How to Remove Hoppes Bore Snake Stuck in Rifle Barrel

[lsllc]

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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[1168]

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 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.

[tehpwnag3]

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.

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.

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.

[scottryan]

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?

[1168]

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.