Old E residue

[Don McDowell]

Stephen, I got my OE 1f from Craig over in Evanston. Shot a bunch of it this weekend in the 40-90 bn. Good stuff.

[Stephen Borud]

That's good to hear Don. Is Craig with Powder Inc or some other company? Were you paper patching shooting Don? Is OE similar to Swiss as far as clean up and being a little hotter powder then some of the others?

Thanks
Stephen

[Don McDowell]

Craig own Bear River powder there in Evanston.
OE is easier to clean up than Swiss, and like Swiss it give good velocity and accuracy.
Yup paper patching is the route for me. I don't know if I'll grease any more bullets or not.

[Stephen Borud]

Perfect, thanks Don. I will look him up. Yeah, stay away from those greasers

Stephen

[Martini2]

It is noted that some here are using Windex & vinegar for bore solvent. The bottle of Windex in hand says it contains "Ammonia-D". Also Vinegar is quite acidic so that bore treatment may effect the metal. I have tried to clean with fluids more chemically "Base" or acid free by incorporating Pure Baking Soda. In fact brass cases from this mornings outing (40-65) are soaking in Filtered water with teaspoon of Baking powder & dash of Dawn detergent. I found how good Baking Soda & water work while cleaning the glass door panel in our Wood stove. It cleans stuck on carbon rapidly. The above mixture is used primarily to clean brass. The point here is if there is Ammonia in solutions used in bore could it cause instant rust - brown patch.

[Lumpy Grits]

You can buy the Windex either way. Stay away from Ammonia.
Read the MSDS for it and you'll see why it works so well.
Gary

[Dan Cash]

Though I did not get to the Big Hill Little Gun Big Gun match earlier this month, I have been shooting a fair bit with the Old E and having very satisfactory results. The brown cleaning residue has not made its appearance. Temperatures have not been nearly as high as they were when last I noticed the brown residue. I have tried cleaning with city type tap water, my very alkaline well water and my regular cleaning solution of tap water with wetting agent added. None of the solutions produced anything but a normal looking cleaning patch. This phenomenon may be a result of verey hight temps, both air and gun. Time will tell.

[Old Jim]

If ya like using water on your cleaning-patches, try distilled water. Then a dry patch followed by an oily one of your choice.

Jim

[Dan Cash]

If ya like using water on your cleaning-patches, try distilled water. Then a dry patch followed by an oily one of your choice.

Jim

The purpose of using well water was to see if the salts in that water caused the redish brown residue. It did not nor did any of the other solutions.

[Hiwall55]

The only time I have seen this it was REALLY hot ,and I think that is what caused it. Just a guess.