Corrosives cleaning?

Dwight Gruber · 06-08-2002, 08:13 PM

Had a conversation in a gun shop this afternoon about cleaning a barrel after using ammunition with corrosive primers (finally found some--very old--9mm Largo rounds, now I can shoot my Astra 400, oboy). The proprietor is an old black powder head, and advised me that the best thing to clean with after using corrosives or black powder is "409"--you know, the household cleaner--full strength, run patches of it through the barrel until they come out clean. He related using the soap-and-water method, and then swabbing with 409 and discovering how much residue was still in the barrel.

Anybody else know about this, have any opinions about it?

--Dwight

06-08-2002, 08:13 PM	#1
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,890 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,282 Times in 424 Posts	Corrosives cleaning? Had a conversation in a gun shop this afternoon about cleaning a barrel after using ammunition with corrosive primers (finally found some--very old--9mm Largo rounds, now I can shoot my Astra 400, oboy). The proprietor is an old black powder head, and advised me that the best thing to clean with after using corrosives or black powder is "409"--you know, the household cleaner--full strength, run patches of it through the barrel until they come out clean. He related using the soap-and-water method, and then swabbing with 409 and discovering how much residue was still in the barrel. Anybody else know about this, have any opinions about it? --Dwight