Bore Snake Warning

[Jacks Grampa]

I use bore snakes but tie some squid line to the loop end in case the weighted line breaks.

 

[Nick Caprinolo]

Ive got a fairly new barrel laying around here somewhere with a bore snake in it with a carbon fiber cleaning rod broke off in there with it that stabbed the guy in the wrist when it broke. Coulda killed him had it not missed his arteries in the wrist and still had about a year of rehab and surgeries to remove the fibers. That was just a bad day

With the right setup and a bottle jack with a lot of very thin oil, I bet that could be cleared.

 

[radford56]

I use bore snakes but tie some squid line to the loop end in case the weighted line breaks.

That is a great idea! I don't use them that often, but from now on I'll do this when I do use them.

 

[pikespeakgoat]

I've carried a bore snake in my hunting pack for many years but always downsize one caliber due to how tight they fit.

 

[mike mccormick]

The idea of cleaning a rifle is to get the nasty stuff out, not trap it in a piece of material and keep dragging it back through. Do you keep using the same patch on your cleaning jag, or replace it each time? Bore snakes are garbage