Favorite/most successful Bore cleaners.

[addicted]

Powder solvents, Copper solvents, foams, sprays, the works.

What works best for you guys. I especially want to hear stories from guys who have used multiple products with different results.

[jyerxa]

I'm happy with my bore snakes and hoppe"s. 3in1 oil. But I'm an old timer. 

[DoubleJ]

Frog lube.  Bar none.  Frog lube

[birdwacker]

Wipeout and sweets mixed with kroil.

[Atroxus]

I prefer a Boresnake with Gunzilla gun cleaner. I use them for my .22 rifle, .30-06, and my 9mm pistol.

[Bob33]

Hard to beat Wipeout for ease of use and effectiveness.

[wraithen]

Using hoppe's on my personal guns. For machine guns I've never been happier than with miltec and lsa-t mixed until it looks like... um... in the rapper genre, it looks like skeet.

[PA BEN]

Sweets for me

[Skyvalhunter]

Foam copper cleaner for me.

[wsmnut]

Wipeout.  No contest.

wsmnut

[Biggerhammer]

Hoppe's Benchrest and every couple hundred rounds a Sweets swabbing.

[high country]

I like it when guys are dead sure its clean and then ten minutes with the foul out 3 cooking it pulls copper.

[Biggerhammer]

I like it when guys are dead sure its clean and then ten minutes with the foul out 3 cooking it pulls copper.

Truth of the matters is, no joke. There is a point in my expirience when a barrel is over cleaned. I try to do the deep scrubbing as little as possible.

[wraithen]

From the reviews using the foul out if you get certain things indicating barrel rust you have to stop and take care of it or it will pull metal from your barrel. Aside from that, the foul out seems to be the absolute most gentle removal on the market. I have no desire to pay that much but it is probably something a gunsmith should have on hand if I wanted one to clean my guns that are difficult to reach into most spaces with anything other than a q-tip.

[carpsniperg2]

Hoppe's for me Add a bore snake to the mix and its a great mix

[wraithen]

If my bore snake hadn't broken the first, third, and fourth and last time I tried it in my .223 I would use them. If I'm gonna throw my money away I'd buy nice things for my dog. 

[carpsniperg2]

If my bore snake hadn't broken the first, third, and fourth and last time I tried it in my .223 I would use them. If I'm gonna throw my money away I'd buy nice things for my dog.

I hope you took it back! I have 6 or 7 and never had any problems with them. Did you have the right 22 cal snake? I know guys that have broke the one they had trying to run a 30 cal threw a .27. The bore snakes are way to tight to do that with.

[wraithen]

Positive. It said .223 right on the package. I didn't feel like dealing with aafes or I might have taken it back. That will teach me not to buy things from people I hate dealing with.

[carpsniperg2]

  agree if you have a bimart in your area they good sales on them from time to time. I picked a bunch up from the sportsmans show last year at a great price.

[wraithen]

I think bi-mart is kind of like coyotes around here. I haven't seen one and I doubt it actually exists. It's all a conspiracy 

[carpsniperg2]

 

[addicted]

My idea against bore snakes for full bore cleaning is that wire brushes break down and need do be replaced. so its much cheaper to replace a 1.99$ wire bore brush and it seems like patches are free than a $15.00 bore snake replaced at the same rate.  I see advantages for a quick bore wipe in the field to get the rain water out of your barrel, but when it's most important in the field you cant use a bore snake anyways because when it's most important is when you have a blockage from jamming your muzzle and that little brass on the end of the bore snake string isnt going to push out a blockage.

[high country]

I like it when guys are dead sure its clean and then ten minutes with the foul out 3 cooking it pulls copper.

Truth of the matters is, no joke. There is a point in my expirience when a barrel is over cleaned. I try to do the deep scrubbing as little as possible.

With your taste in tubes, you should not have to scrub. Factory tubes can collect copper like a crackhead in a scrap yard.

[fishngamereaper]

A dirty gun is a happy gun. At sniper school we just took our mud caked guns in the shower with us...

What.....is that wierd

[Biggerhammer]

If my bore snake hadn't broken the first, third, and fourth and last time I tried it in my .223 I would use them. If I'm gonna throw my money away I'd buy nice things for my dog.

Hahahaha! 

[Biggerhammer]

I like it when guys are dead sure its clean and then ten minutes with the foul out 3 cooking it pulls copper.

Truth of the matters is, no joke. There is a point in my expirience when a barrel is over cleaned. I try to do the deep scrubbing as little as possible.

With your taste in tubes, you should not have to scrub. Factory tubes can collect copper like a crackhead in a scrap yard.

" Like a crackhead in a scrap yard " Well said Sir.

[Biggerhammer]

A dirty gun is a happy gun. At sniper school we just took our mud caked guns in the shower with us...

