Ed's Red Bore Cleaner

Post by **Rugerfanboy** » Mon Nov 21, 2016 9:37 am

Wonder how good this actually works. I've read about it years ago....just wondering why a manufacture hasn't started producing this product.

FortuneCookie45LC (youtuber) Making Ed's Red Gun Cleaning Solvent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYS-1vCmyis

Ed's Red Bore Cleaner
http://handloads.com/articles/default.asp?id=9

Post by **Sir Henry** » Mon Nov 21, 2016 10:10 am

I've never tried it but I know some people who swear by it.

Post by **JEBar** » Mon Nov 21, 2016 10:29 am

interesting .... this is the first I've heard of it .... I'm looking forward to following this thread .... any clue how it does on wooden stocks

Post by **Rugerfanboy** » Mon Nov 21, 2016 5:03 pm

JEBar wrote:interesting .... this is the first I've heard of it .... I'm looking forward to following this thread .... any clue how it does on wooden stocks

I've never used it before cause I use Ballistol on wood and my leather holster's cause that's what it was invented for during WWI for the German Army. I use Seafoam to clean my firearms cause of how well it cleans them and cause of the price....plus, Seafoam doesn't stink like Hoppe's #9 does. I use Mobil 1 oil to lube my firearms cause of me using it in the service during hot and extremely cold weather. Same reason for using Seafoam while I was in the service. The Ed's Red has my attention cause of the price per fluid ounce but I don't know about the smell factor. I'm mainly looking into this cause of the price. Same reason why I just got into bullet/boolit casting....save cost....cause we all know components aren't cheap like they used to be. I shoot allot....so I clean my firearms allot....same for reloading. Over all...just fun fun fun and to keep having fun fun fun....I have to cut cost somewhere.

Hoppe's #9 - $1.50 per fluid ounce
Seafoam - .50 cents per fluid ounce
Ed's Red - .14 cents per fluid ounce
Mobil 1 Oil - .23 cents per fluid ounce
Rem Oil - $2.50 per fluid ounce

Post by **JEBar** » Mon Nov 21, 2016 5:06 pm

I'm pretty much sold on Ballistol and would be hard pressed to switch .... that said, I'm most certainly open to hearing use reports from folks who have used it

Post by **Leonardo** » Tue Nov 22, 2016 9:09 am

This home brew mix has been around since the sixties. It really works well

Post by **daytime dave** » Tue Nov 22, 2016 6:35 pm

I made a batch once. It worked well, but I think it says keep it away from wood. I stopped there.

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