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Any good bore cleaner not requiring wire brush?

first_timer
Is there a really good bore cleaning product out there that will dissolve the powder and loosen metal residue and remove it with only a Stiff PLASTIC Bristle bore brush (not a metal bronze/brass one) and patches?

And get it very clean?
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  • TooBig
    I like Bore Snakes with cleaner on the front and oil on the back[:D][:D][8D]
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  • He Dog
    Wipe-out. Not the Sufaris tune, but the foam bore cleaner.

    I also use Blue Wonder and Butch's Bore Shine with nylon brushes.
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  • mrbruce
    Butches Bore shine works well for me.....
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  • first_timer
    Do you mean "Blue Wonder"
    I just now ordered 2 large tubes on line, it looked so good.

    I'll check into Butch's too
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  • He Dog
    Yep, it must be early. Blue magic is a cleaner for bakelite. Maybe I will go take a nap.
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  • first_timer
    even though "Blue Wonder" speaks of using a bronze brush, I bet it's gel would work with a stiff plastic bore brush too, Huh?
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  • He Dog
    That is how I use it, with nylon bore brush. Blue Wonder and Butch's both contain a fair amount of ammonia, so they are a little harsh. Do not neglect to lightly oil the bore when finished cleaning.
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  • first_timer
    Right, I Won't forget to follow with gun oil.
    They warn that the bore is stripped bare of any protection, it cleans so deeply when it's used.

    I WILL oil afterwards!

    thanks, friend
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  • first_timer
    Well, then again....I'll use "Blue Wonder" to completely clean the bores...and then treat with Microlon Gun Juice 10 times:
    http://madogre.com/Interviews/microlon_gun_juice.htm

    ...then lightly oil.
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  • He Dog
    Hmmmm, may give that a try myself.
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  • 11b6r
    Product called "Kroil". Plug the bore, fill, let set for 24 hrs, brush, gawk at all the crap that came out. Kroil is a super penetrant oil.
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  • Highball
    After you are all done cleaning with all those miracle solvents and soft sponges and patches;

    Take Sweets 7.62 and a well fitting brass brush and give it a good workout up and down that bore. Follow with a patch and look in wonder at all that jacket material (blue or green) on the patch.

    I have an Outers foul-Out. Haven't tried EVERY chemical sold to the unwary..but every one I have tried left jacket metal in the bore...save Sweets 7.62.
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  • Permanently deleted user
    quote:Originally posted by Highball
    After you are all done cleaning with all those miracle solvents and soft sponges and patches;

    Take Sweets 7.62 and a well fitting brass brush and give it a good workout up and down that bore. Follow with a patch and look in wonder at all that jacket material (blue or green) on the patch.

    I have an Outers foul-Out. Haven't tried EVERY chemical sold to the unwary..but every one I have tried left jacket metal in the bore...save Sweets 7.62.



    Try out Montana Extreme's 50 BMG...it's a great copper solvent.
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  • buddyb
    If you use a brass brush with Sweets,most of the color on the patches will be from the brush since the cleaner will attack copper and brass.I always use Sweets and found this out the hard way.
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  • Permanently deleted user
    quote:Originally posted by fshfndr
    I like Bore Snakes with cleaner on the front and oil on the back[:D][:D][8D]
    SNAKES RULE!! I love them too!!
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  • givette
    I clean my guns for several days after firing. Sooooo, I'm going to buy one of each product that y'all suggested, one for each day's cleaning. Can't go wrong that way. Joe
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  • Highball
    quote:If you use a brass brush with Sweets,most of the color on the patches will be from the brush since the cleaner will attack copper and brass.I always use Sweets and found this out the hard way.
    Your statement is valid..partially.

    Properly used,you stroke the brush back and forth a number of times...then allow the bore to sit for 3-5 moments.

    So the Sweets works on the brush 30 seconds...and the bore several moments. You figure it out.
    Plus...if a chemical won't work on the brass brush...how is it supposed to clean the bore ?
    A futher addendum..NEVER use a stainless steel brush. Never use another chemical without completely cleaning the previous one....a brake cleaner patch or three..

    The bore snakes are a fine temporary fix...but the proper way to clean a bore is with a brush...and more brushing then most folks realize. The first thing I do when I buy a rifle off the typical gun owner is clean the bore. Never failed to have to spend a day or two getting their "clean rifle" actually CLEAN in the bore...

    By the way...pushing a rod into the chamber without a bolt guide is a fine way to shorten the life of your rifle...and pushing one down the muzzle without one is the end of your accuracy.
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  • 25skinner
    I use a foaming bore cleaner{Gun Slick} and a tight patch its the best thing I've ever seen....more guns have been hurt by improper cleaning than by leaving then dirty
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  • jonk
    I also give nods to foul out by Outers. Anyone who swears by Sweets or any other copper remover only does so because they haven't tried a foaming bore cleaner.

    That said I just don't see the issue with metal bore brushes. A bronze brush is softer than bore steel by a number of orders of magnitude. Get yourself a bronze scrub brush and try to scrub a depression into solid steel... it doesn't work! The only reason not to use a bronze brush is when using vigorous copper solvents, imho- and then I use steel brushes, which themselves are made of a steel softer than the bore.

    OTOH I've never had a problem with plastic brushes when I HAVE used them so I don't have anything bad to say about them really, either.
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  • JustC
    Wipe-Out works with a jag and a patch. I follow with Montana Extreme and then kroil. I rarely need a brush.
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