Just saw their ad in the September issue of the NRA's Shooting Illustrated magazine. It reads like this is the best stuff ever produced and will clean better and deeper than anything else. Anyone have an experience with it? Anyone believe the ad?
Remove the Carbon First, then Attack the Copper Here is what we recommend for an "average" factory barrel. After 25 rounds, or when accuracy degrades noticeably, spray some MPro7 or GM Top Engine Cleaner (TEC) down the bore from the muzzle. (Insert bore guide in breech first. Keep your MPro7 or TEC in a small plastic pump bottle for muzzle application). Let that sit a bit, then follow with a patched soaked with the same cleaner. Repeat. SharpShoot-R Carb-Out and Slip2000 Carbon Killer work really well also, when applied with soaking wet patches. Then, apply the same MPro7, TEC, Carb-Out, or Slip2000 generously to a bore brush, and run the brush through the bore 3-4 times, breech to muzzle.
Allow some dwell time between strokes. Always use a wet brush. GM TEC cleans a little faster but it has some dangerous solvents, so handle with care. MPro-7 is non-toxic, non-flammable, non-corrosive, and biodegradeable. It comes in liquid or gel, and is also sold as "Hoppes Elite" cleaner. Carb-Out (from the makers of Wipe-Out) is new, but looks very promising. When used with a brush, it has removed baked-on carbon that usually requires abrasive pastes to remove.
Posts: 1615 | Location: Washington State | Registered: 27 May 2004
I use Hoppe's Elite on my R 93 Blaser barrels. I note that even when I use it for field cleaning, my zero doesnt change between a clean barrel and a fowled one. On cleaning the barrel using a few wet patches and thoroughly drying the barrel, I find that if I leave the barrel for some time, like overnight, the next day copper deposits (brown) can be seen on a fresh patch.
Posts: 76 | Location: INDIA | Registered: 27 July 2009
I like Hoppe's Elite for general cleaning. I buy it in the big pump spray bottles. Cleans well no harm to stock. I do use dedicated copper cleaners and Breakfree as well. Use JB Compound about twice a year.
Posts: 2627 | Location: Where the pine trees touch the sky | Registered: 06 December 2006
