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Fiftydriver, what copper remover do you use on your rifles?
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<blockquote data-quote="Guest" data-source="post: 122580"><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p><strong>Hi Another good solvent is montana Extreem 50BMG it has amonia in it but it is an oil based versian not a water based type like sweets. </strong></p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p>I've had good luck with </p><p> <a href="http://www.montanaxtreme.com/" target="_blank"><strong>MT X</strong> too.</a> </p><p></p><p></p><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p><strong>we have cut and polished an old piece of stainless barrel and left 50BMG on it for a week ading more each day to make sure their was active chemicals at work all the time and it did not etch the surface. </strong></p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p>That was the test design I ran by an eminent ammoniacal chemist (and a lab chemist). They both quickly pointed out the test was completely invalid because ammonia needs oxygen to be reactive. We finally designed a good test. I built a sealed container with a chemical pump - I would pump oxygen thru the barrel stub. After a week I would send a control sample of the original ammonia AND a sample of the barrel ammonia to a lab for spectrograph analysis (looking for Fe atoms). </p><p></p><p>The materials engineers I've spoken to all insist high strength ammonia will etch stainless steel. </p><p></p><p>I just ordered an 8oz can of Tetra.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Guest, post: 122580"] [ QUOTE ] [b]Hi Another good solvent is montana Extreem 50BMG it has amonia in it but it is an oil based versian not a water based type like sweets. [/b] [/ QUOTE ] I've had good luck with [url="http://www.montanaxtreme.com/"][b]MT X[/b] too.[/url] [ QUOTE ] [b]we have cut and polished an old piece of stainless barrel and left 50BMG on it for a week ading more each day to make sure their was active chemicals at work all the time and it did not etch the surface. [/b] [/ QUOTE ] That was the test design I ran by an eminent ammoniacal chemist (and a lab chemist). They both quickly pointed out the test was completely invalid because ammonia needs oxygen to be reactive. We finally designed a good test. I built a sealed container with a chemical pump - I would pump oxygen thru the barrel stub. After a week I would send a control sample of the original ammonia AND a sample of the barrel ammonia to a lab for spectrograph analysis (looking for Fe atoms). The materials engineers I've spoken to all insist high strength ammonia will etch stainless steel. I just ordered an 8oz can of Tetra. [/QUOTE]
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