No more scrubbing! (carbon remover)

[dantiff2]

Has anyone seen or used the new Ballistol Suppressor cleaner yet? Looks outstanding on stubborn carbon fouling. I'm over here wondering if plugging the bore and filling up the barrel with this would eliminate the need for bore paste and elbow grease Here's a vid a lad did across the pond and it seemed to work well on the crusty crude that builds up on a muzzle brake.

 

[JEFFPPC]

I had the same thought. I am sure it will be tried. Only question I have is if it works in barrels why would they not market it that way. Much bigger market. That's impressive but I have been a long time proponent of leaving the barrel soak for days with solvent. Every one wants to clean the barrel in 30 min or less. Nope, not clean.

 

[tmwinds]

Ballistol has been around for decades. I use it on my black powder guns along with hot water. It does a great job on black powder fouling and non- hardened carbon.
To remove hard carbon and carbon rings you need to hit it hard with a tight bronze brush.Just my opinion.

 

[K22]

I guess it depends on one's discipline regarding how clean the barrel has to be to be acceptable. Far be it from me to question match winning benchrest shooters and long-range shooters.

However, when I read a lot of these posts on cleaning the assertion seems to be that the barrel has to be cleaned to shiny bare metal condition to shoot to one's standards. At least for me, all my rifles shoot just fine with regular cleaning (about 50 rounds) with a mild solvent and about 15 passes with a properly fitted bronze brush. Most importantly, my clean barrel shot shoots to my desired POI.

All this mystery about cleaning a rifle still puzzles me but so do a lot of things. Judging solely on results on target, it seems fairly straight forward to me.

 

[J.d. Popkes]

CLR on brakes, turns hard carbon into black jelly that can be sprayed off with brake cleaner or air. I suspect this is similar?

 

[quest450]

CLR on brakes, turns hard carbon into black jelly that can be sprayed off with brake cleaner or air. I suspect this is similar?

Yup, I wouldn’t use CLR to clean my barrel but it works great on my brakes

 

[Seagull]

Helmar is what a few of use in Australia

 

[ebb]

What's Helmar?

 

[K9TXS]

Helmar

Just another cleaner

 

[dantiff2]

Ballistol has been around for decades. I use it on my black powder guns along with hot water. It does a great job on black powder fouling and non- hardened carbon.
To remove hard carbon and carbon rings you need to hit it hard with a tight bronze bruh. Just my opinion.

This is not the normal, run of the mill Ballistol. I also use that on all things black powder

 

[Bottom Fodder]

Yep cleaning barrels gets a-lot of talk here, from if you clean wrong you ruin the barrel and if you don’t clean it the barrel is ruin. And all kind of not sold as barrel cleaners are used. It can be frustrating for for people to read. I have never ruined a barrel cleaning it but have broth barrels back to life by aggressively cleaning

 

[Tommie]

And once the barrel is squeaky clean, then do fouling shots so the gun shoots right.

 

[bugman]

My 2 cents....there is a huge difference between carbon and powder residue at the muzzle versus the carbon pressure-baked on at the freebore.

 

[dantiff2]

My 2 cents....there is a huge difference between carbon and powder residue at the muzzle versus the carbon pressure-baked on at the freebore.

Agreed, that’s what made me question this. Carbon at the muzzle has not been force hardened by a bullet passing over it. I’m assuming the JB is still needed as a mechanical remover and not a chemical one.

 

[J.d. Popkes]

Yup, I wouldn’t use CLR to clean my barrel but it works great on my brakes

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I use a pill bottle too!!

 

[Coyotefurharvester]

Break through clean technologies, has a suppressor cleaning liquid also.

 

[Pres100]

I had the same thought. I am sure it will be tried. Only question I have is if it works in barrels why would they not market it that way. Much bigger market. That's impressive but I have been a long time proponent of leaving the barrel soak for days with solvent. Every one wants to clean the barrel in 30 min or less. Nope, not clean.

Because at 15 Quid and half a bottle to clean a brake they can sell a lot more than if marketed for barrels!

 

[LVLAaron]

You wanna clean a can?

 

[JEFFPPC]

And once the barrel is squeaky clean, then do fouling shots so the gun shoots right.

Didn't anyone ever teach you not to shoot over a dry bore. You might try a Slightly damp patch of Hoppes or Montana Bore Conditioner down the barrel after cleaning to fire the first shot over. But more so than that, ever hear about a cold bore shot. If you shoot more than 200 yd yards with the first shot you will learn, or drop points. Need a little warmth in the barrel.

 

[pcmacd]

Has anyone seen or used the new Ballistol Suppressor cleaner yet? Looks outstanding on stubborn carbon fouling. I'm over here wondering if plugging the bore and filling up the barrel with this would eliminate the need for bore paste and elbow grease Here's a vid a lad did across the pond and it seemed to work well on the crusty crude that builds up on a muzzle brake.

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Nothing cleans a suppressor like an ultrasound cleaner.

Ask if you want details. Mine holds about four gallons, and cost less than $200.

It is a Vevor. They make all manner of models.

It has six ultrasound transducers and a heater. What a deal? I'm a mechanical engineer, and I think this is a truly impressive machine.

I did the "aluminum foil test." Put a sheet of foil on the thing for 30 seconds. Are there lots of holes in it? Yes? Itbe good to go.