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ATCDoktor · January 15, 2013, 10:20 PM

I have a WPA VEPR in 7.62X54 and it's a considerably more involved process to clean vice a bolt gun.

That said, I use Hoppes #9 on the bore, bolt and bolt carrier, oprod and gas tube and have never had a proiblem with corrosion.

Takes me about 45 minutes to clean and oil and it's good to go.

Windex will most assuredly remove the salts left behind behind corrosive priming but I don't know how well it removes carbon and powder fouling.

Hoppes will cut that junk to the quick, fast, and it's smell takes me back to the days of my youth.

January 15, 2013, 10:20 PM	#5
ATCDoktor Senior Member Join Date: December 24, 2006 Posts: 172	I have a WPA VEPR in 7.62X54 and it's a considerably more involved process to clean vice a bolt gun. That said, I use Hoppes #9 on the bore, bolt and bolt carrier, oprod and gas tube and have never had a proiblem with corrosion. Takes me about 45 minutes to clean and oil and it's good to go. Windex will most assuredly remove the salts left behind behind corrosive priming but I don't know how well it removes carbon and powder fouling. Hoppes will cut that junk to the quick, fast, and it's smell takes me back to the days of my youth.