Hoppes Boresnakes, as good as a cleaning rod and easier to store
There is a very small percentage of people that are going to think they still need a single piece cleaning rod with a brush to scrub their barrel clean but the one thing that I have found in this industry is people often “over clean” firearms and you can tell if you check the chambers and the crown of a barrel. Unless you are shooting a sub-moa rifle, I really don’t think it’s something to worry about. Boresnakes don’t bend on break unless you put the wrong caliber in your rifle, I’ve seen it happen and it’s a royal pain to get unstuck but that’s not the products fault.
The really difference between the pistol boresnakes and the rifle boresnakes is the length of the string, it’s annoying to use the rifle snakes on pistols because you’ll have too much slack. Just pickup a bottle of Slip 2000 EWL for most rifles, especially for the AR15 style of guns and if you get to cleaning your rifle right after you get done with a range session, it should come right off the rifling. I’ve used Hoppes boresnakes for close to 20yrs and only one wore out a 22 caliber one. Once they get really dirty, just toss it in the wash machine to clean it off.