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Posted: 5/22/2006 7:24:16 PM EDT
| i know im gonna get torched,but i need to find a better copper solvent,whats the BEST?Sweets7.62?i know.... im a dufus.h.gif |
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Here is a read from the boys who know what they are doing when it comes to a clean bore: www.6mmbr.com/borecleaning.html |
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With copper you have to give the stinky chemicals time to do their thing. I like to clean while watching TV, I wet down the bore (I have been useing Butches Bore Shine) and let it sit while I watch. I will go back every other commercial and brush,patch,recoat .I also like useing a nylon brush because a brass or bronze brush will react with the cleaner and then you can't tell if the crud is comeing out of the bore or off the brush |
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I plan to try this stuff soon- The test results are very, very impressive and I haven't heard anything negative about it yet. http://www.kgindustries.co.uk/ (click on pics at bottom for test results) http://www.jarheadtop.com/KG-12_Test_Results.htm https://wx9.registeredsite.com/user878351/miva/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=cleenboreusa&Category_Code=KG |
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| I know that word has it that Hoppe's only takes care of carbon fouling, but if I run a patch through the barrel soaked with it, wait for 15 minutes, and then run a dry patch through it, that patch will come out very blue. Does this mean that it is indeed removing some of the copper fouling? I've used the Birchwood Casey stuff up to now. Thanks! |
Hoppe's No.9 does indeed remove copper fouling. I find that using it keeps copper fouling to a minimum. However, if I get a new-to-me used gun that has severe copper fouling, I'll use Sweet's 7.62 to remove it. Sweet's is much stronger. |
| i am cleaning my oly for the first time right now with Sweets.I cant beleive the crap it is pulling out of my supposedly cleaned already rifle.not finished yet.hock.gif |
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Butches is some great stuff. All the real high speed, $5,000 plus rifle, benchrest shooters at my range use it and swear by it. They first run 2-3 patches soaked with Kroil, let it sit for a minute, and then hit it with Butches. They other day, I noticed every damn one of them used the same combination, so it must work well. Be careful not to get Butches on your hands though! |
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I wouldn't think that use by benchrest shooters is much of a testimonial for a copper solvent. They shoot super match grade barrels, hand lapped by master craftsmen and with bores exactly the diameter of the bullet. They also shoot five rounds and clean before the barrel cools completely. The Harts anf Kreigers that I have owned never copper fouled much, if any. I do see why benchrest shooters would use Butch's. It's a good solvent and any slight jacket fouling would be quikly dispatched. In my bores that copper foul badly, I didn't find Butch's to be "magic". I gave the rest of the bottle to a friend with a hard fouling 22-250. He had the same experience. If you don't like the smell of ammonia, try KB-17 gel from Sinclair. It is slower than Sweet's. but it works. Cleans the black powder residue from stainless guns too. I have also found that most everything works better if you follow the insructions on the container. And, don't mix solvents. A friend couldn't get his shotgun barrel clean so I took a try. I have every solvent/cleaner known to man and I tried them all without drying out the bore between solvents. Suddenly, smoke startd rolling out the end of the barrel and it got so hot I had to set it down real quick. Note to the recklessly curious and insane: Don't try this just to see if I'm full of it. |
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