Cleaning products

[lannard]

hey guys, me again

lets talk cleaning. not that cleaning bothers me, but when your tubes have been soaking in solvent for a week and you still have to pick off your plastic and powder crust, you kinda get discouraged. i use shooters choice for copper, and im using break free for shotguns. and from time to time i like to go back to my all time fav, transmission fluid. for powder residue, lasting lube thats non corrosive it does a better job than anything else. ive tried janitorial ammonia not so good. so now i want to know what you guys use to cut powder and most of all plastic. i use spiral brushes.

thanks a million. lan

 

[Covey Ridge]

After a good soaking try adding a little power to your brush with a drill or power driver, or in addition to elbow grease use some 00 steel wool. If that does not work, take a sharpe blade and peel out the crud.

 

[M77]

I got into trap shooting last year. I found a fair amount of plastic buildup after 150 to 200 rounds (especially on the choke tubes). I used hoppes #9 let it sit for 10 minutes and then a borebrush and it came out pretty easy (fouled the brush with plastic had to pick it off). I shoot Federal 2 3/4" #7.5 trap loads. I read somewhere that some wads are more resistant to solvents. One guy at our range uses acetone for his plastic problems, he says it turns the plastic gummmy and it's easy to wipe off. Hope you find a cure that works for you.

 

[chopper 1]

J B And Sweat

hey guys, me again

lets talk cleaning. not that cleaning bothers me, but when your tubes have been soaking in solvent for a week and you still have to pick off your plastic and powder crust, you kinda get discouraged. i use shooters choice for copper, and im using break free for shotguns. and from time to time i like to go back to my all time fav, transmission fluid. for powder residue, lasting lube thats non corrosive it does a better job than anything else. ive tried janitorial ammonia not so good. so now i want to know what you guys use to cut powder and most of all plastic. i use spiral brushes.

thanks a million. lan

SEE ABOVE - IT WORKS ON EVERYTHING

 

[Jose]

I use Butches bore shine with a brush attached to drill. Wet patch the barrel. Use the brush, Wet patch, Brush a second time. dry it all up and voila. It's super clean.

 

[beretta boy]

For shotgun bores/choke tubes I use "Ed's Red" ( equal parts acetone, kerosene, mineral spirits and "Dexron III", with a little lanolin melted-in ) a 20mm cannon brush on a vinyl coated 3/8" rod, ( a guy sells them at the "Grand" ) followed by a 1/2 sheet of paper towel wrapped round a "Parker Hale" jag. Anything really tough, I have a good phosphor bronze brush on a 3/8 electric drill and a "Foredom" tool with appropriate arbors and brush/synthetic pad attachments ... and even resort to Superfine 0000 steel wool on occassion.

For rifles, old "Parker Hale" & newer "Dewey" rods, "Pro-shot" brushes & jags.
"Barnes CR-10" for copper, "Hoppe's No. 9" & "Ed's Red" as general solvents.
"JB Bore Paste" when there's the infrequent need.