Gun Cleaning Solvents
08-17-2003, 06:28 PM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 2,918
RE: Gun Cleaning Solvents
There are so many new products on the market that I have never tried.I have always stuck with Hoppes #9. Never had a problem using the trusty Hoppes.For storage I use RIG.For general lubrication I use Remoil.I say if something works why change. I buy the Hoppes in quart bottles which lasts a long time especially the little bit I get to shoot anymore.
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08-17-2003, 06:36 PM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Western Nebraska
Posts: 3,393
RE: Gun Cleaning Solvents
for centerfire rifles that use copper jacketed bullets I recommend an Ammonia based (sweets) barrel cleaner and phospher bronze brushes.
Scrub the barrel with ammonia once a year with a bore mop and work it over twenty times with a wire brush.
Dry it with a new mop and oil it with a third mop. I use Rem oil for the last step.
Scrub the barrel with ammonia once a year with a bore mop and work it over twenty times with a wire brush.
Dry it with a new mop and oil it with a third mop. I use Rem oil for the last step.
08-17-2003, 07:04 PM
#4
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: VA USA
Posts: 570
RE: Gun Cleaning Solvents
I like Sweets for heavy duty copper removal and Hoppe' s Benchrest for general bore cleaning. CLP is my favorite lubricant with RIG being my long term storage grease.
But there are a number of products on the market with probably very little real difference between most of them.
But there are a number of products on the market with probably very little real difference between most of them.
08-17-2003, 09:47 PM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Body in SE WI, mind in U.P.
Posts: 4,781
RE: Gun Cleaning Solvents
I find that Butch' s Bore SHine works better than alot of other solvents for removing copper fouling. I like Remoil and Birchwood casey Sheath for protective oils.
08-18-2003, 12:46 PM
#8
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: PA
Posts: 9,085
RE: Gun Cleaning Solvents
all i use is remoil or breakfree clp.......use it for everything...even in the bore..put it on my patches...my brushes...and i whipe the gun down at the end with it also....i like remoil because its real thin....a thick oil can gunk up quick if you use too much..but ive never had a problem with either.....some hoppes powder solvent came with my gun cleaning kit.....to me oil did the same thing......so i wont buy more...
08-18-2003, 03:41 PM
#9
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wabash, IN
Posts: 826
RE: Gun Cleaning Solvents
I' ve become fond of a product called M-Pro7. Originally developed for cleaning F16 aircraft, it does a great job on powder & lead fouling with a light scrubbing. You still need a copper cleaner (I prefer Sweets 7.62 or J-Bs paste for that), but the M-Pro cleans out the other fouling so well, that it makes the copper removal easier.
It is practically odorless & biodegradable - so cleaning in the house doesn' t tick-off Mama (much
) . It' s not real cheap however, but Midway & Brownells carry it now at a slightly cheaper price than the manufacturer charges. Check this stuff out at:
http://www.mp7.com/
For after-cleaning lube, I use a CLP type product - either Breakfree, FP-10, or Militec
It is practically odorless & biodegradable - so cleaning in the house doesn' t tick-off Mama (much
) . It' s not real cheap however, but Midway & Brownells carry it now at a slightly cheaper price than the manufacturer charges. Check this stuff out at:http://www.mp7.com/
For after-cleaning lube, I use a CLP type product - either Breakfree, FP-10, or Militec
