Hoppes Benchrest No9 Copper Solvent

[Dekers]

What do you use?

 

I've been around a while in this business and have always been ok with the above as a cleaner, I've been using it that long I can't remember if I used anything else years ago. I hear all sorts of tales these days about how good some cleaners are, so verdicts please.

 

I am more than happy to try something new but comments from old die hard Hoppes users who have changed and found something they consider better, and why, would be most appreciated.

 

Obviously it needs to be a full cleaner, Copper and powder etc!

 

Cheers

Edited November 9, 2013 by Dekers

[fieldwanderer]

I've been using "pro shot copper solvent IV" since getting a centrefire (I get the carbon out first with hoppes #9). To be honest, I'm disappointed - it had some very good write ups when I was looking 'round but it's slow, really slow I've nothing to compare it to as I've never used anything else but around 15mins to shift any copper seems a bit excessive it's a match grade, hand lapped stainless barrel so there's unlikely to be anything much in there anyway but is left for a good while the solvent does get some blue out.

 

That's as honest a review as I can give for what I'm using, hope it's of some use.

 

As a side note, I did a fair bit of reading up and found a site where someone had tested a fair few as scientifically as possible; here

[Dekers]

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As a side note, I did a fair bit of reading up and found a site where someone had tested a fair few as scientifically as possible; here

 

Cheers, interesting read!

[snipers eye]

kg is the best i have used,the new one removes carbon and copper in one.you can leave overnight with no worrys about barrel damage,theres no amonia smell,works great on my hmr.

[Cumbrian]

I'm no expert on cleaning barrels, especially for copper, though I do shoot .22 LR target rifle at club level. I read, however, that Kroil is the bees' knees for getting underneath any deposit. It is very expensive over here and not always obtainable. I have used it on my Anschutz, though sparingly because of the cost. I can't say if it is better at shifting the lead than Hoppes because I have no means of comparing/testing, but I live in hope. It smells quite nice. I also read that 50/50 mixture of acetone and ATF is just as good; also, that brake cleaner fluid is the equivalent in terms of causing the deposits to be eased out. I take no responsibility for the results of home experiments with highly volatile liquids, however!