wipe out in your old milsurps?

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Hey guys. Just wondering if anyone has had any luck using wipe-out in their old milsurps? I'm interested in trying it in a few of my more "used" milsurps. I have a few new to me mosin's I'd like to give a good cleaning. Also - where are you buying it in Ontario?
 
I've cleaned both my Lee Enfields and now the bores are shiny and new, I would recommend you buy some of the accelerator it will speed up the process and also be careful not to get the wipe out on the stock because it will take off the finish.
 
I picked up a 1914 Mosin for my brother for christmas. It looked like it hadn't been cleaned since WWI. I tried Hoppes #9 and couldn't get it clean. Took the wood off, hit it 3 good times with wipe out... looks good as new. I'd definitely use it again.
 
If you use it I'd take the wood right off it first. I thought I was careful and wound up having to re finish a stock.

The secret is, use a bore guide and keep the muzzle pointed down.

If you use the foam, hold the spout tight in the chamber, until the foam stops coming out the end.

Wipe Out is great stuff. I use it for everything I own. I even use their black powder Wipe Out on my BP Cartridge and Muzzle loaders.

I prefer the liquid patch out type to the foam type. For one thing, it goes a lot further.

The secret to Wipe Out, is not to get to eager about the amount you use.

With the foam, a short burst is plenty. With the liquid, the patch only needs to be wet, not dripping all over everything.

I also use a chamber guide and have a small plastic bowl to catch any drips that might come out of the muzzle.

Wipe Out is great stuff. If you have a badly fouled bore, apply a shot or a wet patch and leave it for 1/2 hour. Run a patch down the bore to clean out the residue and reapply.

Don't scrub until your arm hurts.

According to the fellow I get it from, and from the literature on it, it can be left overnight in the bore, without doing any damage.

They also make a product, called Lead Out. It works quite well but not as quickly as Wipe Out does on copper fouling.

For those of you that attend gun shows in BC, there is a great guy there that operates a business called
Dewdney Products. I will let you look up the rest of his information.

He distributes to a lot of gun shoppes aroung the province and into Alberta. He will ship anywhere at your cost.
 
Spare the rod and spoil your bore, more damage is done to the bores of firearms cleaning them than for any other reason.

Below a squeaky clean No.4 Enfield after firing 50 rounds with a frosted bore and after using foam bore cleaner.

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Below, before and after cleaning a tank barrel with foam bore cleaner.

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Ed's Red is for another purpose.
Wipeout is best reserved for getting rid of that pesky old forgotten copper that fills the barrel grooves.
Once it is out, Ed's Red can be used to preserve that new surface from any other mishap. Wipeout is not a cleaning lubricant; Ed's Red is.
PP.
 
It looks like it does a good job, but I will stick with my Ed's Red



Ed's Red is a great solvent for an easy price when it comes to cleaning chemical and powder residue but it does not clean metallic fouling. Products such as Wipe Out are used for decades ( or a century) of metallic build up that you would find on old milsurp rifles. Once the bores are cleaned, It will take many years of shooting until it needs it again.
 
The guy selling it usually is at every major gun show in the west that I have attended. For sure he will be in Kamloops.

I use it all the time and find it to be a excellent product.
 
another thing I've used it for is to get rid of surface rust. I use the foam and spray it on the bare metal parts. Did this to a No4 of mine and then sprayed everything clean with parts cleaner and put a film of oil on it all and the rifle looked brand new. No damage to the finish.
 
Since it removes finish, it's not in my opinion a good bore cleaner. Further, I've used it and it's not all some claim it to be. Sure you can be "careful" and learn how to estimate how much foam wil come out, but one small mistake and your stock is buggered.
 
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