod lying around.
And this is why I will stick with my Otis kit....
Ok I just tried it with my .22 cal snake. Bear in mind this is just a untested Idea. If you look at were the snake handle is formed were it loops back into its self I can slide my cleaning rod into the sleeve and it goes all the way down to about 2" from the brush at that point it is stitched closed. I would try the rod it would bunch up but it would only be the last 2" before the brush. That might be manageable.Originally Posted by Hmac;1112687[U
Last edited by Thomas M-4; 10-02-11 at 18:42.
My boresnakes all have a loop an the opposite end from the pull cord. Maybe the OP's experience is a good reason to secure some paracord through that loop....
Tried ramming it with a cleaning rod. I think the lesson is that if you try to push rope, you get nowhere.
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