Rifle cleaning
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Wasalmonslayer
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Yes sir I have been using that combo for 10 yrs and it works great!!
oscarflytyer
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I use JB, but also Ed's Red. w/ Lanolin. Love it!
waco
Springfield, Oregon
Well. This is good to know.....I guess I won't be using this product as a regular cleaning agent.
Boretech Eliminator is the other new to me product I have gotten very good results with as well.
Reed
Active Member
Glad to see Ed's Red mentioned. To stretch my reloading budget, I've been making batches of it for several years. Besides working well, I can get everything I need to make it at my Ace Hardware for comparatively little cost. Like Will says about Kroil, regular use of ER makes cleaning sessions shorter/easier. Ed claims it will help lift metal deposits over time. I'd have to agree, based on my experience. Sometimes after running a dry patch through a gun that's been stored with a coat of ER and ignored for a few months, I'm amazed at what a dry patch has on it. Here's what Ed has to say about that:
There isn't anything in Ed's Red which chemically dissolves copper fouling in rifle bores, but it does a better job removing on carbon and primer residue than anything else which is safe and commonly available. Numerous users have told me, that exclusive use of "ER" reduces copper deposits, because it removes the old impacted powder fouling which is left by other cleaners, which reduces the abrasion and adhesion of jacket metal to the bore surface, leaving a cleaner surface condition which reduces subsequent fouling. Experience seems to indicate that "ER" will actually remove metal fouling it if you let it "soak," so the surfactants will do the job, though you have to be patient.
Ian
Notorious member
My cleaning arsenal consists of an Outers Foul Out III, Ed's Red, Nylon and bronze brushes, Chore Boy, 0000 steel wool, an array of brass jags, flannel patches, and for the rifles that see jacketed bullets, any of the ammonia-based copper solvents for patching out every 20 rounds or so. Currently Butch's is in rotation, but Shooter's Choice and Hoppe's Benchrest #9 have all been in rotation to good effect for frequent maintenance.
fiver
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I probably have 5 cases of cleaning stuff around here.
I'm pretty sure I threw away a case full of the old cleaner they used on the Garands during ww-2.
and have tried giving away bottles of the CLP stuff.
I mostly use the foaming bore cleaners anymore.
shoot it in 3-4 guns and go do something else for a couple of hours then come push a patch down the barrel.
I'm pretty sure I threw away a case full of the old cleaner they used on the Garands during ww-2.
and have tried giving away bottles of the CLP stuff.
I mostly use the foaming bore cleaners anymore.
shoot it in 3-4 guns and go do something else for a couple of hours then come push a patch down the barrel.
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freebullet
Guest
Other than muzzle loaders I try not to clean barrels much.
quicksylver
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Fiver I too had a case of the WW11 cleaner..we lived on a 28 acre farm..the only place they would let me use it was on acre #29..that stuff worked
BUT boy it smelled...I think it was made to get rid of the corrosive fouling..
Foaming bore cleaner is what I use on a newly purchased used gun..works great..
Haven't really tried cleaning my cast bullet guns..I probably should do some sort of prep if they are going to sit for a while..just don't know what..