The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Could i be mistaking copper fouling for rust in the rifling at the muzzle of a rifle

B. Lahey · March 19, 2010, 07:59 PM

If it looks like rust, it probably is.

Rust prevention is one thing Breakfree CLP does extremely well. I use regular solvents like Hoppe's #9 for cleaning, but if a rifle is going to sit in storage for a while before I get a chance to shoot it again, I run a patch with a little CLP on it down the bore before I put it away. It works.

March 19, 2010, 07:59 PM	#8
B. Lahey Senior Member Join Date: March 17, 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 2,857	If it looks like rust, it probably is. Rust prevention is one thing Breakfree CLP does extremely well. I use regular solvents like Hoppe's #9 for cleaning, but if a rifle is going to sit in storage for a while before I get a chance to shoot it again, I run a patch with a little CLP on it down the bore before I put it away. It works. __________________ "A human being is primarily a bag for putting food into; the other functions and faculties may be more godlike, but in point of time they come afterwards." -George Orwell