Thread: HXP 303 ammo corrosive? found rust in my barrel

Originally Posted by Old_School

Ok, well that's good to know. The rust doesn't look too bad and most of it was near the muzzle end where moist air gets to it more.
Anyway I never thought it was a good idea to leave hoppes in the bore, so have always wiped it out with a clean patch.
I dont know how others find eezox or G96, but I've got both, but I mostly just put a patch of eezox down after a day's shooting.

much better of using a product that is labelled a nitro powder solvent - G96 if one had nothing else then run that thru barrel - but as soon as possible buy the right product - they are made for the purpose ahhh - when I go away for a few nights I use breakfree on a pull thru at night - dry rag in morning - just keeps rust at bay - the problem with the light petroleum products like G96 and CRC etc is they can get into places they should not be like like woodwork - a gunsmith friend well CRC is a dirty word around firearms for that reason - but a point about looking down barrels yes may look good but many put a bore scope down and holy shit can reveal the real story and sometimes it is not pretty -

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

much better of using a product that is labelled a nitro powder solvent - G96 if one had nothing else then run that thru barrel - but as soon as possible buy the right product - they are made for the purpose ahhh - when I go away for a few nights I use breakfree on a pull thru at night - dry rag in morning - just keeps rust at bay - the problem with the light petroleum products like G96 and CRC etc is they can get into places they should not be like like woodwork - a gunsmith friend well CRC is a dirty word around firearms for that reason - but a point about looking down barrels yes may look good but many put a bore scope down and holy shit can reveal the real story and sometimes it is not pretty -

So none of these products including hoppes are a nitro powder solvent?
I thought they all were designed to remove all this kind of stuff?
Yes CRC I would stay away from and your right about G96 and the wood.
Makes refinishing the wood difficult when it comes to varnishing it too.

Originally Posted by Old_School

So none of these products including hoppes are a nitro powder solvent?
I thought they all were designed to remove all this kind of stuff?
Yes CRC I would stay away from and your right about G96 and the wood.
Makes refinishing the wood difficult when it comes to varnishing it too.

I would guess if they state they are then likely they are a nitro powder solvent - I just dont know the products