My Rem 700 VLS (stainless) .22-250 grouped a little poorly last time at the range, so I broke down and decided to clean the barrel after 126 rounds. (I know. Pitiful ain't I?)

Well I used "Wipe Out" per instructions and left the rifle sit horizontal for a full 24 hrs.

Expecting a flood of blue-black gunk this morning, all that showed on my dry patch was a little grey smudge and the barest hint of a blue spot. Second patch came out clean.

I was surprised, to say the least. I shined a light and looked at the rifling and it looks VERY clean.

No moly bullets. And I bought the rifle at 100 rounds, so I have no knowledge of the barrels break-in period.

Has someone snuck into my gunroom and cleaned my rifle without me knowing it or what? :-P

Mike TBC

Wipe-Out

[ 09-06-2003, 21:56: Message edited by: The Birth Controller ]

Maybe you got a bum load of Wipeout. Maybe you have the world's only non fouling barrel. I'd clean it again with Sweets and see what you get. If it doesn't turn blue/green with Sweets it ain't fouled.

I douched it with Butch's Bore Shine. Nothing. Not a drop of fouling.

All that crud just evaporated into thin air! Wipe-Out is a miracle. Spread the word.

TBC

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Originally posted by craigster:
Maybe you got a bum load of Wipeout. Maybe you have the world's only non fouling barrel. I'd clean it again with Sweets and see what you get. If it doesn't turn blue/green with Sweets it ain't fouled.

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I use WipeOut and completely agree. Awesome stuff!!! However, that doesn't explain your poor groups. Doesn't sound like your barrel was that dirty, so what was causing the groups? Have you shot it since you cleaned it?

I'll have to give Wipe Out a try. I agree with what I've read about cleaning ruining more barrels than shooting. I've recently tried cleaning with just tight fitting patches on the rod. That doesn't seem to get it all out. The bristle brushes work well but I'm afraid they screw up the riffling. I've heard about Wipe Out but never tried it. With the ridiculous amounts we're paying for SS heavy barrels I'd like them to last a while. Best wishes.

Cal - Montreal

I ran Wipe Out through all of my guns last year.

Kept using it til patches came out clean (NO blue), and it took several applications on a couple of them. Other barrels produced lots of blue on the first patch and then were clean. Should used the bore scope to compare the differences with a visual check before and after.

I like the Wipe Out, but it costs as much to get it shipped here as the can of Wipe Out. I guess I should buy a case and try to sell a few cans to make mine reasonably priced.

Overall I thenk the Ed's Red does a good job and reduces fouling in itss own way. Sure not a copper solvent in it, and I don't always add the Acetone it call for. I make up the batch sans acetone and only add the acetone to a small container that I clean with.

LouisB

I used Wipe Out in my .223, after it had already been cleaned my "normal" way - Hoppe's #9, then Sweet's, then dry patch, followed by Hoppe's again and a dry patch, then put back in the gun safe for a month or so. It didn't get a lot more grren/blue out. I then ran a patch with Iosso thru the barrel a couple of times, and was amazed at how much black gunk came out. It seems like Wipe Out may be good for copper fouling, but is not getting all the powder fouling out?

My #1 300 Wby with Pac-Nor SST barrel shoots better without cleaning.

Break Free has a similar product to wipe out. I got similar results. It worked great on the copper, but left all the other crap in the barrel. Which I am a little confused about. When cleaning my rifles with BR-9 and Sweets, if I don't get all of the powder fouling out first, the sweets can "get to" the copper. How is this stuff getting the copper out and leaving everything else? FYI this stuff looks suspiciously like Wipe out in a different container.