Barrel cleaning

[laturkeyhunter]

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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[BottomLand54]

Non clorinated brake cleaner want hurt a thing. Best thing besides hopps 9.

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[laturkeyhunter]

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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[SumToy]

carb cleaner i would not.  brake cleaner works

[cardbuster]

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.

[taylorjones20]

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.

[cardbuster]

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.

[Greg Massey]

I use what's made for guns Hoppes 9 , never seen brakes or Carburetor in or on my gun....

[taylorjones20]

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

[allaboutshooting]

There's nothing like the smell of Hoppe's #9 in the morning.

Thanks,
Clark

[Tennessee Lead]

I'm a Hoppe's guy myself


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[potter]

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.

[greencop01]

HOPPES #9 for barrels, aftershave and room freshener. 

[BottomLand54]

Gasoline and kerosene work good as well.

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[BottomLand54]

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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