1) I just recently bought a bore snake as suggested by some members on here; it gets nice and dirty as well as soaked with bore solvent. I've washed it in the washing machine in a sock as some have suggested, but it still comes out smelling like solvent and discolored from the grime that it picked up during use. Is there another, more effective way to clean them? Maybe a technique by hand?
2) How do you guys feel about using bore foams such as Gunslick? I hear that it isn't very aggressive enough and to go with Outter's bore foam or Break Free's foam. Which do you guys thing is best? I get quite light headed cleaning my Mauser and even with proper ventilation!! That thing takes SOO much scrubbing so I was looking for a good, fast way to do it and I was thinking the foam.
2) How do you guys feel about using bore foams such as Gunslick? I hear that it isn't very aggressive enough and to go with Outter's bore foam or Break Free's foam. Which do you guys thing is best? I get quite light headed cleaning my Mauser and even with proper ventilation!! That thing takes SOO much scrubbing so I was looking for a good, fast way to do it and I was thinking the foam.