...made the bore guide for this lever action by cutting the base off of a 5.56 case.
How do you guys clean your lever action rifle. I really don't want to clean from the muzzle and push all the dirt and crap into the action and am thinking about a bore snake. I have read good and bad about the Hoppe's bore snake, is there other brands that might be better ?
Stuff a patch into a fired cartridge case, chamber it and close the action.
Clean away end-to-end with absolutely zero worry about pushing fouling and solvent into the action.
When done, open the action and push a final dry patch through end-to-end completely (or pull a snake through from the breech), then a BreakFree/CLP/WeaponShield patch.
Done
Actually it'll work for you just fine. Bore brushes are cheap and I simply...This [patch-filled case in breech] works well when using patches but will not work with a bore brush.