Mosin-Marauder
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Hoppe's is all I use to clean after corrosive. Not trying to start a huge debate or anything, but it works for me. Boresnake or rod and patches.
Regards,
-Mo.
Regards,
-Mo.
Hoppe's is all I use to clean after corrosive. Not trying to start a huge debate or anything, but it works for me.
After firing 10 rounds (more with the Mauser) and cleaning with Hoppes, a boresnake and then with a light cost of oil in the bore, I've had zero rust develop in either my Mauser or my Mosin over a month or two of storage at times.
I stopped cleaning with water an ammonia last year.
Your mileage may vary.
Some of you are thinking, hogwash, I have used XYZ solvent for 10 years with no rust formation. Ah, do read on….
At the beginning of the article I mentioned that I had done some initial testing using a higher temp and what I thought was going to be higher humidity. I went and re read the chapter that Julian Hatcher wrote in his book “Hatcher’s Notebook” and found out that in their testing of corrosion, they found that corrosion only formed at a humidity of 68% and greater.
Many of you probably looked at the images above of your favorite solvent (like Hoppe’s No 9) and simply did not believe what you saw. But in order to prove a point I did one more series of tests with applying salt and then cleaning with each solvent.
I live in the desert, I could probably get away with not cleaning at all after shooting corrosive ammo, the humidity here is low enough that it would take a long time for rust to appear. Doesn't mean it is a good idea.