Doc Holliday45
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Can someone recommend a foaming bore cleaner that will remove copper fouling?
Wipe out and Bore tech hands down. Hoppes is not even in the same league.
WipeOutCan someone recommend a foaming bore cleaner that will remove copper fouling?
Oasso?the most effective removal method for both powder and copper was Tactical Advantage, applied by 8-10 passes with an Oasso stiff nylon brush, let sit minimum of 4 hours, better overnight. Dry patch, repeat if bore scope reveals any copper.
.308 Win. BAR after 30 rounds
I've used Hoppe's #9 for 50+ years, also. I've been using it lately to try to get copper out of a 94 Winchester 30 W.C.F. that (by the serial number) is now 95 years old. It has been in my family now for 60-some years, but have no idea of its history prior to that. I've been trying to develop loads for it lately but just can't get anything to shoot. I just got a borescope camera to look inside the barrel, and the entire length of the bore looked more copperish-gold than grey-steel color. I've been running patches saturated (actually sopping wet) with Hoppe's down the barrel, letting it soak for 30 minutes or so, then running a dry patch. I've now repeated that process 11 times and I'm still getting copper out of the barrel. So, it's removing the copper, but very slowly. No telling how many layers of copper on copper there are. I'm wondering if some of the other copper solvents mentioned in this thread would work quicker?I've always used Hoppes #9 solvent. It doesn't foam, it doesn't scrub, it doesn't dissolve. I swab it in the barrel and let it sit while I tend to the rest of the gun..then I take a bore brush which I dip in the solvent and run it thru the barrel a few times. Then a couple of dry patches to get the gunk out. Wallah! Clean barrel! Ready for the next session. Been doing it that way for over 50 years and it has worked great.
The Hoppe's #9 is removing the copper fouling, it's just a very, very slow process. The attached picture shows the dry swabs I've passed through the barrel after letting the Hoppe's soak for 30 minutes or more. They are laid out from right to left in the picture, and even after doing 14 cleaning cycles, I'm still seeing copper residue on the patches. I'm using a plated Tipton jag, so no copper should be coming from the jag . Like I noted in post #20, I have no idea of how this rifle was treated in the first 35 years of it life. Further, since the rifle has been in my family, it has never gone through an extensive effort to specifically remove copper fouling, just normal cleanings. So, even the best of the copper fouling cleaners might not have been a one-pass operation, but think I'll try a newer generation copper removing cleaner.
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