I've been using Household Ammonia mixed with Outer's Bore Cleaner with some good results to clean out my barrel.
I've rarely been able to get rid of all the fouling using BreakFree CLP (it does protect metal from corrosion fairly well tho) so I decided to use some household ammonia (according to the MSDS, they're at most 4% Ammonia Hydroxide so its not the industrial grade stuff). It cleaned the bore to a mirror-like shine but there's still some streaks of copper fouling. I was told this is not something to worry about.
Any comments?
I can't use Ed's Red in my rifle for a number of reasons, one of which is the painted rifle finish. Ammonia doesn't seem to have an effect on the finish (Brake cleaner and carb cleaner do have an effect).
I've rarely been able to get rid of all the fouling using BreakFree CLP (it does protect metal from corrosion fairly well tho) so I decided to use some household ammonia (according to the MSDS, they're at most 4% Ammonia Hydroxide so its not the industrial grade stuff). It cleaned the bore to a mirror-like shine but there's still some streaks of copper fouling. I was told this is not something to worry about.
Any comments?
I can't use Ed's Red in my rifle for a number of reasons, one of which is the painted rifle finish. Ammonia doesn't seem to have an effect on the finish (Brake cleaner and carb cleaner do have an effect).