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Hoppe's 17HMR Boar Snake????
Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 7:57 pm
by fenman
Hi All, just tried to clean my 17hmr with my new Hoppe's bore snake & snapped the cored 3 times!!
I used plenty of oil as a lube but still a night mare to do & not looking forward to the next clean.
I clean my shotguns with a bore snake & is a doddle compared to this. Any pointers to what I'm doing wrong
fenman
Re: Hoppe's 17HMR Boar Snake????
Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 8:18 pm
by Dave 101
Hi
I have heard of this before with the 17 cal . I think its just to small a hole you could try something like the Otis cleaning system which has a plastic coated wire cable which would be a lot stronger , or just use a rod . I personaly only use the bore snake [.22 ] for a quick wipe out at the end of a shoot then a good cleaning session with the rod .
Dave
Re: Hoppe's 17HMR Boar Snake????
Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 8:33 pm
by ovenpaa
I am also not a huge fan of boresnakes in such small tubes and would certainly say get a cleaning rod instead, I have read too many horror stories about them snapping and getting stuck with catastrophic consequences.
Re: Hoppe's 17HMR Boar Snake????
Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 9:13 pm
by Robin128
Same here, ovenpaa.
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