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Hoppe's is tough to beat as a powder solvent, and so traditional for us Americans. But, I have to admit to having an occasional fling with a small bottle of (British?) bore cleaner that came in a nice cleaning kit that had a rosewood three-piece rod, jags, patches, brush, and another small bottle containing Rangoon oil. I wish I could remember the name of that stuff, but for now all I can remember is the heavenly aroma of that dark brown liquid. Only thing that comes close is my wife's Tuscany perfume, and it's not really even in the race.  I might have to walk out to the shop and take a sniff and look at the name. Can't get it off my mind. SRH
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Hasn't Hoppe's been reformulated? The stuff being sold today doesn't smell the same to me
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The label says CCL NitroSolv Gunbarrel Oil, and it smells just as grand as I remembered (and it is a two-piece rod, not three).
If it wasn't my bedtime I'd clean a couple of guns with it and light up a Partagas, just for a "fix".
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Hoppe's is tough to beat as a powder solvent, and so traditional for us Americans. But, I have to admit to having an occasional fling with a small bottle of (British?) bore cleaner that came in a nice cleaning kit that had a rosewood three-piece rod, jags, patches, brush, and another small bottle containing Rangoon oil. I wish I could remember the name of that stuff, but for now all I can remember is the heavenly aroma of that dark brown liquid. Only thing that comes close is my wife's Tuscany perfume, and it's not really even in the race. I might have to walk out to the shop and take a sniff and look at the name. Can't get it off my mind. SRH That sounds like Youngs '303'. Its made by the same people as Rangoon oil (Parker Hale who also made cleaning kits). Unfortunately it too has recently been 'reformulated' and doesn't have the same smell. Both Youngs 303 (bore cleaner) and Rangoon oil (rust preventative) are good products.
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Ballistol rules, at least here in Mitteleuropa.
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Ditto. I suppose I'd use something like Ballistol if I couldn't keep solvent off wood. A partial list of things I've used includes about all the "firearm" nitro solvents from Outers/Hoppes/Barnes/Birchwood/eieio, some aqueous solvents (Patch Out, Windex), Liquid Wrench, carb and brake cleaners, Kroil, CLP, Klenzoil, and assorted viscosities of motor oils and ATFs. WD is ubiquitous and inexpensive. Unlike Ed's Red, I don't have to make it up myself. For wad and powder fouling it works as well as anything else. It is a decent preservative, but a terrible lube. So I'm careful to get it out before applying something to the ejectors, raceways, etc. Sam
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Hi all
It is typical of us Brits to ignore the old advice if it aint broke dont fix it so we fixed it!
Youngs 303 started out life as an antiseptic and this was printed on the early tins, I was told that it was a form of coal tar derivative possibly Phenol based though not being a chemist I am just repeating what I have been told. I do have a half full tin of the genuine stuff for trips down memory lane.
Rangoon oil of today is a made up version of its old self using a mixture of modern oils. The real stuff was supplied to the Brit Government in times past by the Rangoon Oil Company Burma, the modern oil is just a shadow of its former self according to people who can remember using the real thing.
One of my shooting buddies uses a form of strong coal tar disinfectant available here called Jeys Fluid as a substitute for 303 he says the smell is a little different but it works just fine and at half the cost.
My own preference for smokeless is a universal solvent for paint and nitro-cellulose finishes etc made by a German company Holz & Bautentechnik available at Lidl supermarkets not so good for Black Powder though but exceedingly low cost.
The only lessons in my life I truly did learn from where the ones I paid for!
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I've been using Rem Oil on my soldered doubles. I worry about lead disolving solvents working on the solder joints.
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