After a recent chat with several guys from the clay club I found the most popular way they clean their shotguns was with a Hoppes Bore Snake. So being the type of guy that likes to try new things I bought one.
I have used bore snakes on rifles while in the field to remove the gunk that the rimfire rounds produce particularly my 17HMR so I was not new to them.
When I bought my shotgun I used the OTIS CLEANING SYSTEM as it come with brushes to clean from .17 to 12g shotgun it worked superb on all guns that I cleaned with it, leaving bores bright and clean.
Today I used the bore snake on my shotgun, but was not anywhere near as good as the Otis system so I cleaned the barrels with it, and the difference is amazing they now gleam.
My conclusion is the bore snake is ok when you can't be bothered to do a proper job and is a at best second rate way to clean a shot gun.
Mike