Well, just to let you know... I finally got around to using some of the Wipe-Out I'd bought a while back... and I tried it on one of the worst bores I've got, which is... well, "was"... my Mosin-Nagant sniper rifle.



It's so clean now, you'd almost swear it is a brand new barrel. You have to appreciate the fact that, previously, the bore of this rifle, like so many other surplus rifles I've acquired, was just BLACK inside and NO amount of cleaning (with anything and any method) gets that crap out.



Wipe-Out got the crap out. Shiney bore. Incredible. To be fair, I used the stuff three times but, also to be fair to the product, I saw massive results after the first treatment, and could see "bore" pretty much after the second treatment.



I'm dying to see what this sucker does at the range now.



Russ

Does anyone know of an internet sight that sells wipe out? I'd like to give it a try.
Thanks,
Val

http://www.sharpshootr.com/

I think Cabela's is also carrying it now...

Get about 18" of clear plastic tubing from the auto parts store and zip-tie it to the nozzle. Makes it easy to get the foam into the barrel without gunking up the action.
JCN

Russ

I've been wanting to give one of our newest veterns a hearty thank you for your service. When I see your generation of soldiers being interviewed on the news, I cannot help but marvel at the quality of young folks that are serving today. You sir are amongst some of the best that our country has to offer and you give me great expectations for our country's future. I know how hard it is to leave a family to go to war, and I want you to know it is appreciated.

I haven't tried Wipe-Out, itself, but I have been using the cleaning foam from Break-Free. I gotta think it's basically the same stuff. Anyway, my reaction was the same as yours: Wow!

One plus for the Break-Free: it came with plastic tubing already attached for chamber use. Also, it's available at the local gun store, no ordering involved.

RSY

bilmac:

Thank you for your kind words. Yes, today's young folks are truly remarkable, "doing the job." Me, I'll be 47 next month, so I don't know that I can claim either "young" or "remarkable," but I do appreciate your support. As for leaving my family, that equated to leaving my Lab puppy, just over a year old. The year I was gone, away from her, is a year I'll always miss and wish I could get back. Oh well.

RSY:

Thanks for the heads-up on the BreakFree stuff. I've seen it locally, too, and now I'll feel better about resupplying with that stuff instead of having to order online. Thanks for sharing.

Russ

"Me, I'll be 47 next month,". Russell, you're a pup, LOL. BTW, I haven't come up with a good Rem P14 yet, would a Win be acceptable? - Dan

Rather than find/make a tube for the Wipe-Out, I just put my cleaning rod guide into the action and shoot the Wipe Out through it. Has worked fine on all the rifles I've tried it on so far.



As to how well Wipe-Out works....



I recently bought a commerical Mauser-actioned .280 with Timney trigger, M70-style safety, Hart barrel and custom, hand checkered walnut laminated stock for $250. I got it for $250 because "It just won't shoot better than 1.5" groups anymore...used to shoot half-inch....throat must be gone..." Or at least that's what the fella I bought it from said.



I haven't worked with the .280 much yet, but after 4 (FOUR!) 12-hour+ soakings with Wipe-Out, I finally quit getting deep, dark, "blue" out of the barrel....and it is presently shooting 0.7" groups with 3 different makes of 120 gr.

bullets.



I like that stuff!!



AC



P.S. Midway also carries it...if you have either a C&R license or a dealer's FFL, it is about $8 per can there.

Alberta, great deal! I have not tried the wipeout yet, tried the blue wonder though and am loving it. I do one application on a brush, let it sit, clean it out repeat, and I am done. I will try the wipeout though because some products work better on different types of build up.

Does the wipeout damage bluing or other things?

Red

Wipe out is easy on bluing and finishes. Don't ask me how I know, please. I believe the new Break Free foam is Wipe Out. Break Free already has the distribution network, and they probably didn't want to end up on the ash heap of former favorite old time bore cleaners.
All the time I used to spend cleaning bores I now spend posting on AR.
Thanks for the heads up about the aquarium tubing.
When I was about ten years old we used to go to the local pet store and buy a couple goldfish for about 19 cents each. When we thought the owner wasn't looking we would slip the poor goldies into the big display tank. He had either an Oscar or a Piranha in there (this was 37 years ago). Man, that was the highlight of our week. I doubt the owner ever actually put any food in there for the big carnivore. No need with us around.
JCN
PS If the plastic tube slips off the nozzle you can cut a little circumferential groove. Then the zip tie will not slip.

Dago Red -



I too have tried Blue Wonder, but I find it not nearly as convenient for my life style as the Wipe-Out. My hands apparently have 7 thumbs and three large toes instead of normal dexterity fingers... With the Wipe-Out, I apply it every Sunday night after I come back from the day at the range, without going through those no dexterity/fumble routines.



I put a plastic (Delrin?) cleaning rod guide in the chamber, set the rifle in a rest, put a paper towel under the muzzle, and another folded paper towel between the buttstock and the butt end of the cleaning rod guide.



Then I put the Wipe Out nozzle against the butt end of the cleaning rod guide and give it about a 1-second "shot".



Shortly after I take the can away from the cleaning rod guide, Wipe out will foam out from both the butt end of the cleaning rod guide and the muzzle end of the barrel. I wipe that away with a third paper towel and walk away and leave the whole affair for 12-to-24 hours. (If I am not going to be home, I lock the bolt up in the vault.)



Wipe-Away WILL attack varnish or similar stock finishes...like immediately. Turns them very dark, makes the finish dull and grainy, and if left on the stock will act as a finish remover. That's why I put the folded paper towel between the cleaning rod guide and the buttstock. Does not appear to harm Gel-Coat or similar finishes, and appears harmless to pretty much all composite stock finishes. Does not harm bluing.



When I come back after 12-to-24 hours (usually on my way back into the house after feeding the horses the next morning), I push a clean patch through the barrel. Any copper fouling which was in the barrel will literally run out of the muzzle (onto the paper towel we put there initially) in a very watery stream of blue fluid. The patch will also be very dark blue, if there was enough fouling in the barrel to cause that.



If I have any doubts about having gotten all the copper fouling, I'll give it another treatment. When the fouling is gone, the patch the next morning will come out snowy white.



After any heavy deposits of copper/lead/varnish-type fouling have been removed from neglected bores, a single application of Wipe-Out does the trick after subsequent shooting sessions.



AC

AC-I agree that wipeout will attack stock finish,found out the hard way as well.I put a double bore patch through and plug the chamber end of my bore guide.Now I shoot wipeout through a soda straw {dairy Queen works well} from the muzzle end for about 2 seconds,the foam expands back out the muzzle but the plugged bore guide keeps it in the barrel and out of the action.
Regards RB

Breakfree or Forsters foam won't compare to Wipe Out BTW....

I use 12 inches of surgical tubing and it lasts forever, just slip it over the nozzle after you pull the cone off..You can buy surgical tubing at any fishing dept...I buy it by the roll and use it for glass bedding also.

I believe Ray is referring to Forrest Bore Foam, which was imported from Europe for several years. It was reputed to work well, also, but did not get the rave reviews Wipe-out is getting.

Love the stuff! FWIW, Dutch.

Use Wipe-Out and love it. A McDonald's soft drink drinking straw fits perfectly over the nozzle.