Bore solvents

[Freedom]

It seems in an effort to make money, a company always has to try to make a better wheel....then they spend thousands in advertising trying to convince us that there "way overpriced" wheel is somehow "Round'er, just cause it cost 3 times as much....lol.

I have tried just about everything and they all work pretty well.. From homemade elixers to the Shiloh Creek stuff, Kroil, Gunzilla, Montana X, Ballistol, etc, and just about every other lead, fouling, carbon remover, water based, blackpowder, and seasoning crap you can think of.

I feel it is all just a bunch of fancy, high price stuff you can do without.

For wiping, and getting the bulk of the fouling right after a match...Soluble oil and water is all you need. Napa cutting oil (water soluble) is WAYYYY better than Ballistol/moose milk/alchohol concoctions.

For solvent, (the original wheel) Hoppes No.9 is about as good as it gets.. Yeah I know, petro...but it works. And no it doesn't make tar or cause hard fouling. And good ol' Turpentine stips lead about as good as anything and it's cheap! (No.9 strips lead pretty fair too)