Bore Solvent/ Carbon Removal/ Borescope "proof"

[AckleymanII]

For cleaning shotgun barrels, carbon, and especially plastic wad from barrel, this product we found at a sporting clays tournament outside of Atlanta.

This product is simply unbelievable in how it cleans hard core residue from shotgun barrels. It is so effective, that the Marine Corp has adopted it for cleaning their equipment.

I have meant to cut the towels up into squares and using them on punch type jags and brushes to see how they will clean a rifle barrel.

Everyone that has tried these has been VERY amazed:

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[ridgeway]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BK7LR36/?tag=accuratescom-20
Is this the stuff that I've heard everyone saying is tops for removing caked on carbon? Just wondering if its the right stuff. Thanks-

This is a newer formula and next to worthless. EPA makes everyone take out the stuff that works.

 

[fyrewall]

Brownell's has the MSDS for the Superior Products Sales Slip 2000 Carbon Killer. My thoughts are if the black stuff is carbon steam/water would be the best way to remove it by softening then busting it up into tiny removeable chunks (mechanical attack). I use 91% Isopropyl Alcohol (Walmart, cheap) and a tooth brush & a shot gun brush (inside bolt carrier) to clean up the innards of my direct gas impingement AR while wearing nitrile gloves. Carbon is real stable and my opinion is a solvent like cyclohexene would not actually dissolve the carbon but might soften it. The black stuff might not be carbon but a combination of fused discharge byproducts like lead, barium, antimony, and various smokeless powder additives for stabilization, and burn rate control. At one time or even at present calcium carbonate was added to smokeless powders as a stabilizer to counteract acid decay. A variety of solvents will dissolve the discharge byproducts.

Everybody has the option to use whatever they want or not want including protective stuff. The next chore, after cleaning up my weapons, might be cooking dinner so I wear nitrile gloves when messing around with solvents and heavy metals.

 

[ridgeway]

Getting the normal carbon out is easy. Getting the hard, baked on stuff you see on the lands near throat is another story. I don't think there is a chemical that removes that easilly. Bronze brush and elbow grease.