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Thanks for the tip about Windex

I had read here on several occasions that people use Windex to clean their rifle so I thought I would give it a try today. After taking a deer last night, it was time for a good cleaning. I cut the bottom off of a water bottle and put my breachplug in it and filled it with Windex just above the top of the plug.

I then sprayed Windex down the barrel until it ran out of the bottom side and laid it aside. I cleaned the trigger assembly by spraying it down and letting it set as well. I must say, everythig cleaned up very easily and all with a $3 bottle of Windex which will be enough for many more cleanings. The breachplug has never looked so good. All the baked on stuff wiped right off.

So I reassmbled the gun, loaded it back up and it now stands in the corner waiting to bust another deer. :s2:

get you a bronze or stainless steel brush. I got a package of them at the dollar store for $2. Funny how its a dollar store yet most things are 4x the name :D

Windex with vinegar?

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Originally Posted by Muley Hunter (Post 3875337)

Windex with vinegar?

Just says glass cleaner with amonia. Doesn't say anything about vineger. Is that good or bad?

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Originally Posted by ADVWannabee (Post 3875343)

Just says glass cleaner with amonia. Doesn't say anything about vineger. Is that good or bad?

Regular Blue with Ammonia is the best - IMO. I have been using this for many years and it work well a metal scrubber and evaporates fast carring water vapor with it.

Here is a quote from Dan Lilja

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Dan Lilja of Lilja Precision Rifle barrels has never seen any damage in one of his barrels caused by the use of ammonia. Dan writes: "The rumor is that copper-removing cleaners with ammonia will pit and damage the interior surface of a barrel. Ammonia is very effective as a copper remover. We use solvents, such as Butch's Bore Shine, to remove copper during the break-in. We routinely leave Butch's solution in the barrel over night too. Again, I repeat, we have never seen a problem with ammonia in the concentrations found in commercial cleaners, in either our chrome-moly or stainless steel barrels. This includes examination with our borescope."

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so.. That, a handful of patches, your jag, and a small "to go" bottle Windex (yes, with ammonia) is a very good bore cleaner.

Windex is very popular in CAS, but they use the vinegar version. It's what I use.

Vinegar is an acid, and straight it will remove bluing faster than bluing remover. Not harmful deluded in Windex, but it sure cleans.

The windex with vinegar has caused rusting in my rifle barrels. It also has caused rusting in breech plugs. Nothing seems to cut the hard carbon crud in a breech plug like this product, but i no longer will use it.

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Originally Posted by ronlaughlin (Post 3875372)

It seems to remove all protection the metal has, and it rusts right away.

I removed the bluing from a gun once with vinegar, and I couldn't control the rusting it happen so fast.

I should have said it was the one I used. I don't use it anymore.

I'll save the vinegar for the salad.

Been cleaning my blackpowder guns with Windex with vinegar for a long time; that includes my antique Winchesters. Never, ever had a problem with rust. After using Windex with vinegar and swabbing the bore dry, i give the bore a coat of Pro-Tec. The surfaces of the gun are wiped with a rag moist with MiliTec 1, Rem Oil or 3 In One oil.

Here's a little unknown Widex tip - with Windex you are swabbing with a bit if Lake Michigan water! Well maybe a little more than a little Bit! :)

JW