The original fastest bore cleaning tool on the planet has a new home. Hoppe's BoreSnake® Den is a compact carrying case with a built-in handle for easy storage between firearm cleanings. It conveniently fits in a range bag or backpack to protect your Boresnake® brushes during transport. The lid of the Snake Den doubles as a convenient pull handle that snaps into the clear case for storage. A one pass solution, Boresnake® uses an integrated bronze brush to scrub out carbon fouling, while the tail clears the barrel of loose debris with a surface area 160x larger than a standard patch.
- Patented one-piece design
- Brass weight on pull cored has caliber stamped on it
- Has 160x larger surface area than a standard patch
- Convenient new case for easy storage and transport
- Lid doubles as a pull handle
- Extremely packable
The classic American-style rimfire rifle, this gorgeous 457 has a 24.8” barrel with no sights and is meant to be topped with a scope. Its Turkish walnut stock has a high, flat comb and a classic checkering pattern. Like all of our 457s, it has an 11mm dovetail milled into the top of its receiver for attaching scope ringmounts.
If we were to pick one thing that our previous rimfire platforms were lacking, it was an American-style push-to-fire safety — something Hunter’s Education instructors and 4-H shooting coaches have begged us to incorporate for years. Though that was the most obvious change, we also took the opportunity to tweak a load of small things at the same time. In addition to the receiver-mounted, push-to-fire safety, we chopped almost an inch of length from the action and slab-sided it to reduce its footprint and weight.
The stamped bottom metal of the 455 is gone, swapped for a classy two-piece interlocking system. To make scope fitment easier, we ditched the 90° bolt rotation in favor of 60°, allowing for larger ocular bell diameters with lower ring heights. To top it all off, the 457 now features a trigger adjustable for weight, creep and over-travel.
With the exact same swappable barrel system as the 455 and the same reliable polymer magazine system, the 457 is without a doubt the best rimfire platform we’ve ever fielded.
