Best solvent for cleaning old heavily shot 22's?

[Riven]

I want to help out my local 3133 Army Cadets. They always do very well in any of the shooting events they attend but the ammo they are given is mostly old and nasty.
I would like to supply them with a couple good cleaning kits and some high end solvents to keep their old 22s running in top shape.

What would you all suggest?

 

[fiddler]

Most of that stuff you can brush out. Many .22 ammunition are simply wax coated bullets. Any lead deposits or build up comes out with a brush. Any gun cleaner would suffice in this case. Rust and neglect would be a different story.

 

[CanAm]

Make some ed's red:

1 part mineral spirits
1 part kerosene
1 part acetone
1 part ATF

 

[fiddler]

Make some ed's red:

1 part mineral spirits
1 part kerosene
1 part acetone
1 part ATF

I use this by the gallon

 

[Riven]

Thanks! Ill try it some time!

 

[V-Max]

Make some ed's red:

1 part mineral spirits
1 part kerosene
1 part acetone
1 part ATF

Must have quite the odor!! Gotta mix some up & give it a try on an old SKS...

 

[Riven]

Must have quite the odor!! Gotta mix some up & give it a try on an old SKS...

I was thinking it would stink like hell as well.

 

[Steyr1]

Mix it outside - once made, it doesen't smell too bad.

 

[Riven]

Anyone ever try Seafoam? I just coated my SKS just to see what it does.

 

[Zedbra]

Anyone ever try Seafoam? I just coated my SKS just to see what it does.

Oh yeah....the results being?

 

[PPCLIGullyPlatoon]

Oh yeah....the results being?

The SKS is now just an "S"

 

[CanAm]

Must have quite the odor!! Gotta mix some up & give it a try on an old SKS...

Not any more than other solvents. It smells pretty good to me. You can add a bit of amyl acetate and it smells like hoppes

 

[Beermaker]

Just get them some Hoppes 9 solvent and gun oil. Maybe some new brushes, jags and patches. A couple of good, small tooth brushes and maybe some solid shaft cleaning rods. .22's are pretty resilient and the ammo is not corrosive so a good scrub now and then is all that is needed to get the lead out as it were. Don't want to scrub too hard or too often. Especially when it come to competitions, a lot of guys I knew didn't want to clean too often.

 

[y2k]

Are they using C#7 trainers ( #4 MK1 with .22 barrel) ?

 

[Riven]

Are they using C#7 trainers ( #4 MK1 with .22 barrel) ?

A few Lee Enfield trainers & 3 Anschutz.

 

[Riven]

Seafoam does very little. But I did find that my buffer is totally shot.

 

[PPCLIGullyPlatoon]

A few Lee Enfield trainers & 3 Anschutz.

Some things don't change ---- that's what I was weaned on as an Air Cadet in the late 70's ---- ahhh, the memories!!! LOL

 

[GreenBob]

Thanks CanAm (and everyone else)

I appreciate the info as I have never heard of Ed's Red Homebrew Bore Solvent.

My google research;

http://bit.ly/1p6tu9L

Make some ed's red:

1 part mineral spirits
1 part kerosene
1 part acetone
1 part ATF

 

[Riven]

Some things don't change ---- that's what I was weaned on as an Air Cadet in the late 70's ---- ahhh, the memories!!! LOL

They just keep shooting them until they totally wear out.

 

[Riven]

Make some ed's red:

1 part mineral spirits
1 part kerosene
1 part acetone
1 part ATF

Does it have to be ATF or can Mercon be used? Apparently mercon has more detergents than ATF so should work better possibly.