I do 95% of my AR bore cleaning with a bore snake. I'm not one of the 'it's got to be sterile' gun cleaning guys. I use a Dewey AR chamber rod and brush for the chamber and bore snake for the bore (hence it's name).
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I do 95% of my AR bore cleaning with a bore snake. I'm not one of the 'it's got to be sterile' gun cleaning guys. I use a Dewey AR chamber rod and brush for the chamber and bore snake for the bore (hence it's name).
Chief Armorer for Elite Shooting Sports in Manassas VA
Chief Armorer for Corp Arms (FFL 07-08/SOT 02)
DRich
And that right there is why I don't own or use one.....That being said, boresnakes do very little to clean the chamber/locking lugs on an AR, so a good chamber brush is a necessity there, IMO.
Never understood how everyone raves over the Boresnake......Hell. I only clean my barrel every 1000 rds or so... My AR's are not precision rigs that are shooting 1/4MOA.
But yet I can get them all under a quarter with mil spec ammo with 700 rs thru the barrel at 50yds.....
I keep all my one piece cleaning rods at home for cleaning my barrels and a few GI issue cleaning kits with me for use in the field. every try to remove a stuck case with a boresnake???
I have no use for them..mainly because they have no use for me..![]()
I use a boresnake, but only for field cleaning.
Basically, I keep them in my range kit and yank them through the bore before leaving the range. I've found that pulling them through while the guns are still warm removes a whole lot of fouling.
However, as others have said, they don't do much for a stuck casing, so I carry a GI sectioned rod, too.
I do my deep cleaning on a cleaning bench with one piece rods, brushes and various solvents.
My bore cleaning, depending on how dirty it is, consists of a couple really wet patches (solvent), several passes with the bore snake, then a couple alternating wet/dry patches. I have bore snakes for every caliber I own - invaluable.![]()
Bore snakes were dsigned to ba fiekd cleajing tool, and wih the right solvent kiike Shooters Choice on the frone afer several storke, thye do a good job, but no t as goodas a bemch cleaning.
The do little to nothinig to clean the chamber, so yyou should have that tool with you as well.
Overall...I like them!
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