One up for Otis gun cleaning systems
I have been a long time user of the Hoppes boresnakes and I an not going to bash them in any way. My first bad experience with gun cleaning was when I bent a 3 piece cleaning rod trying to clean a 22 magnum rifle. I learned that the one piece cleaning rods were worth the money, but it was always annoying trying to find a place in my tool room to put the thing. I found out about boresnakes when one of my gun shops started stocking them and I really loved how fast it was to clean a rifle. When i started shooting AR15s it was really, really nice to have them laying around. One time I took 6 of my .223 guns to the range and when I got back, I just lined them all up and cleaning the barrels in about 10 minutes. Boresnakes really do save you time, but there was one drawback.
I have a 30 caliber bore snake that I used on several of my rifles, but i have a lot of problems with cleaning my FAL. For some reason the DSA FAL I have does not like to swallow a boresnake and I have a lot of trouble trying to get the little brass end to drop down the barrel and pull it through. I have ended up having to use an Otis gun cleaning kit for the .308 rifle because it feeds and fits properly. My FAL is hands down the easiest semi-auto gun to break down and clean and I can honestly clean most of it with a rag, but getting inside the chamber or muzzle needs a traditional cleaning. Not all of the Otis gun cleaning systems are caliber specific, but it’s nice to have a cleaning kit that gets everything done on my DSA Arms SA58.