Best solvent to clean Corrosive ammo from a chrome lined bore If not using water.

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What's a good solvent to clean my guns after shooting corrosive ammo as if i do NOT use water and that is safe for a chrome lined bore. I am looking to use it to clean up after Norinco that may or may not be corrosive.
 
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Water.




Seriously. You need to dissolve the salts, not neutralize them, and the best way to do that is lots of hot water.

Ballistol and Hoppes are both claimed to be good to go as well. Might wanna look into cleaning supplies for black powder guns too.

Andy said:
Windex - it's 95% water.
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Magellann said:
Water is the best, why wouldn't you use it? If you had to substitute Windex is a good alternative if you need one.
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Windex doesn't do anything that water doesn't. HOT water will dissolve a lot more salts than windex will. Dont rely on windex unless you wanna clean your rifle three times over the course of a week...
 
Birch wood Casey makes a product called muzzle magic it's basically soapy water but it advertised for black powder and corosive primers it cheap and one bottle has lasted me 7 years and I still got lots
 
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Thats why its a great substitue. But I can't see why anyone that has Windex wouldn't be able to get some water.
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The problem here is people think the ammonia neutralizes the salts. Except they are salts, which already have a neutral PH. All you are trying to do is dissolve/flush away the salts, which is why lots of water is the best option.

I've had an SKS get all rusty after I cleaned it with windex - twice! Cleaned it once, checked one it a few days later, there was some rust forming so I cleaned it again. A month later, I look in my safe and the whole thing (except the barrel) was rusting away. And thats the last time I use windex.
 
Apparently the "newer" formulation of Windex doesn't contain ammonia anymore. Some say its not as effective as the original formula was. Either way with some boiling water down the barrel, and then a normal clean and oil you know your gun will be rust free.
 
Due for this again, huh?

If you don't have access to a kettle, or don't want to remove the action from the stock and are afraid of damaging the wood, hoppes 9 is the answer.
 
Windex contains a light cleaning agent. This actually assists in removing/flushing out initial carbon fouling when at the range before it settles.
Combine that with the fact its mostly water, and my guns are always rust free with its use.
The ammonia isnt for the salts, that rebuttal is old and stagnant. The ammonia assists in quick drying of the windex.

For a solvent, I use Remington Brite Bore (main ingredient is kerosene). Another one I use is Remington Action cleaner just before oiling to remove ALL foreign agents.
 
Hot water works fine and will not hurt your gun. Otherwise you have to wash out the salt. Some things won't dissolve the salts, but just about any liquid should wash them out. I have used WD-40 in the past with no issues. Rinse out the gun and then clean as usual.
 
I am looking for somthing to clean besides water as if I had not used water. I will be flushing with water on normal days but am looking for something to take care of thos days im in a rush and might miss some. Also to take the possiblity of the norinco non corrosive being corrosive


I was thinking balistol but hear it damages chrome lined so i am trying to find the best solvent as if i never used water.
 
Just run about 3 or 4 Brake cleaner soaked patches through the bore, dry patch, then oil patch. I've been using nothing but patches soaked in brake cleaner to clean my Finnish M39's bore since I got it, with no ill effects and the bore is just as pristine as when it was new. When copper fouling becomes a problem, I clean first with the Brake Cleaner patches, then apply Sweets 7.62 for the jacket fouling, then Brake Cleaner patches to remove the Sweets residue, oil patch and done. We are not at war, and not on maneuvers in the field where the only thing available to clean might be water. Brake cleaner works just fine for me, and I'll continue to use it for cleaning the bore and all metal parts. Keep it away from shellac finishes though.
 
Worried about hurting industrial hard chrome plating? Forget about that lol. I don't waste my time using water with corrosive. I clean and oil like I do all my other guns. Oiled steel cannot rust. I use MPro7 cause it doesn't stink up the house, use whatever you want. Only people who store their guns dry have to deal with rust.
 
The corrosive salt is potassium chloride. I believe it's solubility would be pretty similar to sodium chloride, which is common table salt.

So, if you want some idea how effective a certain solvent is going to be, try dissolving some table salt in it, and see what happens. If it doesn't dissolve, it's no good.

You can dissolve 281g of potassium chloride in 1kg of water and 360g of sodium chloride. So the NaCl is a bit more soluable, but they are soluable in the same solvents, so you can get a rough idea.
 
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