ORIGINAL: Sharp Shooter
What cleaner do you use to swab your barrel at the range when using bore butter? I know you can not use a petroleum base because it will break down the bore butter. I heard that the No. 13 bore cleaner will cause flash rust. Would the citric acids in cabelas all natural citrus solvent break it down or should I be fine using that. It is a good solvent but I don't know if the acids will effect the bore butter. I am sure there isn'tthat much citric acid in the solvent. What do you all think or use?
TC makes a family of cleaning and lubing products.
They have been jointly developed, tested, and in use for decades.
#13 is TC's product to be used in conjunction with bore butter expressly because it DOESN'T affect the bore butter.
If / When I do swab between shots, I use #13...have probably used a dozen of their pint bottles of #13 over the years andhavealso bought and useda couple dozen jars of TC #13 cleaining patches already pre-saturated with #13....perfect results.
IMO, you need to take stories like the one you're referring to in total context.
We really don't know what happend in that instance.
We don't know if it was a result of a reaction to something else that had previously been in the bore.
We don't know if the bore sat cleaned too long beforebeing lubed.
What is known is that #13 is a proven,effective cleaner.
It has been in use by untold thousands of people for decades.
They, like mefor 15+ years,have had theintended results.