Michael Courtney
Member
In the middle of giving all my firearms their annual cleaning when I ran low on Hoppes #9 Powder Solvent and Hoppes #9 Copper Solvent. When I hit the sporting goods store to buy more, the Hoppes Elite equivalent products caught my eye. They claim to work more quickly, have no petroleum distillates or amonia, and are relatively safer to use and scent free. So I bought a bottle of the Hoppes Elite Gun Cleaner and the Hoppes Elite Copper Terminator.
My main motive in rifle cleaning it to retain and restore accuracy, so my focus is on the bore. (A toothbrush and action cleaner take care of everything else.) So for years I've done the usual: wet patch, 100 strokes with wet bore brush, dry patch, wet patch/ repeat until clean routine with the Hoppes #9 powder and copper solvents. This works well and has always restored accuracy, but it sure takes a lot of iterations some times.
So has anyone tried the Elite versions of the Hoppes cleaners? Will it save me time or is it just marketing hype? Or am I the guinea pig here who is trying the Hoppes Elite products first? (At least they didn't call them "tactical").
Michael Courtney
My main motive in rifle cleaning it to retain and restore accuracy, so my focus is on the bore. (A toothbrush and action cleaner take care of everything else.) So for years I've done the usual: wet patch, 100 strokes with wet bore brush, dry patch, wet patch/ repeat until clean routine with the Hoppes #9 powder and copper solvents. This works well and has always restored accuracy, but it sure takes a lot of iterations some times.
So has anyone tried the Elite versions of the Hoppes cleaners? Will it save me time or is it just marketing hype? Or am I the guinea pig here who is trying the Hoppes Elite products first? (At least they didn't call them "tactical").
Michael Courtney