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Concentrated Ammonia for cleaning barrels
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<blockquote data-quote="Mysticplayer" data-source="post: 69781" data-attributes="member: 8947"><p>Ian, I use this grade of ammonia all the time and prefer it. Will strip any copper fouling in a barrel out. Everything!!!</p><p></p><p>Yes, use it outside only. It stinks. I use the Kleenbore nylon brushes. Forget about bronze. I'm melting.....</p><p></p><p>I use it in all my barrels and have found no issue. The key is wipe it in, wipe it out. Leaving it sit for a few minutes is fine, not that you need to, just not for an hour or overnight.</p><p></p><p>You might want to run a patch of Kroil or powder solvent with an oil base if you live in a high humidity area. This stuff leaves the metal bare.</p><p></p><p>I have cleaned my barrels with just about all the new gen of cleaners till they were 'spotless'. A wet patch of this stuff and the patches are blue again.</p><p></p><p>The only thing that is remotely close is CR10.</p><p></p><p>Plus this stuff is dirt cheap. I bought a gallon for little more then two small bottles of rifle bore cleaner. This amount will last me several lifetimes.</p><p></p><p>It's agressive, fast to use, and stinks to high heaven (plus those fumes are dangerous as are most solvents). </p><p></p><p>Just make sure you use a powder solvent first. Ammonia solvent is not very good at removing the powder fouling. I use any reg. stuff (Hoppes, etc). Once the patches go from black to grey, I switch to the ammonia. If there is any copper, you will get blue. I swap the bore until the blue dissapears and goes back to grey. I shoot moly bullets and this is the moly layer I leave. </p><p></p><p>Jerry</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mysticplayer, post: 69781, member: 8947"] Ian, I use this grade of ammonia all the time and prefer it. Will strip any copper fouling in a barrel out. Everything!!! Yes, use it outside only. It stinks. I use the Kleenbore nylon brushes. Forget about bronze. I'm melting..... I use it in all my barrels and have found no issue. The key is wipe it in, wipe it out. Leaving it sit for a few minutes is fine, not that you need to, just not for an hour or overnight. You might want to run a patch of Kroil or powder solvent with an oil base if you live in a high humidity area. This stuff leaves the metal bare. I have cleaned my barrels with just about all the new gen of cleaners till they were 'spotless'. A wet patch of this stuff and the patches are blue again. The only thing that is remotely close is CR10. Plus this stuff is dirt cheap. I bought a gallon for little more then two small bottles of rifle bore cleaner. This amount will last me several lifetimes. It's agressive, fast to use, and stinks to high heaven (plus those fumes are dangerous as are most solvents). Just make sure you use a powder solvent first. Ammonia solvent is not very good at removing the powder fouling. I use any reg. stuff (Hoppes, etc). Once the patches go from black to grey, I switch to the ammonia. If there is any copper, you will get blue. I swap the bore until the blue dissapears and goes back to grey. I shoot moly bullets and this is the moly layer I leave. Jerry [/QUOTE]
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