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Originally Posted by emcon5 View Post
IMHP, horrible idea.

When you clean crap out of the bore with a patch, you throw it away. When you clean crap out the bore with a bore snake, it is still in the cord for the next time you drag it through the barrel.
I don't re-use toilet paper, either.

Bore snakes are just a bad answer to a question that never should have been asked.


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Originally Posted by m21sniper View Post
So is the US Military. With a few exceptions (pump shotguns and guns that are a total PITA to disassemble), I clean my gun even if i fire just 1 rd through it.

I keep my magazines clean too. Troops in A-stan have had a lot of reliability issues with M-9s and M-4/16's when they let the mags get cruddy.
Entirely different problem stemming from entirely different circumstances. Their guns and mags are getting dirty from the environment, not from shooting. I think any of us who use our guns under dirty, dusty, grimy, wet, muddy, freezing, snowy, or any other adverse environmental circumstances would clean them as well. When I hunt in the rain or snow, I clean them even if they have not been fired. Totally different than what we have been discussing.
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