Bore Snake

[Jellyhead]

Just a few ?'s

How well do these work on Rimfires?  Do you saturate them with solvent then pull through?
Then when finishing a cleaning do you put oil on the dirty bore snake to lightly coat the barrel?

I have never used one , and would like to know the process of using one on a 17 HMR

[emsemt911]

i use mune on a .17  GET THE CORRECT BORE SNKE FOR THE .17 HMR!  The .22 will not work AND GETS STUCK.  I  speak with experience.  They work just like the other calibers,  I coat the side with the bristles with Kroil, run it through a few time, sit for 5 min and repeat.

[Jellyhead]

I have never heard of using Kroil in your barrels?  I have used it on rusted , I mean rusted bolts, and boy ! it works.

Does the Kroil have any adverse effects on the barrel?  I guess you wouldn't need to put a patch with oil down it then either since Kroil is also a lubricant?

[MZ5]

I have quite a lot of experience with Kroil in its originally-intended application(s), meaning not gun cleaning. 

While it's very good at what it does, I'd personally oil things following a cleaning with Kroil.  However, if you're out shooting and using the gun(s) frequently, that's not really an issue.

[emsemt911]

i have been using it for a long time.  I was put on to kroil by a gun smith.  I have never had any problems and use it on all my guns. 

[Ladobe]

More rimfire bores are ruined from cleaning than from shooting - that's a fact.   Another one... a good way to ruin one even faster is by using a bore snake in it.

Think about it and at least a reason or two why should come to mind.

 

[kynardsj]

OK you lost me on that one. How would a bore snake ruin a barrel ?

[Maritime Storm]

They can wear the barrel crown by not pulling them out perfectly straight each time.

[jrnsuz]

+1 on possibly ruining the barrel. I've used bore snakes for several years in all my guns, but only for during use cleaning and only dry. No problems so far and do a good job, but, clean the old fashioned way at the end of the season or before storing. Also a lite coat of Break-Free in the tube after the snake if it's wet weather

[spooked]

When I was a youngin we had an old win 74 .22, only gun on the farm at that time..The only bore maintenece it received was cleaning with a cotton patch and 3n1 oil..The cleaning rig was a cotton patch,feedsack string ,an a purloined bobby pin From stepmother or grand ma...after squirrel hunting of an evening i would go upstairs and pull said rig through barrel 15-20 time whilst dayreaming about deer rifles and shotguns. Til this day that barrel looks like a highly polished mirror inside..Oldest brother aquired it once and throwed it inna shed for about a year, welp he decided to sell the rusty thing one day and i bought it..That highly polished bore had survived his maltreatment...needs a new firing pin but will still shoot like a house afire..

[quickdtoo]

I use bore snakes for field cleaning shotguns only, then wash it and save it for next time, most people just keep reusing them dirty, that's akin to reusing patches which isn't real smart, IMO. I'd seriously reconsider using it in a 17hmr, read Chuckilla's horror story, he stuck one in the bore and had to send the rifle to Hoppe's for repair, they ended up damaging the barrel getting it out, after two trips to Hoppe's, they replaced the barrel. 

Tim

http://rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68660&highlight=bore+snake

[mcwoodduck]

I have 2 for 22.  An old one and a new one.
I hit the old one with a little bore solvent on the brush and pull through a few times.
Then use the new one with a little spray oil/ wax on the loop end.
Works great for other than the annual tear down and scrub.

[Casull]

They can wear the barrel crown by not pulling them out perfectly straight each time.

That's BS.  Do you even know what a boresnake is?  How can you possibly ruin the crown by pulling, what is in essence a cord, through it?  As Tim says, though, you should wash it after each use (although most guys seem to run there patches back and forth through the bore multiple times when cleaning, and that is like reusing the boresnake).  I just pull it through once and the bore is shiny clean (think about it, that boresnake has a lot of surface area, probably about like running a dozen patches through the bore with one pull).

[Keith L]

It is a cord that can pick up sand and grit, and wear away a crown in a fairly short time.  I won't use a bore snake, or even an aluminum or one of the coated rods.  I use stainless steel rods and a bore gide when I clean mine.  You do what you want with yours.

[Casull]

It is a cord that can pick up sand and grit, and wear away a crown in a fairly short time.  I won't use a bore snake, or even an aluminum or one of the coated rods.  I use stainless steel rods and a bore gide when I clean mine.  You do what you want with yours.

Well, I don't throw my bore snake in the dirt and gravel, so I don't worry about silly things like that.  But, you can do what you want.   

[mcwoodduck]

uhhhh GUYS.  The thing about the bore snake is even with an automatic you can clean the gun from the chamber.  You feed the weight into the chamber and let it fall out of the front, pull till the snake is in the chamber.  Stand on the string and pull up on the gun.
Everything goes out the front like the bullets do.
I understand about the cleaning rods and why you do not want grit to saw back and wear away things.  Also with a cleaning rod you are supose to clean from chamber to muzzle only.  Remove brush, patch, and jag and re attach to shove in again.

[Casull]

Exactly Mcwoodduck.