Using The Best Bore Snake Kit

After each time you shot with your gun, you generally need to clean your gun to make sure it's working properly for the next time. But in fact, you don't need to perform a deep cleaning every time. If it is just a simple cleaning, then a bore snake can meet your requirements. There are many different brands of bore snakes on the market, today we will take a look at the experience of using different brands of bore snakes.

1. Real avid bore snake

Real avid offers shotgun bore snakes, rifle bore snakes and pistol bore snakes.

The real avid shotgun bore snake comes with a 32" long cable for pulling it through the barrel. Each cable is a soft rubber-coated steel cord to ensure that it won't scratch your gun while in use. The cable is secured with a solid ball end that attaches to a handle that doubles as a storage device.

The real avid rifle bore snake comes with a 32" cable that resembles the boss of a shotgun hole. The rifle bore snake is available in 0.308, 22cal, 0.270cal and more. They make some of the best AR-15 cleaning and maintenance kits.

Real Avid's pistol bore snake comes with a 12" cable and an 8.5" braided mop. So no matter what type of pistol you have, you can quickly clean the pistol barrel.

2. Hoppe's bore snake

Hoppe's has been around for over 100 years and they've created not only every gun cleaning kit you could possibly need, but every drill snake. Available in a variety of styles and calibers to suit anyone's price point. Regarding Hoppe's shotgun bore snake, the cord is designed to fit into the barrel of your shotgun. The end is secured with a weighted brass end, and you can drop the tube down and through the barrel. Thankfully, the cable is softer nylon, which makes it easy to use with brass weighted ends. Similar to the shotgun rifle snake, the rifle bore snake is secured with a brass end cable and floss path, making it a one-piece design. Its cleaning power is 50% higher than that of conventional borer snakes.

3. Sage & Braker bore snake

The Sage & Braker bore snake has such a unique design that you can actually swap out the brushes on the bore snake for other brushes. As for the cables and ends, it's very similar to Hoppe's nylon and brass design. Sage & Baker offers a variety of rifle caliber sizes, with .223 being one of their most popular calibers. Due to their design, the 9mm caliber Snakes can be used with .38 and .357cal guns.