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stinkeypete · January 17, 2019, 01:49 PM

I have a piece of strong twine that I tie to a long rectangle of old clean t-shirt fabric. For “big bore” I get fancy and crimp am old .22 shell on the free end. Poor man’s bore snake. For my .22’s... first of all, don’t clean them but once a brick unless lint or seeds or dry leafy stuff got down the tube... but if you worry, a gentle swipe with that little rag doesn’t seem to unseason my .22 barrels.

When I was skeet shooting, the fellas thought this was genius as after a couple of boxes, you should see all the black sooty crud that wipes out easy when the barrel is still warm... and a boresnake, while better, gets fouled up yet costs maybe ten thousand times more than an old rectangle of t-shirt rag that you can stuff in any ol pocket and throw away when it’s nasty.

I like making stuff. And lint won’t hurt, but I like my stuff neat.

January 17, 2019, 01:49 PM	#29
stinkeypete Senior Member Join Date: July 22, 2010 Location: Madison, Wisconsin Posts: 1,293	I have a piece of strong twine that I tie to a long rectangle of old clean t-shirt fabric. For “big bore” I get fancy and crimp am old .22 shell on the free end. Poor man’s bore snake. For my .22’s... first of all, don’t clean them but once a brick unless lint or seeds or dry leafy stuff got down the tube... but if you worry, a gentle swipe with that little rag doesn’t seem to unseason my .22 barrels. When I was skeet shooting, the fellas thought this was genius as after a couple of boxes, you should see all the black sooty crud that wipes out easy when the barrel is still warm... and a boresnake, while better, gets fouled up yet costs maybe ten thousand times more than an old rectangle of t-shirt rag that you can stuff in any ol pocket and throw away when it’s nasty. I like making stuff. And lint won’t hurt, but I like my stuff neat.