The Freeholder
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OK, I'm scratching my head here. I recently bought a 20 ga bore snake to clean all the 20 ga shotguns. It isn't getting the job done--after 3-4 passes with it, I can run a patch down the bore and get more powder residue.
Here's the process I'm using--somebody tell me where I'm going wrong. I know these things work better than this.
Solvent is Eezox (http://www.eezox.com/). I put some up at the fluffy end, then some around the bristles, then more about 2-3" behind the bristles. After that, it's pull it through the bore. It getting a lot, and the bores are nice and shiny, put when I run a patch with in through to lube to bore for storage, I'll come out with powder residue every time. So now it's Boresnake, alternated wet/dry patches until clean, then lube and store. Sort of defeats the purpose of Boresnake, which is supposed to make this easier and faster, so I can spend more time at the range.
Am I doing something wrong, or do my expectations about the Boresnake need adjusting? Or am I just benig paranoid?
Here's the process I'm using--somebody tell me where I'm going wrong. I know these things work better than this.
Solvent is Eezox (http://www.eezox.com/). I put some up at the fluffy end, then some around the bristles, then more about 2-3" behind the bristles. After that, it's pull it through the bore. It getting a lot, and the bores are nice and shiny, put when I run a patch with in through to lube to bore for storage, I'll come out with powder residue every time. So now it's Boresnake, alternated wet/dry patches until clean, then lube and store. Sort of defeats the purpose of Boresnake, which is supposed to make this easier and faster, so I can spend more time at the range.
Am I doing something wrong, or do my expectations about the Boresnake need adjusting? Or am I just benig paranoid?