Has anyone tried or been using this stuff? I have for awhile now and although it states that it won’t cause rust I have a factory savage that says otherwise. I use this on this savage because it has a rough bore and collects a lot of copper. But this last time I noticed some rust in the action area because of the foam coming out of the bore as it expands and sits in just before chamber area. Also I took it out of the fibreglass stock to find more rust around action area probably because foam expanded into action area. I lost confidence in this stuff although I don’t have to slave away putting patches down the barrel.
Wipe out bore cleaner
- Thread starter ajax
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You do know you have to dry out the bore after and oil it, right? - dan
- Location
- Western Manitoba
There are posters on this site that shoot that stuff into the bore and store their rifle barrel muzzle down - just left like that until next use - patch it out when they want to use it... I am easily on my 6th or 7th can of it - I do not recall ever seeing your experience - I had thought the stuff was actually a preservative... I do use the little extension hose with the nozzle end that goes into the chamber - so not much, if any, comes back out into the action??
- Location
- Western Manitoba
I don't know about "water based"? I just ran over the MSDS - describes the stuff as "not soluble in water" - no mention of "water" in the ingredients.
I have been using Wipeout for many years, love the stuff.
I start by running a few patches soaked in Mercury Quicksilver Power Tune to get rid of the carbon fouling ,then I use the accelerator, and then the Wipeout overnight, then dry the bore.
After I patch it out I run a patch or two of G96 through the barrel, never an issue .
Cat
I start by running a few patches soaked in Mercury Quicksilver Power Tune to get rid of the carbon fouling ,then I use the accelerator, and then the Wipeout overnight, then dry the bore.
After I patch it out I run a patch or two of G96 through the barrel, never an issue .
Cat
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I always did but some of the foam expands into the action area and threw some holes that you don’t see. I am pretty sure it says you don’t have to oil after use because it has a built in preserver.
The problem is it expands like great stuff and when I pull the hose out of the chamber it rises out of it.
Yep I just eezox the hell out of it with the stock off.
I have never seen an issue using G96 afterwards and I prefer to start with a barrel that has had a patch run through it then a dry patch.
Cat
rifleman762
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- Location
- Southern Alberta
Wipeout instructions say you don't have to oil it. I don't believe that. I always oil the bore with G96 and run a dry patch before I go shooting or hunting. Cleaner for cleaning, oil for protecting. That approach has never done me wrong.
I use about a 8 inch piece of clear tubing jammed up into the front of the chamber/throat and leave it there for about 10 minutes or more...this tubing fits on the nozzle tight... the foam has quit expanding long before I remove the tubing. I hold the barrel in a vise muzzle down slightly.
I have never experienced any rusting problem using Wipe Out.
- Location
- Western Manitoba
Good one! I went a bit further and found a tube of Aeroshell Grease 64 - is apparently what modern Swiss use as "waffenfett" - gun grease - they slather it along the bore to preserve it until next use.
A picture provided on a recent CGN thread - the "Waffenfett" product now being sold in Europe?? Note the English on the label - "Aeroshell Grease 64".
