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rifle cleaning solvents
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10/14/13 05:38 PM
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Korean Redneck
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What do you guys use for rifle cleaning solvents? Do you use something different specifically for copper fouling?
I'm a dude who likes long barrels!
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Re: rifle cleaning solvents
[Re: Korean Redneck]
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10/14/13 05:43 PM
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Re: rifle cleaning solvents
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10/14/13 05:58 PM
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I've been using Ed's Red minus the lanolin. The recipie is online. Works well when shooting dirty ammo like old surplus as it has cut my cleaning time down. I use the hoppes copper formula for copper. I don't use it often. Probably a better product out there, but its on hand and paid for.
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Re: rifle cleaning solvents
[Re: Korean Redneck]
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10/14/13 06:11 PM
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J.G.
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What do you guys use for rifle cleaning solvents? Do you use something different specifically for copper fouling? MPro7 It is a carbon remover. I use it all the time on the action, and bolt. Occasionally on muzzle brakes, and rarely on the bore. I never remove copper fouling.
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Re: rifle cleaning solvents
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10/14/13 07:34 PM
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tth_40
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Re: rifle cleaning solvents
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10/14/13 10:30 PM
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Texas Dan
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The simple answer - yes.
I use Barnes CR-10 to remove copper first. Then I follow up with a common Hoppe's solvent to remove carbon fouling.
I should add that I recently added a bore guide to my gun cleaning essentials and wish I had done it a long time ago. It really makes if easy to get a cleaning rod through the bore and into the barrel without fear of damage to either.
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Re: rifle cleaning solvents
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10/14/13 11:31 PM
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rvrrat14
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Just completed a new AR in 6.8. Barrel manuf. told me use one of the foaming bore cleaners for copper and a good carbon cleaner. I use Gunslick foam and Mpro7 cleaner, followed by Mpro7 oil as the final coat.
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Re: rifle cleaning solvents
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10/15/13 12:01 AM
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J.G.
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You put oil on the rifling?
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Re: rifle cleaning solvents
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10/15/13 12:08 AM
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Strongbad
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Wipe-out. Period. I recently picked up a bottle of Patch Out which is basically the non-foam version, and I think it works even better. I've used a couple passes of CR-10 for really fouled up guns in years past but for the most part, Wipe-Out/Patch-Out is all I use.
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Re: rifle cleaning solvents
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10/15/13 01:13 AM
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Re: rifle cleaning solvents
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#4660239
10/15/13 01:21 AM
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Bore-Tech Copper remover....one of my guns after every match and the other about every 700 or so rounds I notice it start to open up a bit.
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Re: rifle cleaning solvents
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10/15/13 02:57 AM
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psycho0819
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Shooters Choice or Hoppes for carbon fouling, and Sweets 7.62 for copper fouling. Will use Barnes if Sweets is difficult to find, but I like Sweets better.
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Re: rifle cleaning solvents
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10/15/13 03:23 AM
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Adelbridge
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Gun slick foaming bore cleaner
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Re: rifle cleaning solvents
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#4660860
10/15/13 04:51 AM
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RKHarm24
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Yepper!
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Re: rifle cleaning solvents
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10/15/13 01:07 PM
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rvrrat14
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Yes, a light coat. Some cleaners, like Hoppes, need oil to "kill" the harmful residue left over. Also prevents rust. Lifelong practice.
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Re: rifle cleaning solvents
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10/15/13 01:22 PM
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Re: rifle cleaning solvents
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10/17/13 03:10 PM
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agoodman
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I just started using the Hoppe's Foam solvent and have really like it so far.
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Re: rifle cleaning solvents
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10/23/13 09:33 PM
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thebowfisher
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Shooters choice patches until clean then sweets to clean out any small amount of copper that may be built up. No oil unless it's being stored for a while. CLP for any oiling needs.
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Re: rifle cleaning solvents
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10/24/13 01:25 AM
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look into montana xtream they make great stuff
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Re: rifle cleaning solvents
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10/24/13 03:16 AM
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rockyraider
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I've read about cleaning bores quiet a bit on this forum as well as a few others. Most of the guys in the know clean their bores rather infrequently. I'm gonna quit cleaning my rifle bores as a standard practice after I shoot. I may clean them after hunting season, before I put them up for the off season, but I'm not gonna clean them after I shoot as a standard practice. I believe its unnecessary and probably hurts accuracy more than it helps. Some of the guys who post here talk about only cleaning their bores after 500 or so rounds, that's a bunch of hunting seasons. I'm gonna clean the bolt and wipe everything down but leave the bores fouled for hunting season.
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Re: rifle cleaning solvents
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#4692027
10/26/13 04:14 AM
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Shooters choice patches until clean then sweets to clean out any small amount of copper that may be built up. No oil unless it's being stored for a while. CLP for any oiling needs. This sums up my routine pretty well. Except for the copper removal. I don't worry so much about copper except in one .22 match rifle and only after I notice group degradation. I also run a couple dry patches through a barrel before I quit. I like the temp ranges for CLP as a lubricant and it has adequate staying power for safe storage corrosion prevention.
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Re: rifle cleaning solvents
[Re: rockyraider]
#4693352
10/26/13 10:21 PM
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tannerlst
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I've read about cleaning bores quiet a bit on this forum as well as a few others. Most of the guys in the know clean their bores rather infrequently. I'm gonna quit cleaning my rifle bores as a standard practice after I shoot. I may clean them after hunting season, before I put them up for the off season, but I'm not gonna clean them after I shoot as a standard practice. I believe its unnecessary and probably hurts accuracy more than it helps. Some of the guys who post here talk about only cleaning their bores after 500 or so rounds, that's a bunch of hunting seasons. I'm gonna clean the bolt and wipe everything down but leave the bores fouled for hunting season. Ill run a snake thru my bore maybe twice a year or so . Depending on how much I shoot . Which was every weekend for a long time
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Re: rifle cleaning solvents
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#4695985
10/28/13 01:19 AM
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I don't always clean my rifles but when I do I use CR-10 or Wipe-Out. The CR-10 isn't for the faint of heart because you can frost the bore. But it works VERY VERY Well for pulling copper.
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