Cleanest Factory 115grain 9mm Ammo

nukem556 · 05-19-2014, 11:29 PM

I don't understand the fixation on "clean" ammo...no modern ammunition is loaded with black powder! You'd have to fire hundreds and hundreds of rounds at one sitting with any modern smokeless ammo before fouling ever began to impair function.....and you DO clean your firearm after a day at the range, don't you?

Hoppe's No.9 solvent is one of the greatest olfactory experiences in life!

ithacaartist · 05-19-2014, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by nukem556

... Hoppe's No.9 solvent is one of the greatest olfactory experiences in life!

Bob, I totally agree. #9 ranks right up there with Griffin Shoe Polish. Funny, how some can't stand the smell.

Smell info "stored" in the brain is amazing. One whiff of something can be like a time machine. Hoppes takes me back to the early 70s; for Griffin, it's the 50s! For me, Camel filters is 1968...

Jeff, that's the "evilgrin"!

nukem556 · 05-20-2014, 12:09 AM

Jeff.... hope I didn't offend the new guy! More firearms have been damaged by overcleaning than ever by shooting, especially if cleaned from the muzzle. You'll never get even a perfect bore completely clean. Is your bore frosted or pitted? If so, you just gotta deal with it. Fouling in a pistol barrel affects accuracy much less than in a precision rifle barrel.

David...know what you mean brother! Smells seem to be the most evocative influence on human memory... I remember as a kid when my dad took me on the flightline when he was in the Air Force, and I stuck my head in the still cooling, tinkling afterburner nozzles of a just landed F4 Phantom..I've never forgotten that exotic smell !

sheepherder · 05-20-2014, 09:54 AM

I think if you did find a nice clean-burning brand, you would look at it and say "That looks clean. I'll leave it until it gets dirty."...Whereas if you blew Bullseye out of it, you'd say "Wow! That looks like I've been funneling septic tank sewage through it...I better clean it!"...

rolandtg · 05-21-2014, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by ithacaartist

Bob, I totally agree. #9 ranks right up there with Griffin Shoe Polish. Funny, how some can't stand the smell.

Smell info "stored" in the brain is amazing. One whiff of something can be like a time machine. Hoppes takes me back to the early 70s; for Griffin, it's the 50s! For me, Camel filters is 1968...

Jeff, that's the "evilgrin"!

I think Hoppes is mostly carbon tet...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_tetrachloride

Also, imho, Wolf ammo and Aguela ammo are some of the highest-residue ammo I've ever shot.

And everybody know that all the whale oil went into Honda motorcycle forks back in the 60's and 70's.

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sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,208 Thanks: 1,425 Thanked 4,474 Times in 2,343 Posts	I think if you did find a nice clean-burning brand, you would look at it and say "That looks clean. I'll leave it until it gets dirty."...Whereas if you blew Bullseye out of it, you'd say "Wow! That looks like I've been funneling septic tank sewage through it...I better clean it!"... __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter... Last edited by sheepherder; 05-20-2014 at 12:47 PM.

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05-19-2014, 11:29 PM	#1
nukem556 User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Irmo, SC Posts: 625 Thanks: 35 Thanked 168 Times in 107 Posts	I don't understand the fixation on "clean" ammo...no modern ammunition is loaded with black powder! You'd have to fire hundreds and hundreds of rounds at one sitting with any modern smokeless ammo before fouling ever began to impair function.....and you DO clean your firearm after a day at the range, don't you? Hoppe's No.9 solvent is one of the greatest olfactory experiences in life!

05-20-2014, 12:09 AM	#3
nukem556 User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Irmo, SC Posts: 625 Thanks: 35 Thanked 168 Times in 107 Posts	Jeff.... hope I didn't offend the new guy! More firearms have been damaged by overcleaning than ever by shooting, especially if cleaned from the muzzle. You'll never get even a perfect bore completely clean. Is your bore frosted or pitted? If so, you just gotta deal with it. Fouling in a pistol barrel affects accuracy much less than in a precision rifle barrel. David...know what you mean brother! Smells seem to be the most evocative influence on human memory... I remember as a kid when my dad took me on the flightline when he was in the Air Force, and I stuck my head in the still cooling, tinkling afterburner nozzles of a just landed F4 Phantom..I've never forgotten that exotic smell !