Boretech Eliminator vs Pro Shot vs CLR

[Fotheringill]

Big jugs are nice.

That being said, there are dozens, if not hundreds of products out there.

I use Eliminator at the range and dedicated copper cleaner and carbon cleaner at home. I am pretty OCD with the cleaners at home and don't have one bronze brush or jag at all. I was shocked as hell when a shooting pal brought a bore scope to the range and we saw what copper and carbon were actually in the length of the bore after a week of cleaning.

Next purchase after a replacement barrel for the one that is shot out is a bore scope.

 

[grovey]

Big jugs are nice, but anything more than a handful is a waste...

 

[JMayo]

Boretec is so sticky .... Once I used it on a towel to clean necks. I didn't think I'd have to wash it off .... I couldi Pick up brass by touching a case. Also turned brass dark in spots I missed cleaning it off.
Not mopping out chamber with #9, then clean big patch the chamber was sticky.
I have a half quart I'd give away .....

 

[AckleymanII]

About the only thing I shoot these days is a 30BR although I am going to chamber something up for 600 yards.
It's not unusual for me to go 150 rounds between cleaning and this is what works for me.
I start out with patch out wipe out with excellerator , then to GM top engine cleaner ( the stuff in the old rusty quart cans ) for the carbon.
I must be in the minority because I've not heard anyone mention it .
Then finish with eliminator.
After the eliminator the patches come out snow white and we're ready for the next match.

You have to be careful with the GM top engine cleaner, it will penetrate your skin and go straight to your Kidney walls, wear gloves, and only in a well ventilated room.

 

[dkhunt14]

Boretec is so sticky .... Once I used it on a towel to clean necks. I didn't think I'd have to wash it off .... I couldi Pick up brass by touching a case. Also turned brass dark in spots I missed cleaning it off.
Not mopping out chamber with #9, then clean big patch the chamber was sticky.
I have a half quart I'd give away .....

It will soften your brass. Brass so a big percent of copper and look what It does to copper in your barrel. Matt

 

[urbanrifleman]

Windex cleans necks very well... haha

 

[jimmymac]

Windex cleans necks very well... haha

I’ve always been an Irish Spring man myself. Windex gave me a rash.

 

[urbanrifleman]

The propagation of posts on the exact same subject at exactly the same time like the other previous posts do not exist.

The Forum Mandella effect.

 

[JMayo]

You have to be careful with the GM top engine cleaner, it will penetrate your skin and go straight to your Kidney walls, wear gloves, and only in a well ventilated room.

Wow, scary sounding.
I think of all the chemicals I've had on me (oil field, farm, gun cleaning).... Prolly gonna die a horrible death :/

 

[AckleymanII]

If you use the GM cleaner in an enclosed two car garage once, you will know just how dangerous it is regarding breathing it....once.

 

[Stan Taylor]

The propagation of posts on the exact same subject at exactly the same time like the other previous posts do not exist.

The Forum Mandella effect.

Well if my post are out of line as far as your original post be more than glad to delete my part in this thread.

 

[AckleymanII]

I don't know. The good stuff was banned. Scary stuff to breathe, felt like you wanted to pass out.

 

[urbanrifleman]

Well if my post are out of line as far as your original post be more than glad to delete my part in this thread.

Not you at all.

I just noticed there is another thread on the other forum on the exact same thing. This sort of multi threading is really kind of an ongoing thing.

 

[ClassCat]

Urban
I had one a couple weeks ago asking about Pro shot products,
I appreciate this thread very much thank you for testing the products. Without this thread I may not have had a chance to meet my new friend Stan Taylor
as it turns we have a lot in common - clean guns (corn bread and fresh honey) and good living West Virgina style.

Shoot Small
Jim

You don't have to be from W V to appreciate GOOD CORN BREAD AND HONEY !

 

[6MMsteve]

That, bronze brushes, one size smaller pierce jag than your caliber, pro shot patches, flitz/iosso, and red/blue jb is all youll ever need to clean any barrel. At a shortrange br match thats about all youll see used (and pretty much everybody there has a borescope and has limited time to get a barrel clean)

and that's a can of chicken well said Duster JB & oil is all I use anymore, with oil and hoppes for cleanout

 

[6MMsteve]

You don't have to be from W V to appreciate GOOD CORN BREAD AND HONEY !

I like cornbread and beans.... let the fun times begin

 

[ClassCat]

CC
In WV we smoke the bees at dusk then carefully remove the comb from the box when the honey bowl hits the table ya got baby bees still in the wax.
Yummy
J

Nothing like getting STUNG in the Mouth ! That'll wake you up !

 

[jepp2]

good living West Virgina style

How can anyone have a WV discussion without ramps?

 

[ClassCat]

Gotta Run ,,, It's TRIGGER TIME !

 

[mikeeg02]

If you want to see how effective CLR is on carbon removal, put your muzzle brake in a cup of it. Watch it bubble and come out incredibly clean. Dont leave it in there for more than 4-5 minutes at a clip before you neutralize it. If you leave it in there too long, it will dull the finish on stainless. And there is a point to when it will pit it. (Week + for sure). A couple of machinist friends or mine who shoot, and work for ARL at Penn State did that to a barrel stub and cut it open and looked at it with a microscope at work. Apparently it wasnt pretty. It's amazing to watch a muzzle brake in a cup of it, and I know several people with good luck using it in barrels. But there's only so long it's ok to leave it in there before you better neutralize it.