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Cleaning the Bore after BH-209
First of I really want you all to know that I am totally biased about this subject, but I am going to mention something that I have found.
I really dislike cleaning the bore after shooting BH - for me it is a much longer process than cleaning after shooting T7. I have/had been using Hoppe's #9 Bore Solvent in the past, following directions on the bottle - running patch after patch saturating the patch and running it in the bore until they come out some what clean... For me it has taken a bunch of patches and I never really seem to be happy with the color of the patches. The last three times that i have shot BH - I gave up on the Hoppe's and switched to using Tipton's Bore Solvent. For some reason this solvent seems to work much faster in cleaning the bore. It only takes a 2-3 patches and they are coming out nearly white. Then a couple of dry patches patches followed by 2 Montana X-Treme patches and I am now really happy with to looks of the patches. I THINK part of the problem with Hoppe's is that it contains 40% Kerosene and 40% Ethyl Alcohol, 5% Ammonium Hydroxide. In effect a big part of the solvent is just Kerosene oil. Tipton Bore Solvent or Barnes CR-10, neither of these contain Kerosene. They are much less oily than the Hoppe's, and seem to me to a faster job of cleaning. Looking at the contents of each of these solvents - I do not see any form of oil in the product. All of these solvents contain chemicals harmful to your health so handle them with caution. Just passing on some observations - not really sure what they mean, but I will continue using something other than Hoppe's. |
Takes me 3 bore scrubber patches to clean up BH209.
Butches bore shine i always found worked best when i didnt have UBC in my barrel. |
90 percent alcohol mix 50/50 wiith #9 works for me two wet and two dry.
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mineral spirits or wd40 work good for me,i alternate wet + dry 2-3 times.....karl
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Originally Posted by sabotloader
(Post 3755689)
First of I really want you all to know that I am totally biased about this subject, but I am going to mention something that I have found.
I really dislike cleaning the bore after shooting BH - for me it is a much longer process than cleaning after shooting T7. I have/had been using Hoppe's #9 Bore Solvent in the past, following directions on the bottle - running patch after patch saturating the patch and running it in the bore until they come out some what clean... For me it has taken a bunch of patches and I never really seem to be happy with the color of the patches. The last three times that i have shot BH - I gave up on the Hoppe's and switched to using Tipton's Bore Solvent. For some reason this solvent seems to work much faster in cleaning the bore. It only takes a 2-3 patches and they are coming out nearly white. Then a couple of dry patches patches followed by 2 Montana X-Treme patches and I am now really happy with to looks of the patches. I THINK part of the problem with Hoppe's is that it contains 40% Kerosene and 40% Ethyl Alcohol, 5% Ammonium Hydroxide. In effect a big part of the solvent is just Kerosene oil. Tipton Bore Solvent or Barnes CR-10, neither of these contain Kerosene. They are much less oily than the Hoppe's, and seem to me to a faster job of cleaning. Looking at the contents of each of these solvents - I do not see any form of oil in the product. All of these solvents contain chemicals harmful to your health so handle them with caution. Just passing on some observations - not really sure what they mean, but I will continue using something other than Hoppe's. |
Originally Posted by sabotloader
(Post 3755689)
First of I really want you all to know that I am totally biased about this subject, but I am going to mention something that I have found.
I really dislike cleaning the bore after shooting BH - for me it is a much longer process than cleaning after shooting T7. I have/had been using Hoppe's #9 Bore Solvent in the past, following directions on the bottle - running patch after patch saturating the patch and running it in the bore until they come out some what clean... For me it has taken a bunch of patches and I never really seem to be happy with the color of the patches. The last three times that i have shot BH - I gave up on the Hoppe's and switched to using Tipton's Bore Solvent. For some reason this solvent seems to work much faster in cleaning the bore. It only takes a 2-3 patches and they are coming out nearly white. Then a couple of dry patches patches followed by 2 Montana X-Treme patches and I am now really happy with to looks of the patches. I THINK part of the problem with Hoppe's is that it contains 40% Kerosene and 40% Ethyl Alcohol, 5% Ammonium Hydroxide. In effect a big part of the solvent is just Kerosene oil. Tipton Bore Solvent or Barnes CR-10, neither of these contain Kerosene. They are much less oily than the Hoppe's, and seem to me to a faster job of cleaning. Looking at the contents of each of these solvents - I do not see any form of oil in the product. All of these solvents contain chemicals harmful to your health so handle them with caution. Just passing on some observations - not really sure what they mean, but I will continue using something other than Hoppe's. |
Originally Posted by sabotloader
(Post 3755689)
First of I really want you all to know that I am totally biased about this subject, but I am going to mention something that I have found.
I really dislike cleaning the bore after shooting BH - for me it is a much longer process than cleaning after shooting T7. I have/had been using Hoppe's #9 Bore Solvent in the past, following directions on the bottle - running patch after patch saturating the patch and running it in the bore until they come out some what clean... For me it has taken a bunch of patches and I never really seem to be happy with the color of the patches. The last three times that i have shot BH - I gave up on the Hoppe's and switched to using Tipton's Bore Solvent. For some reason this solvent seems to work much faster in cleaning the bore. It only takes a 2-3 patches and they are coming out nearly white. Then a couple of dry patches patches followed by 2 Montana X-Treme patches and I am now really happy with to looks of the patches. I THINK part of the problem with Hoppe's is that it contains 40% Kerosene and 40% Ethyl Alcohol, 5% Ammonium Hydroxide. In effect a big part of the solvent is just Kerosene oil. Tipton Bore Solvent or Barnes CR-10, neither of these contain Kerosene. They are much less oily than the Hoppe's, and seem to me to a faster job of cleaning. Looking at the contents of each of these solvents - I do not see any form of oil in the product. All of these solvents contain chemicals harmful to your health so handle them with caution. Just passing on some observations - not really sure what they mean, but I will continue using something other than Hoppe's. |
That Montana Xtreme Cowboy solvent always worked real good on BlackHorn 209 for me.
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Originally Posted by builder459
(Post 3755713)
Have you tried montana's BH 209 solvent? i have been wondering how it works myself. Ray
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Originally Posted by lemoyne
(Post 3755702)
90 percent alcohol mix 50/50 wiith #9 works for me two wet and two dry.
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