Mosin Nagant questions

I just clean mine with Hoppes #9 when I get home. Seems to work fine. I started off using windex, but I guess I got lazy and stopped. No problems yet. But then again I've only had mine a year. I think the most important thing is if you shoot corrosive ammo, don't wait a while to clean it. Do it that day. Just my opinion.
 
Reckon Hoppes might remove it too?
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One of the previous times this came up, a guy on Calguns ended up calling Hoppes to get the straight answer. Which was: "No"

The old formula worked fine, the current formula, not so much.

Hoppes No9 plus is formulated for Black powder, and should work fine on corrosive primers. http://www.hoppes.com/products/no9_plus.html

That being said, unless you shoot black powder, buying a special solvent just to do the same job as water you get from the tap for free, seems silly.
 
I want to try to disolve salt in a small amount of Hoppes #9. If that works then I don't see why that's not enough to clean with after shooting corrosive ammo.
I can't remember where I heard it, but somebody said back during the war they used to pee down the barrel before cleaning it. Has anyone else ever heard of that?
 
I want to try to disolve salt in a small amount of Hoppes #9. If that works then I don't see why that's not enough to clean with after shooting corrosive ammo.
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So the manufacturer stating that it does not remove corrosive salts is not enough for you?:rolleyes:


The old SurplusRifle site had an excellent test of a bunch of different cleaners on how they removed salts. Thanks the the wayback machine, the PDFs of the tests are still available. Hoppes #9 is at the bottom of file 2. Here is a preview: "Probably one of the worst test strips seen with very heavy rust formation on the treatment areas."

http://web.archive.org/web/20061113.../reviews2006/alittlesalt/pdf/alittlesalt1.pdf

http://web.archive.org/web/20061113.../reviews2006/alittlesalt/pdf/alittlesalt2.pdf

http://web.archive.org/web/20061113.../reviews2006/alittlesalt/pdf/alittlesalt3.pdf

http://web.archive.org/web/20061113.../reviews2006/alittlesalt/pdf/alittlesalt4.pdf

http://web.archive.org/web/20061113.../reviews2006/alittlesalt/pdf/alittlesalt5.pdf


But hey, it is your rifle, if you want to use Hoppes #9, knock yourself out.
 
I have wondered if making your last couple of shots with a Non Corrosive Boxer Primed Round would help Blast some of the salts out of the Barrel.
Then Clean. Just an Idea.
 
None of my seven Mosins have ever tasted water, and their bores are still good. Any good bore cleaner (I am NOT including Hoppes #9 in this) will work fine. Hoppes Elite, CLP, the old GI surplus LSA and Milspec "Rifle Bore Cleaner", Birchwood-Casey Bore Scrubber - all work well.
I then follow with a good gun oil in the bore to help prevent corrosion. I live in humid Florida - it works for me.
Ditto for my other milsurps.
Some gun owners get the oddest ideas from the internut. :rolleyes:
 
Any good bore cleaner (I am NOT including Hoppes #9 in this) will work fine. Hoppes Elite, CLP, the old GI surplus LSA and Milspec "Rifle Bore Cleaner", Birchwood-Casey Bore Scrubber - all work well.
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Maybe you ought to read over the test I posted on the last page. LSA and CLP are not cleaners, they are lubricants. And I am reasonably sure your Mosins have seen water, because that is probably what the Soviets used to clean them.
 
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