What.....is that wierd

Sure is! That was the mental game. Rather than for the benefit of the firearms, but it does work wonders. What was her name?

[cwuwildcat]

My idea against bore snakes for full bore cleaning is that wire brushes break down and need do be replaced. so its much cheaper to replace a 1.99$ wire bore brush and it seems like patches are free than a $15.00 bore snake replaced at the same rate.  I see advantages for a quick bore wipe in the field to get the rain water out of your barrel, but when it's most important in the field you cant use a bore snake anyways because when it's most important is when you have a blockage from jamming your muzzle and that little brass on the end of the bore snake string isnt going to push out a blockage.

I'm with Addicted on this one.  I'll use bore snakes for a quick cleanout after a day at the range, but a good cleaning rod is with me when I'm in the field.

Oh, and Hoppes #9 and a shot of foaming cleaner when I'm done with the Hoppe's to catch anything I might have missed.  I also like a full jag, not the slotted kind that you've got to thread the cleaning patch into.

[cwuwildcat]

A dirty gun is a happy gun. At sniper school we just took our mud caked guns in the shower with us...

What.....is that wierd

Sure is! That was the mental game. Rather than for the benefit of the firearms, but it does work wonders. What was her name?

If the saying "This is my rifle, this is my gun,..." is true, I'm not sure you weren't scaring your fellowclass mates with you holding your "gun" in the shower. 

[fishngamereaper]

A dirty gun is a happy gun. At sniper school we just took our mud caked guns in the shower with us...

What.....is that wierd

Sure is! That was the mental game. Rather than for the benefit of the firearms, but it does work wonders. What was her name?

I forgot....but she was blonde

[Biggerhammer]

A dirty gun is a happy gun. At sniper school we just took our mud caked guns in the shower with us...

What.....is that wierd

Sure is! That was the mental game. Rather than for the benefit of the firearms, but it does work wonders. What was her name?

I forgot....but she was blonde

Blonde? Strange, everything we drug around was black as coal.

[DoubleJ]

All these posts and I'm the only frog paste fan?  You guys seriously haven't tried this stuff yet?

[birdwacker]

Where can you buy Frog paste?

[flinter]

Friend of mine had a 300 win mag that lost its accuracy. He is a clean freak so a dirty bore wasn't the problem. Took the rifle to a local gunsmith to be checked out. The smith charged him 20 bucks to clean with Sweets7.62. Accuracy came back. He had been using one of the long time faverites, but it didn't get all the copper out of bore. Its Sweets for me!!!

[DoubleJ]

Where can you buy Frog paste?

All over online.  Search for reviews too.  GREAT stuff

[KFhunter]

dang wished I'd have seen this a few days ago
 
just bought a 20 dollar bottle of montana x-treme copper killer
 
alos picked up a bunch of nylon brushes and bore guides from midway usa, was going to go through all my old guns with this stuff.  I've never used a copper solvent before     always just hoppes #9 
 
then most of my guns are handmedowns deer rifles so I'm sure the bores were good n fouled before I got them.
 
I might be shocked eh?  or will I ruin my bores?
 
picked up a new remmy 700 sps in .243 was going to do the proper bore break in proceedure see if I like it

[addicted]

A neat test of many of the cleaners against eachother in a copper removal test.  Your favorites might not have done so well......

http://www.coretacsolutions.com/products_KG_KG12_TEST.htm

[JJB11B]

  3m brake kleen in my AR removes carbon like a champ

[Miles]

picked up a new remmy 700 sps in .243 was going to do the proper bore break in proceedure see if I like it

This one:

[addicted]

picked up a new remmy 700 sps in .243 was going to do the proper bore break in proceedure see if I like it

This one:

you should just move over to the other forum with big stick. two peas in a pod.

[Miles]

picked up a new remmy 700 sps in .243 was going to do the proper bore break in proceedure see if I like it

This one:

you should just move over to the other forum with big stick. two peas in a pod.

Hey now...

I'm over there on ARAIG, but I'm "undercover".


You know I couldn't pass up a chance to post that video.    It's a classic.
I still laugh every time I watch it.

[addicted]

you should see the thread about him.
"post pics of your hideously painted rifles and dead fish"
got one painted up like  a river spoon.

[Miles]

On Asrealasitgets?  What section (board name) is it in?   I think I vaguely remember the title...

[addicted]

On Asrealasitgets?  What section (board name) is it in?   I think I vaguely remember the title...

24HCF in the long range hunting section. Some cool pics.

[KFhunter]

I dunno what the heck your all talking about
 
can't see the utube vid either at work

[addicted]

I dunno what the heck your all talking about
 
can't see the utube vid either at work

you should watch it when you get home