coppermelt
- Thread starter Rembo
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Homesteader
CGN Regular
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- In a Wallow West of Edmonton.
No issues with it being too aggressive ?
From the bottle: Contains ammonia solution, use with undersize bore brush & cotton patch, follow with oil soaked patch, then dry patches.
I have not used this stuff in years, Wipe-out made all other cleaning products except JB bore paste, obsolete in my mind.
I have not used this stuff in years, Wipe-out made all other cleaning products except JB bore paste, obsolete in my mind.
Ditchdogger
CGN frequent flyer
I have not heard from him in a long time, had some copper melt at the old shop that I still have. Drop by and I'll give you a bottle.
Janitorial grade (14%) ammonia works great, and will not harm the bore. Have used it for years.
Copper simply disappears, and the bore is left squeaky clean. So clean you must be sure to oil the bore when you are done, because it will rust if exposed to any moisture, including high humidity. Just a couple of passes with some light oil like Kroil, ATF, or even 3-in-1 will finish it up nicely.
Ted
Copper simply disappears, and the bore is left squeaky clean. So clean you must be sure to oil the bore when you are done, because it will rust if exposed to any moisture, including high humidity. Just a couple of passes with some light oil like Kroil, ATF, or even 3-in-1 will finish it up nicely.
Ted
Yeah,..I should drop by...I seem to remember something about a chamber job/stock paint job swap....
Ditchdogger
CGN frequent flyer
Yeah,..I should drop by...I seem to remember something about a chamber job/stock paint job swap....
Any time , I can't paint what I don't have.
The first time that I saw that stuff was at Rosebud, and some old timer was raving about it. I was shooting the old Barnes X then and it was a bugger the clean the copper out of the barrel, but the performance was worth it.
The old boy offered to clean that barrel for me with the magic "Melt"
He used as much elbow grease as I did getting that thing clean so I never bought any and stuck with my Sweets 7.62.
That said, I did witness other folks using it with gilded metal bullets and it was obvious that it was a great product. I never bought any because the first impression stuck with me (and I still use a lot of Barnes), but I have found Patch-Out does work far better than CR-10 or Sweets for copper and for those missing their old Coppermelt, this might be a readily available alternative.
The old boy offered to clean that barrel for me with the magic "Melt"
He used as much elbow grease as I did getting that thing clean so I never bought any and stuck with my Sweets 7.62.
That said, I did witness other folks using it with gilded metal bullets and it was obvious that it was a great product. I never bought any because the first impression stuck with me (and I still use a lot of Barnes), but I have found Patch-Out does work far better than CR-10 or Sweets for copper and for those missing their old Coppermelt, this might be a readily available alternative.
Republic of Alberta
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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I use plain old ammonia too. Just clean the bore of powder fouling, run a patch with break cleaner on it to get the oily stuff out so the water based ammonia will contact the surface and then use a bore snake soked in ammonia and let it sit in the bore for a while. Be sure to get the ammonia out after and run oil through.
You may also call me crazy but on crappy factory bbls I also use a bronze brush wraped in SUPER FINE steel wool and push it back and forth untill the steel wool has broken down. Nothing, and I mean absolutly nothing will get a bore as clean as this will. Be sure of the grade of steel wool you use!!! I use the super fine stuff to clean rust off bluing while leaving the bluing intact as well. Very very fine stuff.
Hey Rembo - long time no see.......
I've still got a bottle of that stuff, I'll try to drop it somewhere for ya next time I'm up to see the folks.
