Thread: HXP 303 ammo corrosive? found rust in my barrel

Originally Posted by zimmer

Ha ha that's the 64 million dollar question that comes up on forums. Almost a Holden Ford thing.

I started with Hoppes 9, then Sweets, a host of Yankee ones mostly ineffective, KG-12 plus some others I cannot remember names of.
Currently use Boretech Eliminator but if problem Cu use Boretech Cu+2 which is a dedicate Cu solvent. Also have Wipe-Out and Accerator but almost out of that and cannot locate any more. They also make a bore foam which is effective. Bore foams is another topic again.

If just going for one snake oil buy a bottle of Eliminator. It will also deal with carbon. One bottle lasts for ever. But don't use it to protect the bore in storage.

Seems everyone has their own favorite product to clean with, the boretech stuff was supposed to be good from what ive read, but the guy at our store said it was nothing fancy.
All i do know is that Hoppes has been around for over 100 years and has a good record, so it must be something decent.
As far as dissolving bronze brushes, ive never experienced any issues (yet)
The suggestion of cleaning the brushes with brakleen is a good one too, ive actually done that myself.

Originally Posted by Old_School

Seems everyone has their own favorite product to clean with, the boretech stuff was supposed to be good from what ive read, but the guy at our store said it was nothing fancy.
All i do know is that Hoppes has been around for over 100 years and has a good record, so it must be something decent.
As far as dissolving bronze brushes, ive never experienced any issues (yet)
The suggestion of cleaning the brushes with brakleen is a good one too, ive actually done that myself.

Gun shops give weird advise on occassion. Some of them have good knowledgeable staff whilst others, although they sell the stuff, have low practical experience.
The fact that your brushes are not disolving says something about the effectiveness of your Cu solvent.