|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 942
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 942 |
Hoppe's #9 must have rust prevention qualities. That was all we used when I was a kid for inside the gun as well as the outside. None of those guns ever had rust. My oldest is 46 years old and then my dads old guns and I couldn't tell you how old they are.
Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms should be a convenience store; not a government agency.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 1,887
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 1,887 |
EEZOX has worked well as rust prevention even in the deepest darkest Wisconsin north woods, and I've never seen it effect either point of impact or group size.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2016
Posts: 1,688
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Oct 2016
Posts: 1,688 |
I've always wondered what people think they mean when they talk about "seasoning" the bore. What exactly do you think Hoppe's #9 is doing to your bore to "season" it? It sure doesn't work in the sense of seasoning a cast iron skillet, and we're not talking about food seasoning, so ??
Also, Hoppe's #9 has zero rust prevention qualities, which is easy to test yourself on a bare piece of steel. It says on the bottle for cleaning and preventing rust in rifles, shotguns and pistols. Sure there might be products that work better to prevent rust but do they change point of impact? Hoppe's #9 doesn't change my point of impact and my 500 yd groups are also tighter. In fact some bench rest shooters swear by it. At the end of the day regardless what rust preventative I'm useing if my rifle gets soaked I run a rag over it and a patch thru the bore. Hoppe's #9 has proved to be more than sufficient providing propor gun maintenance is followed. And......it doesn't change point of impact IME Trystan
Good bullets properly placed always work, but not everyone knows what good bullets are, or can reliably place them in the field
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 7,263
Campfire Tracker
|
|
OP
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 7,263 |
Agree that Hoppes #9 works but the only lubricant/rust preventative in it is Kerosene. This is why I mostly use other products even if they throw the first shot slightly more. I will take the trade off if it will still produce a group of an inch or less.
"When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred." Niccolo Machiavelli
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 151,606 Likes: 11
Campfire Savant
|
|
Campfire Savant
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 151,606 Likes: 11 |
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 7,263
Campfire Tracker
|
|
OP
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 7,263 |
This is one that would definitely throw my first shot if it is the Teflon version. If I dried the bore to the point first shot impact wasn't affected I always wondered if there was still enough Rem Oil left to do anything? Rifles vary so not unusual that it works for you but not me.
"When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred." Niccolo Machiavelli
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 12,156
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 12,156 |
Stainless steel barrel with a fouled bore & tape of your color over the muzzle. I always hunt with a fouled bore, smokeless powder residue is a great rust preventative and yes, people do clean their rifles too much.
|
|
|
|
|
239 members (10gaugemag, 1minute, 204guy, 24HourCampFireGuy50, 16penny, 257_X_50, 29 invisible),
2,196
guests, and
1,230
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
Forums81
Topics1,192,115
Posts18,483,452
Members73,966
| |
Most Online11,491
Jul 7th, 2023
|
|
|
|
|
|
