I tried a new (to me) bore cleaner.

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It's been so long I can't remember when I haven't used Hoppe's #9 and Shooters Choice for cleaning my guns but a couple of days ago just for the heck of it I purchased a bottle of Birchwood Casey bore cleaner and tried it this morning on my 1911 after returning from the range.

The jury is still out but it seemed to me that it cleaned the barrel faster with less patches and scrubbing than the bore cleaners I've used in the past......so far I'm pretty impressed.

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I tried that one years ago and, honestly, I can't remember my impressions. I must not have been terribly impressed. My reloading bench is littered with numerous bore cleaners that I have experimented with.
 

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I have used Hoppes #9/Breakfree CLP for many years...but I got some M-Pro 7 in the Secret Santa thing year before last and I am impressed with it's performance. Spray it on/in, run a brass or nylon bore brush down the inside of the long tubular thingy a few times, and patch it out til a patch comes out clean. Then a drop or two of Breakfree CLP on a patch, run a few more clean patches through to remove excess CLP. Spray it inside the slide, on the rails, etc and use use a rag and Q-tips to wipe it clean. It has no odor, so it makes an old Jarhead like me think it's not strong enough; but it seems to be!

Will it replace my tried and true Hoppes #9/Breakfree combo? Naw, (maybe; but just augmenting it right now) It is good stuff and if that's all I could get...well, that would be okay then too.
 

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