corrosive?

[elonfire]

thinking about buying some surplus 7.62x54R. what is the best solvent to use so i don't have to worry about pitting in the bore. thanks.

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[bearhunter]

Hot water and lots of it.

[Pattern14]

Hot water and lots of it.

and a long necked funnel.

[Stevo]

and a long necked funnel.

Nah, if it's hot enough it'll dry quick anyway.

Actually, the only rifle I don't bother with a funnel is my VZ58. No wood to worry about on it.

[AKA Hugh Uno]

while the bore is still hot hot, then some Sweets (mostly water), then some break free, but usually I DON'T SHOOT THE STUFF (in enfields anyway) because there isn't any real need to do so, plus much of the cordite is "click-bang-confeitti" and far from precision ammo! LOL

[BerdanIII]

Butch's Bore Shine: there's water in the mix for the corrosive priming and it does a great job of removing jacket fouling. Bores cleaned previously with Ed's Red still show a bunch of crud on patches soaked with Bore Shine. (Disclaimer: I do not own stock in the company, am not an employee and have received no compensation for this post.)

[Bill Hollinger]

I use hot water and Tide.

[Swede]

I have a small bottle (maybe 1.5 oz) with 1/2 ammonia 1/2 water along with a Swiss cleaning kit that has a sectional cleaning rod. Just squirt some of the ammonia on a cleaning patch, run the patch through the bore. Then run a dry patch through. When I get home I clean the rifle normally. Never had a problem.

[dbarn]

Ballitstol. I use a 50/50 mix with water at the range and use it full strength with a normal cleaning at home. One of the few products that will emulsify with water instead of seperating. The black powder folks also like it. Have had excellent results w/o using hot water. hth.

[Arisaka Hunter]

I use a 50/50 mix of ammonia and water at the range and finish up normally at home with Hoope's #9. Thats been working well for some time now for my Mosin-Nagant.