Gun cleaning solvents?

I have been experimenting with a few gun solvents over the past few weeks and I have found the combo of Hoppes #9 first, then TM bore cleaning solution second, and finally a nice coat of remington or smith and wesson oil third to be the best combo. Im not sure why they all work together so well but they do.
 
Hoppe's #9 for me, and once in a while I'll even break out the Sweet's 7.62 if needed. The way I look at it, if it doesn't have an odor, it can't possibly be working:D
 
Can be simple !!

My general overall cleaner is Mineral Spirits. After that, I use the general variety of brands already listed. Most of the time, I don't have to go beyond the use of Mineral Spirits. I use the low odor type, costs $5.00 a gallon which lasts a long time and won't hurt the wood, bluing, plastic or metal. ... ;)

I use Mineral Spirits on my M/L's as well as Ballisto. I never use any kind of water on anything I shoot, not even my slingshot. ...... ;)


Be Safe !!!
 
May I ask; How do you use hot water to rinse? Or were you not talking about the bore?
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After cleaning everything (including bore, slide, frame, internals) with Hoppes, i rinse everything metal (including bore) with hot water simply to wash away all the gunk. I then dry patch everything to make sure all residue is gone. Then I oil

Many a folk boil their guns (Poly notwithstanding of course).
 
To the basics, understand that you have carbon fouling, which is the black sooty residue you're probably thinking about...
And copper fouling, which is all the slough-off of the copper jacketed cases that builds up in the bore from the bullets cutting their way through the rifling.

Some cleaners remove both, some only one, or the other.
Hoppes #9, has been used for decades for powder fouling, but does not remove copper.

There are many new "modern" products, and everyone will say theirs is the best.
I still use Hoppes, to clean internal parts...

I never liked the idea of running brushes down my bores, so now I use only Wipe-Out. Removes powder and copper fouling more than any other product I've ever used, and is the easiest to use on top of it all. Spray it in, leave it soak overnight, patch it out. DONE.

It even leaves a protective film against corrosion in the bore.

http://www.chuckhawks.com/wipe-out.htm

http://www.paulcompany.com/wipeout.htm
 
You really gotta be careful of gun solvents. I left a nice Colt Diamondback .38 in some for overnight. The next day the whole thing had dissolved! :D
 
If anyone has mentioned Ed's Red (Google it), I missed the reference. That and the bore foam on occasion is all you need.
 
Anyone ever try the Barnes Cr-10? A buddy just gave me a jug of it and it smells like pure amonia. I would think that a company like Barnes, who make copper bullets, would have a good copper removing solvent. What are your experiences with this product?
 
Hoppes #9, has been used for decades for powder fouling, but does not remove copper.
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If this is the case, then how do they get away with calling their product Hoppes No. 9 Bench Rest Copper Solvent? Why when I use it do my patches have a blue green color to them? Powder fouling is black is it not, copper is blue green.
 
Well I come from the benchrest world where cleaning and copper removal becomes a religion and what you'd see more than anything else would be either Butch's, Shooters Choice, Montana Extreme, Wipeout/Patchout as the big 4. The biggest inroads the last 1-2 years has been Wipeout which is now all I use, not the spray but the liquid with the accelorator combined. It has keept copper/carbon free, Hart, Kreiger, as well as my Bartlein barrels.
 
slappy hoppes bench rest is a differnt solvent then #9. Bench rest will do a respectable job on copper.
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I had to look that up. Apparently they are all called Hoppes #9, Bench Rest, Nitro, or just regular solvent. I didn't realize they made so many different solvents. That may account for the difference in smell.
So, I have to change my answer to: I use Hoppes #9 Bench Rest copper solvent for bore cleaning and non chlorinated brake cleaner for other parts. I use Outers gun oil (or whatever I happen to have on hand) and Hoppe's #9 gun grease for lubrication.
 
I think about everything mentioned here works just fine. Only competition shooters really need to worry about which is truly the "best", and even then it probably won't make 1/10th the difference they think it will.

Buy whichever one is cheapest per ounce and use the savings to buy more ammo.
 
After trying out M-Pro7, I gave away my Hoppes. Cleans great, a little goes a long way, non-toxic, no smell...what could be better. Hoppes works just fine, but I can't stand that smell anymore and it gives me horrible headaches. With M-Pro I can clean inside and no one suffers.
 
Barnes cr-10 is great stuff.

Pretty much anything will remove carbon.

CR-10 goes after copper very aggressively.

CR-10, a rod, a jag, bore guide, and a clothes line clip for your nose:)
 
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