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Turkey Guns & Shooting => Turkey Guns => Topic started by: laturkeyhunter on March 05, 2017, 08:33:17 PM

Title: Barrel cleaning
Post by: laturkeyhunter on March 05, 2017, 08:33:17 PM
Would it be a bad idea to use carburetor cleaner or break cleaner in a barrel and choke followed by a boresnake between shots while patterning.


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Title: Barrel cleaning
Post by: BottomLand54 on March 05, 2017, 08:56:48 PM
Non clorinated brake cleaner want hurt a thing. Best thing besides hopps 9.

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Title: Barrel cleaning
Post by: laturkeyhunter on March 05, 2017, 09:14:19 PM
Ok thanks. I was doing some patterning Saturday and after four or five shots I would notice that my patterns would start to get worse they would improve a little after running a boresnake but not much and thought that the carb cleaner or brake cleaner might be a quick way to clean


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Title: Re: Barrel cleaning
Post by: SumToy on March 06, 2017, 08:05:12 AM
carb cleaner i would not.  brake cleaner works
Title: Re: Barrel cleaning
Post by: cardbuster on March 10, 2017, 07:54:54 AM
Quote from: SumToy on March 06, 2017, 08:05:12 AM
carb cleaner i would not.  brake cleaner works
Carb cleaner will work fine, its mostly acetone. Been using it for over 35 years. Not going to hurt the barrel.
Title: Re: Barrel cleaning
Post by: taylorjones20 on March 10, 2017, 09:14:37 AM
I don't think it will hurt the bore of the barrel but it could very easily hurt the finish of the barrel.  It doesn't evaporate near as fast as brake cleaner.
Title: Re: Barrel cleaning
Post by: cardbuster on March 10, 2017, 09:50:15 AM
Quote from: taylorjones20 on March 10, 2017, 09:14:37 AM
I don't think it will hurt the bore of the barrel but it could very easily hurt the finish of the barrel.  It doesn't evaporate near as fast as brake cleaner.
I agree with you there, be careful with the synthetics. I always liked the smell of hoppes #9 solvent.
Title: Re: Barrel cleaning
Post by: Greg Massey on March 10, 2017, 10:26:04 AM
I use what's made for guns Hoppes 9 , never seen brakes or Carburetor in or on my gun....
Title: Re: Barrel cleaning
Post by: taylorjones20 on March 10, 2017, 10:26:16 AM
I like the smell of G96 gun oil more than any others.  I'm not sure what it is about it but it smells great to me lol
Title: Re: Barrel cleaning
Post by: allaboutshooting on March 10, 2017, 11:14:03 AM
There's nothing like the smell of Hoppe's #9 in the morning.

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Title: Barrel cleaning
Post by: Tennessee Lead on March 10, 2017, 12:24:44 PM
I'm a Hoppe's guy myself


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Title: Re: Barrel cleaning
Post by: potter on March 10, 2017, 01:23:10 PM
Nitro ray asked me do you think hoppes 9 can remove plastic fouling, when u purchase it in a plastic bottle. I switched to butchs bore shine much better than no 9 imo.
Title: Re: Barrel cleaning
Post by: greencop01 on March 10, 2017, 07:42:59 PM
HOPPES #9 for barrels, aftershave and room freshener.  :drool:
Title: Barrel cleaning
Post by: BottomLand54 on March 11, 2017, 09:50:34 AM
Gasoline and kerosene work good as well.

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Title: Barrel cleaning
Post by: BottomLand54 on March 11, 2017, 09:51:30 AM
Also remove barrel and use hot water and Dawn dish detergent this works very well. Lots of ways lots of techniques. A good brush and kerosene with do an extreme deep clean.

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