There are several EXCELLENT solvents, and Shooter's Choice is one of them!! It just doesn't smell near as nice as Hoppe's, but it gets things cleaner faster! I see no indication that it has harmed any of my guns' bores!

If you remove the Shooter's Choice with a dry patch after cleaning, and then swab out your gun with Hoppes No. 9 next, you have the best of both worlds. A clean gun that SMELLS like a gun is supposed to smell!