Dry Bore Snake (-bristle brush)

[sscoyote]

Hey guys thought I'd try something recently, and I took the brush out of a bore snake, and now i've just recently been pulling just this through my 22 bores and it seems to be cleaning them up from what I can see with my naked eye. Any ideas if this is a simple effective cleaning system or am I missing residue I cant see?

 

[djdilliodon]

Are you using any solvent? How frequently are you cleaning? What kind of ammo is being used mostly?

 

[justin amateur]

I'm not a fan of heavy cleaning of my rimfires.
No brushes, no solvents unless accuracy drops off.
At the end of a morning, a couple of dry patches down the bore
is all that's necessary to remove the gsr left in the bore.
The wax lube, from my ammo, remains in the bore to protect the metal.
You'll probably get the same effect from the no-brush snake.
Just remember to clean that snake regularly, to remove the glass particles
and grit that collect in the fibers during use. Cleaning is ok, abrading isn't.

As to cleaning a boresnake, I don't use the washing machine.
No desire to spread glass particles around the tub.
I use a large mouth clear 16 ounce plastic container with a screw top lid.
Place snake in container, half fill with warm water, add 2 drops of liquid dish soap
screw on the lid and shake well for a minute or two. When the water gets visibly dirty,
empty and repeat. When the water stays clean, drain, refill with warm water
no soap, shake to remove soap from snake, drain, repeat until no more suds form.
To dry, after cleaning, I hang the damp boresnake from a plastic hook in the garage.

 

[yoteman]

Justin that's right
sscoyote that is whatI have been doing for last 2 years
real easy to take the 2 brushes out of snake with out tearing up snake.
some clean after every match an that works for them.
I run snake through 1 time , when my Annie's accuracy drops off then iI get out solvents an give it a good cleaning.
but then I must shoot around 50 rounds to get barrel seasoned.
also I only use lapua ammo !
but when it comes to rrim fire. No 2 the same, find what works for you,good luck

 

[djdilliodon]

Once accuracy drops off I clean. I pay most attention to the leade area as this IMO will affect accuracy the most. The rest of the barrel I'll rarely use a brush on.

 

[sscoyote]

Thanks guys--will try the dry snake for awhile and see if there's a change in accuracy--seemed to work well for this barrel...once.

 

[rljatl]

Why do you remove the brush from the Boresnake and how do you do it?

 

[justin amateur]

Remove the brush so it wipes, not scrubs.
If you want to keep the wax lube on the inside of the bore, have to remove the brush.

 

[yoteman]

Thanks Justin,
was not sure how I could word it so people would understand.
picture (vid) worth a 1000 words

 

[mark4470]

Google patch worm and vfg cleaning pellets. You can't go wrong with this combo!

 

[justin amateur]

Another thing to worry about when using the 22 cal snake,
is it is also intended for use in the 22wmr and .223 bores.
In a tight 22lr barrel the 22 cal snake can jam, and it's a bear to back out.
Really difficult to reverse the angle on those brush wires inside the bore.
For that reason I use the .204 snake for all my 22lr barrels.
Brush still makes contact, but won't cause jamming.

 

[sscoyote]

Another thing to worry about when using the 22 cal snake,
is it is also intended for use in the 22wmr and .223 bores.
In a tight 22lr barrel the 22 cal snake can jam, and it's a bear to back out.
Really difficult to reverse the angle on those brush wires inside the bore.
For that reason I use the .204 snake for all my 22lr barrels.
Brush still makes contact, but won't cause jamming.

Interesting Justin--will give the 20 cal a try next time I use solvent.