Bore cleaners

Anything new out there? Just curious if anyone has come up with an ultimate cleaner?
I use #9, CLP, foams, all kinds of stuff.
Anyone have a favorite recipe?

 

I don't shoot high round counts compared to a lot of guys, so my gear is never really all that dirty when I clean it. This may not work for everyone, but it works great for me.

I used to be a Hoppes/Rem Oil guy. Then I switched to CLP. Breakfree is pretty good stuff, but I recently picked up a can of Ballistol (on the recommendation of a waterfowl hunting buddy who's gun is always covered in water and mud) and don't see myself using anything else now. It seems to dissolve carbon just fine and protects very well. The Breakfree works just as well, but was too foamy for my liking...Ballistol is much thinner and easier to soak the bore with. Maybe it was just the can of Breakfree. Dunno.

I do like using a boresnake on my .22's over a rod/patch. I use rods on my .308 and shotgun.

Other than that, my cleaning set up is pretty basic. Some patches, poly picks, needle CLP applicators (for pistol rails), CLP, a few lint free rags, and a stiff toothbrush.

 

I usually don't clean any bore except when shooting lots of uncoated cast bullets.
I can usually get 800-1k on a factory Glock barrel if the lead is good before build up.
My prescision rifles might get cleaned yearly.
My plinkers if something questionable has been through it I use hops and remoil.

 

We shoot thousands of rounds 0f 22lr with the 4H Shooting Sports kids. Mostly CCI and Federal Automatch
Might be some better stuff out there, but Hoppe's #9 and Rem Oil are hard to beat IMHO

 

I rarely clean the bores of my guns, but I've always been happy with #9.

As far as oils, I used to use Rem-oil but after seeing a lot gun oil tests I've stopped. Rem-oil doesn't do much better than WD-40 for rust protection so I switched to Eezox. Hornady One Shot is also apparently very good, as is Break Free CLP.

 

Me I am with the other guys on the Hoppe's #9 and rem oil. First I soak a bronze bore bursh with the #9, let it sit for a little bit while I clean the rest of the gun up (bolt, action etc.) Then I take two dry patches doubled up and clean the #9 out the bore. I keep running double patches up the barrel till they come out white.

For the chamber I triple up the patches soak with some #9 to clean the chamber in a twisting action . After that sits for a bit I triple up some dry patches to make the chamber shine. Then a couple more patches down the barrel to catch anything that may have run from the chamber into the barrel.

I use the 35. Cal patches to clean from a 22.cal to 35. cal. The only caliber that I don't double up on when using these patches are the 22-25 cal. This allows for a nice tight fit into the grooves. If you would just use the one patch as directed and your patches come out white double them up and see how much you missed!

As for the oil I only use rem oil because it has teflon in it. Eventually the oil will evaporate and leave behind a smooth teflon coating which will not pick up dirt and dust!

 

But about once in awhile I use Hoppe's copout to clean that copper fouling left behind. And for the 22 long rifle guy or anyone shooting lead bullets Hoppe's lead out!

 

I pack remoil in my range bag, I use it to clean actions most of the time.
The Teflon thing is overrated.
If you want something that sticks and drys look into one-shot.

 

Hello to a fellow Canter's Cave graduate. We do exactly the same thing with ours.

 

Maybe see you at Canters in April? Should be done hoarding by then

 

Not this year, our host range only has facilities and dates available for rifle and archery. If we can get a shotgun or pistol club going in our county I would head back down.

In the spirit of the thread, Aero Kroil does a pretty good job on heavy leading. I have a GP-100 (Ruger) that I shot tons of home cast bullets through and "might" have been pushing some of them a bit fast. A couple shots of Kroil, let it sit for a couple hours followed by some ChoreBoy wrapped around a brass brush and it was clean as a whistle.