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No, but I discovered they are annoyingly difficult to use with a BCM Compensator
I pull mine through silencers. I hardly every take one off the end of my 308 mossberg bolt gun.
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No, but I discovered they are annoyingly difficult to use with a BCM Compensator
''Well. There was this time in summer camp''.
That's just a bronze brush on a cable as opposed to a rod, nothing particularly special, and as you said, it doesn't replace the bore snake, it's just a pull brush instead of a push brush.
I use a piece of string trimmer line to do quick wipes on my .45-70, only good for patches though, not brushes.
I guess that is where the bore snakes really ... shine!
Quick run through and your done.
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Bore snake? This is better and it wont get stuck.
ACME .22 - .223 .556 Bore Cable - Rifle Bore Cleaning Tool - Replaces Bore Snake | eBay
Steel nylon covered cable with screw on brush. Comes with a plastic guide tip, you just feed through the chamber and out the muzzle. Also come with a wood ball handle if needed. Pulls brush or patch. Does not get dirty like a bore snake as with patches, you discard after use.
Yes a bore snake is a little faster but does get dirty, everything is a trade off. Quick and dirty or a little slower but with replaceable brush and patches.
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Never used a boresnake nor do I necessarily plan to but that got me thinking.. barrels can get seriously messed up with prolonged use and would then tend to tear and fray a boresnake one would think .. perhaps to the degree that it wouldn't easily pass through the bore any longer.I always use a boresnake of rifles.
I had one get stuck in the barrel of an AR once and it was hell getting it out. Just put a glove on, wrapped the string around my hand and pulled like heck one inch at a time.
I thought somehow I got the 30 cal and .22 mixed up, but brass end wouldn't have gone through.
I'm putting that broomstick idea in my back pocket!
Thanks
One thing to remember to do...is wash your boresnake from time to time*
I put mine in a old sock to keep it from getting a tangled up while its getting washed**
Andy
* Yes I know that this post will end up in "that" thread...
** Yeah the same for this one...
Andy