Barrel cleaning POLL

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What do you use to remove copper and carbon from your barrel

Butch's bore shine
8
12%
Carb-Out carbon cleaner
1
2%
Ed's Red
1
2%
Forest MilFoam
9
14%
Hoppes Bench Rest 9
3
5%
Hoppes Elite
2
3%
Hoppes No 9
9
14%
KG1
1
2%
KG3
0
No votes
KG12
3
5%
Methylated Spirits
2
3%
Napier Bore Solvent
3
5%
Parker Hale 009
4
6%
Shooter's Choice
3
5%
Wipe Out Bore Cleaner
6
9%
Another propriety cleaner
10
15%
Something home brewed cleaner
1
2%
 
Total votes: 66

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#1 Post by ovenpaa »

I am running a bore cleaning products mini comparative test in the Shooting SHED and it would be interesting to see what people use to remove copper, carbon, moly, lead and nitro fouling from rifle barrels.

This applies to rifles using modern shooters powders and I am not including black powder rifles or cleaners in this Poll. There are 17 options and you can vote for every single one if indeed you use all of them however I am really interested in your top 3 copper/carbon etc cleaners.

If you have any specific findings you would like to share I would be interested including double dosing, using accelerators, different types of patches and brushes and even the use of hot air blowers to warm barrels.
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#2 Post by dromia »

I use Ed's red for carbon, oil gunk and general cleaning.

Ammonia for copper fouling.

ATF and acetone 50/50 or Kroil for lifting leading.

Use nylon brushes for application and tight patches for removal.
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#3 Post by Steve E »

I use Butches Bore shine as it removes both powder residue and what little copper fouling there is.
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#4 Post by karen »

I use Iain :lol:
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#5 Post by Steve E »

karen wrote:I use Iain :lol:
Somehow I just knew that you would say that :lol:
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#6 Post by meles meles »

A phosphor bronze brush and a bore-snake help...
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#7 Post by bobbob »

karen wrote:I use Iain :lol:

Beat me to it :grin:

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#8 Post by karen »

bobbob wrote:
karen wrote:I use Iain :lol:

Beat me to it :grin:

(Bnz, not Iain :oops: )
Hmmm starting to get worried now - heard earlier that Iain is married to Heather :o

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#9 Post by Alpha1 »

lain. Give us a a clue.?
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#10 Post by Christel »

53 votes, either we have a lot of people on this forum who do not shoot or do not clean their barrels or do not care about this poll.

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