Article: Which cleaner is best for corrosive ammo?

[nognig]

Surplusrifle.com has put together a great article comparing the effectiveness of various cleaners on the salts from corrosive ammo.

Article (http://www.surplusrifle.com/reviews2006/alittlesalt/index.asp)

The interesting thing is that distilled water and Windex did the best jobs overall.

One thing to remember is these cleaners only had to remove salt (KCl), not salt mixed with unburned powder, powder residue, etc.

Another interesting thing is how hard it was to get the metal to rust when it had salt on it. Only when the humidity was close to 80% did corrosion start.

I've always pushed a couple Windex soaked patches through, followed by a regular cleaning and had no problems at all.

NN

[fastvfr]

I've always pushed a couple Windex soaked patches through, followed by a regular cleaning and had no problems at all.

+1.

In fact, I don't shoot surp ammo anymore so I have placed that spray bottle back with the other cleaning supplies.

I do still find uses for ATX tranny fluid (rustproofer from hell), Mobil 1 Synthetic (just as good--or BETTER--than anything else at any price), and Turtle Wax (waterproofer for wood and steel) for my guns, though. :supergrin: :rollsmiley: :supergrin:

$15 for a lifetime supply, and my guns are spotless. Doubly impressive considering my AO...

[Kentuckian]

I've found hot water works the best at dissolving and washing away the corrosive salts.

[Yamadad]

I also like the Windex "trick" and follow it up with plain ole' BreakFree. (From my readings, BreakFree was developed originally for field artillery, which is all black powder.) Never had a problem and seems to work great.