Thread: Bore Snakes

Boresnakes are the shiiiz. I'm so glad I brought mine over with me. It's made my life so much easier. About all I ever use to clean my M4 is that, baby wipes, my picks, and q-tips.

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Also, WD-40. Rust and carbon remover.

Originally Posted by sithmaster

Boresnakes are the shiiiz. I'm so glad I brought mine over with me. It's made my life so much easier. About all I ever use to clean my M4 is that, baby wipes, my picks, and q-tips.

EDIT
Also, WD-40. Rust and carbon remover.

Just don't rely on that WD-40 to lube your rifle. It is flammable and just downright sucks for the M4. CLP is fine, but I prefer LSA as the CLP will cause carbon to continually seep out. Speaking of which, hopefully the stuff doesn't degrade over time. I have almost two gallons of CLP and a bunch of small bottles of LSA that expired a few years ago.

Are you currently deployed? Waaaay back when I was a lean, mean deployed Infantryman, they had us using powdered graphite for our weapons. In short, it didn't work. The graphite would merely blow away after the first round was fired. We ended up getting some high speed dry lube but eventually everyone went back to the tried and true CLP.

As for bore snakes, never owned one, unless you count he 550 cord contraptions we used to make. I guess I'm just masochistic but the Otis system works great despite having to still deal with patches. Bore snakes are great, though, and the main reason I have yet to invest in one is the fact that I am too cheap to buy one.

Originally Posted by fm2176

Just don't rely on that WD-40 to lube your rifle. It is flammable and just downright sucks for the M4. CLP is fine, but I prefer LSA as the CLP will cause carbon to continually seep out. Speaking of which, hopefully the stuff doesn't degrade over time. I have almost two gallons of CLP and a bunch of small bottles of LSA that expired a few years ago.

Are you currently deployed? Waaaay back when I was a lean, mean deployed Infantryman, they had us using powdered graphite for our weapons. In short, it didn't work. The graphite would merely blow away after the first round was fired. We ended up getting some high speed dry lube but eventually everyone went back to the tried and true CLP.

As for bore snakes, never owned one, unless you count he 550 cord contraptions we used to make. I guess I'm just masochistic but the Otis system works great despite having to still deal with patches. Bore snakes are great, though, and the main reason I have yet to invest in one is the fact that I am too cheap to buy one.

Yeah. Over near Tikrit. The WD-40 only gets used to clean it. It's rainy season right now so rust spots are starting to appear. My squad leader has us leaving a thin coat of CLP on our weapons. Seems to be working out for the most part.