Jim Watson
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I thot nitro solvent was meant to remove fouling from nitrocellulose/nitroglycerine powders.
Tapered wooden dowel, tapped into place with a mallet. Has worked for me for sealing bores, whether to clean or for tank bluing for over 20yrs.
For me, 2 reasons:... I fail to understanding why anyone would still use Hoppes
[1] As far as I am concerned, "it ain't broke".
Me too. It works just fine and the smell is nostalgic.<hand raised>
I drive one of those fancy horseless carriages too[1] As far as I am concerned, "it ain't broke"
? I would never use Hoppes#9 for lead removal as it would be an exercise in futility.... I’m not maligning ole No 9, merely relating that for lead removal there are better means of removal.
Uh huh.... If you haven’t used Wipe Out you’re only fooling yourself
torturing yourself
There are 16 different cleaners in your photo. Now thats TORTURE.
I don't, I open the olive jar only in desperation.
My regular solvents are M-pro 7 and Wipe Out foam.
I bought some PB Blaster but it is so rank I only use it in the driveway.
Actually 10 with 2 being CLP (one for the range bag, one for the bench). That isn’t all of them, and they aren’t all for regular care; I use Frog Lube exclusively for everything but rimfires and muzzleloaders now because it works so well. My .22s see nothing but Butch’s Bore Shine, front stuffers get No 13.
The rest of the collection services used firearms or clean ups done for friends’ neglected guns. As for water, I used to boil a pot and draw it up with a cleaning rod when cleaning my muzzleloaders. Worked great, far messier than 13.
What about a plain old ear plug?View attachment 840587
Hoppes made one about 3 times the size in a 15 minute soak on an abused Mauser. I decided a mechanic's rubber glove finger over a spent case was a safer option.I tried that. Solvents tend to eat them up.
Who knows? All I can say is that the powder is still nitro, but the solvent isn't anymore. Go figure.I thot nitro solvent was meant to remove fouling from nitrocellulose/nitroglycerine powders.