Bore Cleaners

[james]

I use an Anschutz 64SBR in local factory benchrest matches along with a customized Suhl in open class. I ran out of my rimfire blend bore cleaner and have Butch's Bore Shine and Hoppes #9 on hand. Which of these 2 cleaners would work best in these guns until I can pickup some more 22 cleaner?

Thanks

 

[Tim Slater]

I use an Anschutz 64SBR in local factory benchrest matches along with a customized Suhl in open class. I ran out of my rimfire blend bore cleaner and have Butch's Bore Shine and Hoppes #9 on hand. Which of these 2 cleaners would work best in these guns until I can pickup some more 22 cleaner?

Thanks

Personally I think either would work. In my experience 0.22LR fouling isn't hard to remove. RF Blend cuts through the grease left by bullets very well, but it's not magical. From memory, Butch's Bore Shine is a stronger than Hoppe's (going by the MSDS), but it won't instantly dissolve the barrel.

 

[TrxR]

Do any if you use Ed's Red in your rimfires? If so do you make it with or without acetone?

 

[justinp61]

I have Rimfire Blend but just use Hoppes #9 most of the time. If it's really dirty I'll use a little JB bore paste on a brass brush. I've had good luck on the carbon ring by soaking a patch in #9 and pulling it into the chamber and letting it soak overnight then use a brush the next day.

This and a $1.75 will buy you a cup of coffee in some places.

 

[Hi-NV Shooter]

Do any if you use Ed's Red in your rimfires? If so do you make it with or without acetone?

I don't know if it is the same but I use a 50/50 mix of Hoppes 9 and Kroil been using for nearly 10-years never a problem keeping my barrels clean.

Lee

 

[TrxR]

I don't know if it is the same but I use a 50/50 mix of Hoppes 9 and Kroil been using for nearly 10-years never a problem keeping my barrels clean.

Lee

Eds Red is equal parts Dextron 3 ATF, Kerosene, Mineral Spirits and Acetone. Some omit acetone and some add Lanolin.

 

[Tim Slater]

Do any if you use Ed's Red in your rimfires? If so do you make it with or without acetone?

I've been using, and making, Ed's Red for about seven years now. I make it with acetone, as it's in the recipe; I'm not a chemist, so I just follow the recipe. It works very well for me. The two greatest aspects are that it's cheap, and I can make a pint of it at a time.

Before, this I had Boretech RF Blend; that also worked nicely, but it was a bit grabby - patches would stick, that didn't with petroleum oil-based cleaners. It's also really expensive over here. Hoppes no 9, Hoppe's Elite, Breakfree, Parker-Hale 009, Tetragun all work. I once used WD40 because that was all I had to hand; the barrel didn't dissolve, rust, or die afterwards. Friends have used Butches, KG1, Boretech carbon remover without issue.

The only product I won't use is 303 oil. This may gave been the go-to for decades, but it wasn't made for .22. It's really just a rust-proofing additive for flushing out chlorate primers. Undiluted it's very sticky, and seems to leave a varnish like residue.

 

[Rsadams]

Of the two Butch's bore shine is what I would use...

 

[Hi-NV Shooter]

Eds Red is equal parts Dextron 3 ATF, Kerosene, Mineral Spirits and Acetone. Some omit acetone and some add Lanolin.

Thanks for explaining what is in it.

 

[Bill K]

Hoppe's solvents, Sharp Shooters Foam and patches will clean as well any other products on the market, Hoppe's has been doing it for years and years. And when they added the copper solvent they just entered the new age, too boot.

 

[DGP4]

Ed's red is actually equal parts ATF, Mineral Spirits, Turpentine and Acetone. The lanolin additive is for lubricating the bore for long term storage. It is based on an original formula of Sperm Whale oil, Kerosene, Turpentine and Acetone.

 

[flatlander]

I got the formula for Ed's Red out of the NRA's book on cast bullets nearly 40yrs ago, and have used it in my 22RF handguns & rifles ever since. Mineral spirits & turpentine are essentially the same thing, so I've always used kerosene in what I've mixed for myself - and I do include acetone, which requires that you store it in a glass container, as acetone will soften/dissolve plastic.

 

[SGW Gunsmith]

I agree with Post #2, concerning .22 ammunition fouling being pretty easy to remove from the bore if we don't wait too long. Many of these current synthetic bore solutions work extremely well when they are left to soak in the bore for 10-15 minutes and then patched, or felt plug pulled out.
I haven't used a cleaning rod on a .22 rimfire bore in over 25 years:

This my method to swipe out the bore fouling after a day of shooting .22 rimfire, or sometimes half-way through some fired ammunition that I'm testing. The line is "weed-whacker" line around 0.093 in diameter. The hard felt plugs come from Brownells or amazon in .22 caliber.
The rifling in current .22 rimfire bores has land height of from 0.0020 to 0.0025 thousandths of an inch and when the fouling is still rather fresh, it's pulled out from the breech to the muzzle very easily.
The EEZOX is a CLP, so it will clean and then protect the bore afterward. All my .22's have been treated with EEZOX, and the result is, the next time the bore is cleaned the residue is much less and does not cling to the lands/grooves as happens with an untreated bore.

 

[Field_2_Fork]

The EEZOX is a CLP, so it will clean and then protect the bore afterward. All my .22's have been treated with EEZOX, and the result is, the next time the bore is cleaned the residue is much less and does not cling to the lands/grooves as happens with an untreated bore.

On the recommendation from several shooters at my local range I've just started using EEZOX as the final step of my cleaning regiment, rather that a patch with oil. I'm glad to see mention of it here as well.

 

[DANNY-L]

Eds Red is equal parts Dextron 3 ATF, Kerosene, Mineral Spirits and Acetone. Some omit acetone and some add Lanolin.

For sure will be trying this.

 

[George Foster]

I either use Rimfire Blend or Shooters Choice/Kroil mixture.

 

[1911nut]

I either use Rimfire Blend or Shooters Choice/Kroil mixture.

Yep
I’m finding 1/2 Shooters Choice 1/2 Kroil cleans my 40 X very well. Borescope confirmed.

 

[mrh1958]

Pro Shot Products One -Step is pretty good to, does not have an unpleasant odor and is not grabby. This product and Bore Tech Carbon C4 is all you need.

 

[Rick H.]

Anyone ever heard of using a 50/50 mix of Hoppe's and Everclear 190? I just heard about it and was surprised by the ingredients. I thought they were kidding at first, but a number of shooters said that is what they use.

Rick H.

 

[jelenko]

Hoppes is one of the least effective carbon cleaners. Adding alcohol to isn't going to change the cleaning effectiveness much. You could try using 99% alcohol by all by itself to see how well it would clean.