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    Quote Originally Posted by Dacam View Post
    So I guess its ok to throw my bore snake in the wash in lingerie bag with my wifes panties and thongs?.......LOL. I better not! That will be the end of me.
    I wouldn't put it in the washing machine, it gets pretty oily in there afterwards. ask me how i know? dawn, handwash, hang it up gtg.
    don't even try to take my weapons away from me and my peoples...

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    Thanks for the input everyone! I will stick to the bucket/jug of Dawn method as opposed to the washing machine.

    On a side note, I have BreakFree CLP and Hoppes #9 solvent. What would be the best way to effectively clean the bore using these products?

    I was thinking of spraying the bore with CLP, letting it sit for 10 mins, then running a dry patch through the bore. Follow up with the Bore Snake with a some #9 before the brushes, run that through and be good to go?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hmac View Post
    Exactly. I see it as a interim touch-up device and field expedient, not for terminal cleaning. I don't think I've ever cleaned a bore snake. If I were going to, I like the milk jug/dawn trick.
    Yea I used the CRAP out of mine last time "in the sand" and never cleaned it, but I also never called a weapon clean without running a brush/patch through the bore.
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    Personally I really don't clean em. Every once in awhile I'll spray the hell out of with gun scrubber, wring it out and let it dry
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    Just throw it away and get a new one when it comes to the end of its life....

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    I'm supposed to clean my boresnake?
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    Bore snakes clean?
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    I've run mine in the dishwasher once or twice. With a clean cycle afterwards. DO NOT tell my wife......


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    So how long till somebody posts asking how to unwrap a bore snake from the agitator in their washing machine?

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    Quote Originally Posted by d90king View Post
    I laughed last night when I read a poster stating that he would never use a boresnake on his AR.
    As the argument goes, the boresnake can have foreign objects embedded in 'em (like jacketing material from your last cleaning) that would....

    ....well, I dunno what they would do...but that's the argument people use. They might be dirty.

    I don't subscribe to that view. As others have said, they're good for a quick swipe while at the range or in the field when I don't otherwise have the time to give them a 'real' cleaning.

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