Cleaning with Hoppes #9

[Hefights]

For years I have used Shooter's Choice, then Butch's Bore Shine, and they are good. Recently for "routine" cleaning after shooting, I have used Hoppes#9 as it is less costly at Walmart. I have found at the end of cleaning sequence, if you leave the Hoppe #9 in the bore for a while, the patches come out very pretty shades of medium blue and deep purple, which seems to show that it also removes copper. Frankly, I'm pretty impressed with the stuff and intend to keep using it.

[Gunner]

Good stuff the Hoppes#9, i use Barnes CR 10.

Regards

Gunner

[snakehunter]

I've been using Hoppes #9 All my life. My patches come out green rather than blue after I leave the rifle sit a few days.

[Liam]

I got a little sloppy and some excess Butch's Bore Shine got on my Persian Mauser stock. Removed the shellac-like finish. I was planning to strip it anyways, so no big deal, but be forewarned. I now relegate the Bore Shine to parts REMOVED from the stock. I also plugged the bore of a hundred-year-old Norwegian Krag and filled the barrel with it to sit overnight. I hadn't realized it is an ammonia-based product and leaving overnight might not have been the best idea.

[Hefights]

Same happened to my nice 1903 with Butch's, not real bad damage, but it imprinted on the finish and can be seen if you look, or if I tried to sell the rifle. Another reason I went to Hoppes, although I dont let that stuff touch my stocks either.

[C5M1]

Soaking versus scrubbing wins hands down here. Break free works as well as #9 but #9 smells better. JMO.

regards, dennis

[snakehunter]

Same happened to my nice 1903 with Butch's, not real bad damage, but it imprinted on the finish and can be seen if you look, or if I tried to sell the rifle. Another reason I went to Hoppes, although I dont let that stuff touch my stocks either.

I use both. One cleaning with Hoppe's then swab with Butch's and let sit for 15 minutes then another cleaning with Hoppe's.

[sid]

I have been using Hoppe's Elite ever since it first came out. It is an excellent cleaner, odor free, biodegradable, and harmless to the user and environment.

[S.A. Boggs]

I used 90%#9 and 10%Kroil. When I get a used weapon, I use Sweet's 7.62 for the inital cleaning and the Kroil#9 from then on. By the way, when my son's Ranger unit first deployed in the early stages of Iraq, I gave him my Otis kit and a good supply of Sweet's. They would inject Kroil into their MRE Hotdog to kill rats!
Sam

[Hefights]

Makes sense, Kroil's not to healthy for the inside of anything delicate - rifle scopes, people, rats, etc.

I also have and use one bottle of Hoppes Elite, and I agree with Sid, it is very effective. I use the Elite periodically and it cleans out stuff really well. I still use Butch's after long term shooting, and Sweets like once or twice per year on my rifles that like to accumulate more copper.

Regarding Break Free, I use that to coat the bore after cleaning, and it always finds some black stuff on the patch still in the bore, no matter how much I cleaned it previously with a solvent.

[Cadillo]

I've tried just about everything, but just got around to trying MPro 7. For me, it works as good as anything and has no foul odor or fumes. Very user friendly. I just bought a gallon. Yes, it's that good.

[joem]

I mix up something close to "Ed's Red". Hoppies # 9, Kroil, ATF fluid, break free and diesel fuel and mineral spirits or coleman fuel.

[res45]

I pretty much do 99% of my cleaning with Ed's Red. For copper removal I mix my own 10% janitors strength ammonia mixed 4 to 1 with water or K1 Kerosene if you like,use it the same as you would any other dedicated copper remover. Cost about $2.50 a quart.
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[2571]

Even my wife likes the odor of No. 9.

[Matt Anthony]

I read about how/why Butch's Bore Shine was developed n the Lyman Reloading Manual. He indicated in the article about brushless cleaning and the reasons why. I took a 222 Remington 40X which was clean and shot 20 rounds and then ran 3 patches of Butch's down the bore followed by 3 clean patches. I shot 60 rounds total and did the 3 patch cleaning every 20 rounds.
When I returned home I ran a patch of Hoppe's #9 and let it sit overnight. The first patch I pushed through was clean.
Butch's Bore Shine is a fine product when used as directed. The key is starting out with a fresh clean barrel.
Matt

[Johnny P]

Hoppe's No.9 can be left in the bore indefinitely. It keeps on working while also protecting the bore. A patch through the bore before a shooting session will usually have traces of copper.

[Hefights]

After an hour or more left soaking in Hoppes #9, the patch comes out of the barrel with the brightest colors of light blue. blue and purple. I am sold on Hoppes #9 for regular cleaning, and the price is right too.

[pelago]

i really believe my father

Put a bottle of hoppes number nine in my crib

that is how long i have been using it

[PhillipM]

For years I have used Shooter's Choice, then Butch's Bore Shine, and they are good. Recently for "routine" cleaning after shooting, I have used Hoppes#9 as it is less costly at Walmart. I have found at the end of cleaning sequence, if you leave the Hoppe #9 in the bore for a while, the patches come out very pretty shades of medium blue and deep purple, which seems to show that it also removes copper. Frankly, I'm pretty impressed with the stuff and intend to keep using it.

They also make a dedicated copper solvent. I've got #9 by the quart.
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