What is the best cleaner for cleaning barrels, I shoot only cast bullets, thanks

[donald duck]

I cast my own cast bullets and shoot only low velocity loads. What is the best liquid cleaner out there?? Thanks

[Bazoo]

Best is subjective to personal preference and technique but I like hoppes 9. It will dissolve lead if given some time. I normally scrub the barrel with a bronze brush and hoppes, then wipe with a clean patch, then a dry patch, an oil patch, then another dry patch. I like 3in1 oil or hoppes gun oil. I like singer sewing machine oil too.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

A super good and the very best of all time barrel cleaner is...

...depends on what you need to clean off

[Winger Ed.]

I'm a big Hoppe's #9 fan too, and buy it by the quart.

It's kind of slow, I put it on, and let it soak awhile, and do it again.
It gives me the perfect excuse to get out of the house and hang out more in the garage.
Some of the hot rod quickie solvents have warnings about leaving it on too long, I stay away from those.

For storage after cleaning, I use 5-20 motor oil.
If it can do a good job in a car engine for extended periods, I don't see why it wouldn't work well on firearms.

[Outpost75]

Ed's Red is THE cast boolit cleaner!

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...-s-Red-Formula

[wv109323]

There is a cleaner and IIRC the name is Shooters Choice. I like it better than Hoppes but it is 2X the price.

[GregLaROCHE]

Maybe I’m not a purest, but after I shoot black powder and lead boolits out of my .45/70, I shoot one or two smokeless jacked bullets and then swab out with Ballistol twice. So far I haven’t seen any negative effects in the barrel or action.

[phonejack]

After I learned Kroil is a penetrating oil (expensive ) I bought a cheap penetrating oil and use that.

[Wheelguns 1961]

Hoppes #9 for me. Sweets works good on copper, but I shoot cast. Hoppes gun oil, and hoppes grease. For a good scrubbing, jb bore paste and kroil

[Petrol & Powder]

A patch saturated with Kroil. A cleaning rod with an eye on the end is used to push the patch through the bore.

Let it sit for a few minutes (good time to clean other parts, like maybe with that first patch)

A clean patch on a jag that fits the bore is then pushed through the bore. It sometimes takes more than one pass.

Most of the time that will do the trick.

[Petrol & Powder]

The ammonia based cleaners, like Hoppes #9, are great when dealing with jacketed bullets. The ammonia attacks the copper fouling.

The ammonia based cleaners will work as a basic cleaning agent when cleaning barrels that had lead bullets shot through them but, the ammonia does nothing to dissolve lead. There's no advantage to using an ammonia based cleaner when there is no copper fouling present.

[jonp]

Like most I've tried a bunch and made my own Ed's Red. All seem to work ok but I like the smell of Ballistol so use that but Hoppes #9 does just as good. Lead might take a soak and Copper Chore Boy but that's not a big deal to me.

The ammonia based cleaners, like Hoppes #9,

Hoppes has ammonia in it but I don't think it's "ammonia based". Kerosine based if anything I think.

[PowPow]

I normally use Hoppe's #9 and a copper chore boy. I also use Montana X-treme Cowboy Blend. I think it does a better job than Hoppe's, and I can often skip the chore boy when I'm able to use it. My wife doesn't like the smell, so I need to use it when she's out spending money.

[johniv]

Eds Red works well for me.

[richhodg66]

Eds Red works well for me.

Just about all I use anymore. I hardly ever shoot anything but cast, and the Ed's Red works fine for me. Cheap too.

[Wayne Smith]

Elbow grease! What you put on the patch is variable depending on what you need to clean off your bore.

[Wild Bill 7]

I use a brass brush with a small amount of Copper Chor Boy wrapped around it. Then Fire Clean to swab out the barrel and clean the rest of the gun. Used to take hours to clean guns after a day out but now about five to ten minutes per gun. Used to use Hoppes, MPro 7, and a couple of others but settled with Fire Clean only now. JMO.

[poppy42]

I use frog lube system. It works great as long as you follow the directions and don’t use too much . If you use too much and cold weather you can gum up the works ! Especially on a striker fired pistol !

[RU shooter]

Normally use hoppes 9 This past year in my rifle barrels I tried just a patch or two with plain old 3:1 oil , I don't have any leading to deal so I'm just dealing with powder fouling and the 3:1 oil seems to remove it just as well at smelly #9 , says on the bottle "cleans lubes and protects so I gave it a try .

[gumbo333]

That Truly Incredible cleaner that Midway sells should take out almost anything. Sure takes your breath away when you open the jar. But most of the time I just use Ballistol. Anything that smells like your grandkids puke should be pretty good, dontcha think?