SCJ429 wrote:
You can write it in capitals but it is still untrue, you can cause damage. You can also damage your barrel with a cleaning rod if you drag it down the side of your chamber. The nature of a rope is that is is very difficult to pull it through the breach and out the muzzle with it parallel to the bore axis. This off centre rubbing erodes the chamber and crown over time. If your expectation of accuracy is to place you bullet within a couple of inches of your aiming point at 50 metres then you will probably not notice any detrimental effects for a long time.
I have no interest in changing your cleaning routine, you are obviously happy with it. I was answering the OP question, the decision is up to him how he proceeds.
Warm regards,
CJ.
I guess my rifles must have been forged in Hades by the fires of Prometheus and with the strength of Zuess then, cos my rifles have all had boresnakes through them more than I can recount and they are all still shooting sub moa.
Someone mentioned on another forum has anyone actually setup a controlled experiment using both a clean and dirty boresnake in two identical barrels and having them cycled recklessly to one side for hundreds of cycles then do a real assessment on the actual extent of damage?
Answer is no, and therefore it's all hearsay, I honestly don't care how people clean their bore, but end of the day, until such an experiment is carried out no one can actually say that they do harm barrels like people assert. So until then I will keep using mine on my still sub moa rifles.