Stone Cold
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They mean not to reverse direction while in the bore. You push it through, then pull it back through allowing it to turn with the rifling. Geesh.
Bore snake damaging the bore?
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Bore snakes
are a neat invention.I use them on the chambers in my revolvers also.Never had a problem and they remove deposits in the chambers left by shorter rounds,like 44 Specials that I sometimes shoot in my 44 Mags.One of the ranges I shoot at doesn't allow Magnum rounds or anything over 1200 fps.
It is a gun club I belong to,and the people who have the power in the club are mostly OSP and Hammerli shooters who use 22 Shorts.They have a team and all that so they don't like Magnums very much.The other range I go to you can bring a .308 rifle if you want
are a neat invention.I use them on the chambers in my revolvers also.Never had a problem and they remove deposits in the chambers left by shorter rounds,like 44 Specials that I sometimes shoot in my 44 Mags.One of the ranges I shoot at doesn't allow Magnum rounds or anything over 1200 fps.
It is a gun club I belong to,and the people who have the power in the club are mostly OSP and Hammerli shooters who use 22 Shorts.They have a team and all that so they don't like Magnums very much.The other range I go to you can bring a .308 rifle if you want
luvsasmith
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Peetzakilla
Glad to hear its the Pizza not Pete.
Anyway, I was always told (by my elders in the family and various friends in the military, one that was a Marine Armorer) to only go the same direction a bullet travels in the bore when cleaning and to not let the cleaning rod drag on the inside or crown of the barrel. I'm NOT saying I've seen crowns or barrels or anything else become damaged cleaning in any other way. I am saying that when using this method of cleaning I have never damaged any of my firearms. It has worked for me so far and I am glad to hear your drill method has worked equally well for you.
If it ain't broke don't fix it, right?
Glad to hear its the Pizza not Pete.
Anyway, I was always told (by my elders in the family and various friends in the military, one that was a Marine Armorer) to only go the same direction a bullet travels in the bore when cleaning and to not let the cleaning rod drag on the inside or crown of the barrel. I'm NOT saying I've seen crowns or barrels or anything else become damaged cleaning in any other way. I am saying that when using this method of cleaning I have never damaged any of my firearms. It has worked for me so far and I am glad to hear your drill method has worked equally well for you.
If it ain't broke don't fix it, right?
RedneckFur
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I'm not a scientist, nor a metalurgist. I'm also not a gunsmith.
I'm just a shooter, and guns are my hobby. That said, I have ruined a crown from cleaning, with an aluminum cleaning rod. The gun was a marlin 982s .22mag. I started out cleaning from the muzzle, but learned quickly that you should only clean from the chamber end. I cleaned the heck out of the gun, and shot thousands of rounds through it.
I saw the gun go from a 1moa shooter to a 3-4moa shooter. When i finally sold the rifle, it showed visible muzzle wear that apeared to have been done by a cleaning rod. I blame the cheap aluminum cleaning rods that I used at that time.
I now use coated steel and carbon rods, and only clean from the chamber end. (except for lever guns, SKS an Ak's )
I've heard many different explanations, to aluminum oxide being harder than steel, to poor cleaning pratices. But I do know that skimping on cleaining suplies and cleaning from the muzzle on ocasion can wear a crown out really fast.
That said, I do use boresnakes on all of my .17 and .22 caliber rifles, and I never look back. I've not seem my accuracy suffer yet.
I'm just a shooter, and guns are my hobby. That said, I have ruined a crown from cleaning, with an aluminum cleaning rod. The gun was a marlin 982s .22mag. I started out cleaning from the muzzle, but learned quickly that you should only clean from the chamber end. I cleaned the heck out of the gun, and shot thousands of rounds through it.
I saw the gun go from a 1moa shooter to a 3-4moa shooter. When i finally sold the rifle, it showed visible muzzle wear that apeared to have been done by a cleaning rod. I blame the cheap aluminum cleaning rods that I used at that time.
I now use coated steel and carbon rods, and only clean from the chamber end. (except for lever guns, SKS an Ak's )
I've heard many different explanations, to aluminum oxide being harder than steel, to poor cleaning pratices. But I do know that skimping on cleaining suplies and cleaning from the muzzle on ocasion can wear a crown out really fast.
That said, I do use boresnakes on all of my .17 and .22 caliber rifles, and I never look back. I've not seem my accuracy suffer yet.
btolliverjr
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That is understandable and easy to agree with that it is "easier" to damage the crown because of its location and accesability. But, It is easier to get damaged by HARDER materiels. Not copper, brass, or bronze.
