Is it available on the shelf at home depot?I`ve tried ALOT of concoctions in the last 50+yrs, but as of lately, i tried the Breakthrough "Carbon Pro". I threw out everything else immediately in the garbage after i saw how good it worked. Not only did this stuff clean out my built up carbon, it also cleaned out my gun cleaning cabinet.
I soak a cotton patch, let it sit in the chamber 5 minutes, twist a plastic bore brush into the chamber, no more carbon.
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I bought BT-Carbon Pro at BassPro, but have since found it through HomeDepot a little cheaper. I can order it on their website, then go to town and pick it up when it comes in. For me, its easier to drive to my local HomeDepot 10 minutes from my house rather than drive 2hrs (to an from) to basspro.
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No but Home Depot has great free delivery service.
If anyone else gives it a try, let’s us know your results.
If your barrel is toast easy off oven cleaner and CLR are for sure worth a try, carbon barrel or stainless. Buddy of mine has been ready to rebarrel and brought a smoked barrel back to life with the these several times. To be clear, last ditch effort when all else has failed and you are about to order your new tube.
I've heard that CLR has been all over Cortina about recommending CLR. It DOES etch stainless and I guess they dont want to be sued.
I have used it. It does work after some soaking but is it any better than other products? It is better than many but I have a few that are better IMO. There is a very hard carbon that is pressed hard into the steel that is hard to remove and thats where the abrasives come in. I've found that if I thin this layer and leave a thin film, I dont need fouling shots.
As for Hoppes #9, Here are before and after pics of a completely rotted out 03 barrel a friend swore was clean because he scrubbed it with Hoppes 9 until clean patches came out. A debate ensued and a wager was placed. He brought it over and we bore scoped it and found the clean thick carbon you see here. I didnt keep his $10. We started scubbing with 30 cal bronze brush and KG2 and Iosso. Within 10 strokes the brush got loose and we went to a 32 cal brush which also got loose in 10 strokes and then went to a 35 cal brush which loosened slightly. when we cleaned out the KG we found the rusty pitted bore with no rifling at all. Also a good example of damage from corrosive ammo. Clean patches mean nothing. Get a scope.
BTW, he also has a 303 enfield in similar shape, fired with 308 bullets and the gap in the bore filled with carbon. No rifling was visible until after scrubbing with Iosso but the was rifling and some pitting
BTW, he also has a 303 enfield in similar shape, fired with 308 bullets and the gap in the bore filled with carbon. No rifling was visible until after scrubbing with Iosso but the was rifling and some pitting
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jxb
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Likely because of this
Multi-purpose degreaser cleaner: primarily used to clean and maintain your firearms, but also works great in automobile, aircraft, marine and motorcycle applications or at home on your tools, grills, floors, carpets and countertops
Coyotefurharvester
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A new bore brush.
CLR may etch Stainless and personally I haven't bothered to test that, but i have used it in my 6 BR and Dasher barrels for carbon for a long time now and they all shoot just as good as when the barrels were new. I personally haven't found anything other than JB or Iosso that will remove soft carbon better. It will not remove hard carbon as per my bore scope.
I have no idea how bore tech compares because i never bought any due to the extremely high price of it. I wanted to try it, but alot of the reviews i have seen, stated that bore tech was ok but nothing life shattering as some hype it up to be. I find that most people who talk about and/or write reviews on bore cleaners, don`t even have a bore scope to get in there barrels to see what these cleaners are actually doing.
jxb
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I ordered some from HD. Got an old Swift that is shot out and until I got a bore scope hadn't realized just how bad my cleaning was. Granted this was from shooting large numbers of sage rats in the 90's so there's that. Bad hard carbon in what's left of the throat. It will be a good test for this stuff and I'll document with the scope as I go. Assuming it actually works I'll do some longer term checks for pitting or anything else to assure it's safe to use on stuff I care about.
jxb
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IMO boretech works ok if you clean right away and stay on top of it. Mostly I like that there's basically no smell and safe to use. It does make your hands feel exactly the same as bleach does when you get some on your skin which makes me wonder. I'm not sure it cleans any better than Hoppes #9. Except for the pocketbook that is.
That`s kind of what i`m finding when i read a bunch of reviews. And there`s why i didnt bother buying any of the bore tech brand, because many have said they didnt find it to be the be all end all. So why would i want to pay extreme inflated prices when this BT-CarbonPro does a fantastic job, for alot less money.
As i`m sure you definitely already know, like i do, soft carbon comes out without alot of effort with even the weakest of cleaners. Its the hard carbon build up that is the issue. Even with the best solvents, hard carbon is very hard to remove. Hard carbon needs to be soaked for quite awhile before it can be removed.
I`m not ever going to say that BT-CarbonPro is the king, but it sure does one hell of a good job, for me, for less money spent. I`ve cleaned a couple of my oldest in the gun safe, that i have never gotten cleaned really well, the BT-CarbonPro did get the years of hard carbon, out. Took a little extra cleaning, but it got the job done that none of my other bore cleaners could do.
I wish i could find the MSDS data on both the BoreTech and the BT-CarbonPro. I would like to know what each of them have in their ingredients.
jelenko
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Amen.
quotes worth repeating.
Clean patches mean nothing. Get a scope.
until I got a bore scope hadn't realized just how bad my cleaning was.
CLR may etch Stainless and personally I haven't bothered to test
Clean patches mean nothing. Get a scope.
until I got a bore scope hadn't realized just how bad my cleaning was.
CLR may etch Stainless and personally I haven't bothered to test
I have seen this video and through my bore scope I see zero evidence of etching. Not that it doesn't but I haven't noticed it. CLR works very fast so it's in the bore maybe a minute or two at the most before I flush the bore with alcohol. On paper at 200 yards, CLR shows no damage to my rifles bores.
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