Shotguns & Gun Information : How to Clean a Gun With a Bore Snake

Cleaning a gun with a bore snake means spraying cleaner on the top portion in order to loosen everything that's inside the gun. Discover how many times to use a bore snake, and how to treat a gun after it's been cleaned with help from a firearm safety instructor in this free video on cleaning guns with a bore snake.

Expert: Perry Conrad
Bio: Perry Conrad has been the owner of Smoke N Guns in Cottonwood, Ariz for 12 years.
Filmmaker: Chuck Tyler

[KenpachiZarakiX]

Finally a video using a bore snake with out all the damn explaining of how every fiber and metal part works on the damn thing. Great vid! Put solvent, run it, oil, run it through. The rest you'll learn on your own.

[REAMER]

Same here, just didn't know it was as easy as it seemed lol.

[birdmanBxR]

sorry out of space an ivestigation into what the bore snake is best used for. i think its best for cleaning grime out in feild befor you have the chance to deep clean. in my oppinion and many others nothing replaces a rod with brush/patch for deep cleaning and cleaning for storage.
also a tip (just form personal practice) i would spray that cleaner inside the bore and let it set for like 90seconds then run it throught, this makes the snake more effective and uses less solvent to clean more gun.

[bobbyb]

What about oiling t h e inside of barrel after the bore snake has done it's job?

[ChromeArty]

for sure man... damn that comment was a year ago.... now that I read it, it sounds a wee bit prickish :)

so you will have the cord and the metal crimp at the end of it hanging out the muzzle. I assume you are cleaning a barrel with a full choke or some such, as that can cause it to be very tight.

Fear not, those things are tough! . Wrap the cord around your hand a few times and pull hard and consistently ( don't yard on it ) while holding onto your barrel with your off hand

[DomesticTourist]

The instructions weren't clear enough my shotgun got stuck in the ceiling fan.

[dagame]

@ChromeArty Just bought my first gun, wanted to make sure I wasn't going to miss something and possibly do damage to my barrel.

[fatchoppers]

do you oil the inside of the barrel.? Please elaborate .

[darrellapthorpe]

I have a beretta 28 gauge o/u and my bore snake gets half way down the barrel and goes no further.The string with the weight to pull the rest through pulled out of therest of the bore snake and I had to pull it out from the end that I started it from.I have another 28 GA bore snake .Do i have to strech it or just use more lubrication??Dose mot seem right, HELP

[survivalist]

what type of cleaner is that? is it oil?

[birdmanBxR]

i have a questin /coment: i have a 12g snake and it works very well for FEILD cleaning but nothing replaces a good old rod and patch with solvent when you want to deep clean or clean for storage. but i have ran into a problem i see your using rem oil part of my sanke disolved when i was cleaning my trap gun with hopps No 9. it is still usefull i ran it under the tap to wash away the solvent, but i'm left wondering what else a snake is vonerable to? i want a deep investigation into

[ChromeArty]

I also love the bore snake, I just feel bad for the guy that needed to watch this vid to figure out how to use one. :-)

[Fallout]

Im having a hard time getting the snake out can u help me?

[ChromeArty]

@Nikolai553 i totally understand man. I do crap loads of research on YouTube as well. nothing like seeing it done first instead of reading crappy instruction manuals :)

take care, and happy shooting

[ArmyRunner]

@survivalist497 Can't say for sure but it looks to be RemOil.

[fomocowboy]

If you didn't watch this video to figure out how to use one, why'd you watch the video?

[Nikolai]

@ChromeArty I guess I am that guy lol

( I had to find out if there was a certain method or not )