Thread: Cleaning rods vs bore snakes

I have never used a bore snake, but I have seen a pull through break at the start of a trip. If going hunting I take a length of curtain rod .... the flexible plastic coated stuff that you can poke through an obstruction if need be. It rolls up to nothing and you can add a small patch with oil to to clean a barrel during the trip.
As others have said cleaning a rifle "target shooting style " is a whole other level.
It really woke me up to how ineffective "normal" cleaning is.