I finnaly broke down and got some foam bore cleaner to try and all I can say so far is where have you been all my life. I got some of the Outers Foam a Wally world. I have one rifle that even though it shoots fine it is almost hell to get every last bit of copper out. From the muzzle you can see a lot of streeks even after CR10 comes clean. Anyway I shot some down the barrel and left it about 20 min. Sure enough the patch pushed out some green blue slime. What do you know it took out some of it. So at the dirrection of others here I left some in for a while longer. When I came back and shoved a patch through it the foam came out very blue and there was nothing but bare steel. No hint of copper. A clean barrel and only 3 patches, I'm sold.

Great stuff eh? I've been using Wipeout for about a year and it sure saves alot of time.

I have used Wipeout and am very impressed with it!!! But it's a little dificult to find in my area right now. Are there any othres that seem to work as well??? The Outers is pretty available but I haven't ried it yet. Still have most of a can of Wipeout.

I've got a buddy that uses Outers; seems to work about like Wipeout. You can use the Accelerator with Wipeout to speed process; but thats about the only advantage I'm aware of.

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Originally posted by Coltchris:
I've got a buddy that uses Outers; seems to work about like Wipeout. You can use the Accelerator with Wipeout to speed process; but thats about the only advantage I'm aware of.

FWIW - Wipeout does not have ammonia in it.

Does the Outers?

I've been using wipeout since it first came out.
I think it's the cats meow and am selling lots of my friends on using it. I too, got low on inventory and tried some "break free" foam. That stuff was under such high pressure that on my first application it went through the barrel....out the action...and hit the wall 10ft away. Made me even more of a wipeout convert. I have guns that come clean in about 2 hours with one application and others that need to sit overnight. I like wipeout cause I've never heard of anyone "frosting" a bareel with it. Its gonna be hard to get me to try anything else for quite a while.

I, like others, am sold on Wipeout. I use to use Sweet's 7.62 with the ammonia in it. Not only did you have to scrub and brush the barrel but I ran everyone out of the house with the smell. Wipeout is the easiest way to get a barrel clean. Little effort and no smell.

Have been using Wipe Out for a few years and am happy with it.

Came across a very serious hunter who had also used Wipe Out with success but had quit using it. Asked why.

He said that it took away an important part of the evening activity around the campfire. He has returned to using various traditional solvents and brushes which require lots of pushing cleaning rods through bores over and over because that is what one does in the evening in camp while they smoke, drink, and tell stories. Tradition is important.

He said that he still uses Wipe Out if all he wants is a clean bore.

Hammer

I think Wipe-Out is about the best thing to come around since the cleaning rod. There is however 1 caveat. There are certain finishes that don't get along well with it. Wipe-out removed some of the finish around the muzzle of my Steyr Scout. I still use it (even on the Scout) but I don't let it sit on the finish.
Most of the time it's no issure whatsoever but I do want to give the heads up............DJ

Another good one is Gunslick Foam Bore cleaner, it flat works!

As was previously mentioned, don't let anything that eats copper get on the bluing or the stock finish. Sweets did a job on the receiver finish of one of my rifles.

Stepchild

I'm another believer of Wipe-Out!!!!!

I began using WipeOut about one year ago. I am careful with it. All I can say is, it flat works. Enough said! Tom Purdom

Forrest Foam works for me on the big bores and saves a lot of patches. It also removes copper.

Mark

What manufacturer makes Wipe Out? I can find the Outers stuff but it isn't Wipe Out.

Here it is on Midway

http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=784639

I'm about out but have a full can of Outer's. The only problem I see with it is that it has a tube on it that won't detach to spray from the chamber end. This tube will not fit in the muzzle end and so if you try to spray it into the muzzle then some escapes around the tube end/muzzle junction. If you spray it from the chamber you can't see what you are doing. Also the Outers doesn't expand as predictably as the Wipe Out.

When I use Wipe Out a split second burst from the muzzle will fill the barrel in about 3 to 4 seconds. I spray at the muzzle, drop the can real quick and put my finger over the muzzle. I have a long handled screw driver with 3 big patches waiting in the bolt shroud and when I see the foam at the chamber I stuff the 3 patches in and stop the expansion. Let my finger off the muzzle and have a rag for whatever little bit comes out.

No mess. I don't think the Outers is going to work as well.

i bought a length of hose from an aquarium and sweated about a 3 inch section onto the end of the wipeout can spout.It fits nicely into a 30 cal barrel and lets me squirt the stuff without the messy backfires I used to get.A foam earplug goes in the chamber end and is held in place with my finger to stop the foam pressure from pushing it out.Once done, I hold an old rag over the muzzle for the excess foam until it stops expanding , then place an old bucket under the muzzle to catch drips.i leave for a few hours to overnight and then patch out.Don't get this stuff on any wood finishes as it loves the stuff.It also works well on cosmoline.I let some get into a magazine by accident and the next day the left over cosmoline ran out like a brown sludge.
rob

I tried some Gunslick Foam Bore cleaner today on a heavily copper fouled blued bbl. 2 applications at 20 min. each, and only very minor traces of copper are left in the bore.

I'm sold.

I saw someone write "Where have you been all my life" and I can't agree more.

EMC2

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Originally posted by MarkH:
Forrest Foam works for me on the big bores and saves a lot of patches. It also removes copper.

Mark

I have also tried Forrest Foam. Shaving foam or whipped cream will do the job as well.

Fritz

Keep it off a scope too, bad news on scopes.

Hey Fritz

Do you find that wasps can block up the bore when using whipped cream, especially in the summer??

Woods,
Try this, insert the tube firmly into the neck area of the chamber and depress the button holding a finger(opposite hand) over the muzzle until you feel it(solvent) touch your finger. No waste and nothing in the chamber if done properly.

Stepchild

I got some clear plastic tubing at the hardware store. 3/8 outside 1/4 id fits over the spout of the wipeout can. cut long enough to go in the chamber tight to the shoulder Just a short squirt will be enough. I set a trash can under the muzzle to catch the excess. I never get any on the wood or in the action
Lyle

I can't speak to any of the other foaming bore cleaners, but I know Wipe Out works fantastic. Lou

Wipe Out comes from a company about 30 miles from where I live in Kansas. The company's name is Paul Co., Inc. The address is P.O. Box 171, Paola, Ks. 66071. The telephone number is 785-883-4444. The e-mail is gethelp@paulcousa.com and the website is WWW.SHARPSHOOTR.COM. At least that is how it is listed on the can. I really like this stuff. Surgical tubing works great as the tubing to facilitate getting the stuff into the barrel. It sure comes out fast and it sure works. Tom Purdom

I cut the cone shaped nozzle off a plastic squeeze bottle. I cut the tip of the nozzle a little smaller than the plastic hose that comes with the can of Gunslick/outers (same stuff) foaming bore cleaner. Warm the plastic hose in some hot water and jam it into the large end of the cone until it sticks out the small end of the cone a little.
Now I can insert this cone on hose combination into the rifle chamber the wide end of the cone is biger than the rifle chamber and seals tight so I don't get any back spray when I shoot the foam down the bore. Work great Just find a plastic squeeze bottle with cone nozzle, the wide base end of the cone must be larger than the chamber width.

if god made anything better than wipeout and sex, he kept it to himself.