Hoppe's #9

[Harold1950]

I'm a little confused here and need some clarification. I have been reading on the forum that one should use "natural" products with black powder or bp substitutes. But now I am reading how good Hoppe's #9 BP slovent and patch Lube is. I have a bottle of it a friend gave me and have not used it because it contains Kerosene which is a petroleum product. So should I use it or not? Thank you for your thoughts.........Harold :hmm:

 

[jtmattison]

It's a great product according to many on here. I haven't given it a fair try. I have a few bottles of it collecting dust on my bench. Generally you should avoid petroleum products when shooting BP or subs but it seems the chemical combination in the Hoppes does not have any negative effects with BP or sub fouling. Try it, you might be impressed.

HD

 

[chipper]

Allmost all of my friends use it. It's a good product and out here in the winter using spit to lube patches is just nuts. I'm still a die in the wool spit patch fan but #9 is good stuff.

Regards
Loyd Shindelbower
Loveland Colorado

 

[Robert Egler]

I've never used Hoppes patch lube, but I used it as a solvent for years. I just recently switched to Remington bore cleaner, which seems to clean in about half the time (and half the patches) that Hoppes does. And my wife will let me use it in the house, she can't stand the smell of Hoppes, but the Remington has very little odor.

 

[nw_hunter]

You think Hoppes smells bad.Try Kano Kroil! Great stuff, but the smell is potent!My wife said if I bought another can, she would leave me :surrender: I'm sure gonna miss her! Just kiddin :rotf:

 

[roundball]

I'm a little confused here and need some clarification. I have been reading on the forum that one should use "natural" products with black powder or bp substitutes. But now I am reading how good Hoppe's #9 BP slovent and patch Lube is. I have a bottle of it a friend gave me and have not used it because it contains Kerosene which is a petroleum product. So should I use it or not? Thank you for your thoughts.........Harold :hmm:

It's not a problem Harold...there is a law that requires any product containing any Kerosene or Petroleum Distillates to be identified on the product[url] label...in[/url] the case of Hoppes it must be of such a minute trace amount as to be insignificant yet has to be identified on the label.

Indeed, in spite of it containing Kerosene, Hoppes PLUS not only does not cause fouling, it minimizes fouling better than anything I've tried so far...after shooting a 50 shot range session without wiping beteween shots at all, I come home and the first pump flush in a bucket of hot water barely shows a trace of fouling from the barrel, and the following pump flushes are clean.

 

[Johnny Tremain]

There are comparision posts here.

Look them up. T/C 1000+ beats it all, hands down.

Why use anything else.

 

[roundball]

Look them up. T/C 1000+ beats it all, hands down.
Why use anything else.

Oh contrare my friend...and the answer is because everybody else doesn't live where you do and have all that dampness and humidity.
:grin:

As big of a fan of NL1000 that I am for my bore lube, and hunting patches...I cannot use NL1000 for a 50 shot range session in dry, low humidity weather without having to wipe between every few shots, which I don't like to have to do.

In the high humid months of NC weather I can, but not during the dry winter months...so I switched to a wetter lube...Hoppes No9 PLUS...and it outstanding.

As wet as it is in the NW, I'm surprised you even have to use lube at all...seems like you could just wave a dry patch through the air on it's way to the muzzle and you'd be good to go! :grin:

 

[Mulebrain]

Very good information here!

I have been using pre-lubed patches, and they get harder and harder to get down the bore. The patches are soft and pliable, but not wet enough!

Cutting corners, is actually making the situation worse!

I will give the hoppe's plus a go!

Thanks Roundball, and others for all the great info!

 

[oldwolf]

Are we talking about Hoppes #9, the stuff I have been using since I was kid (a long long time ago) or the new Hoppes Black Powder solvent???

 

[roundball]

No...it is called:

Hoppes No9 PLUS BP Solvent & Patch Lube

 

[roundball]

Very good information here!

I have been using pre-lubed patches, and they get harder and harder to get down the bore. The patches are soft and pliable, but not wet enough!

Cutting corners, is actually making the situation worse!

I will give the hoppe's plus a go!

Thanks Roundball, and others for all the great info!

FYI...and you don't have to only use Hoppes on dry patches...I've taken bags of prelubed patches that I already had, and just shot a couple of squirts in on them, squished it around, and that works great also.

Note: Do it on the patches that you plan to use that day.

If the Hoppes is left in a bag of NL1000 patches for a few weeks the combination of the two lubes seems to create a yucky film on the surface of the patches...so the habit I've gotten into is to count out 50 patches I'm going to use that morning, drop them into a small ziploc, give them a squirt or two and use them up.

If you just use the Hoppes on new dry patches, then they last fine.

 

[jtmattison]

Does the Hoppes dry out if you pre-lube dry patches and keep them in a tin?

HD

 

[Landngroove]

Add me to the list of user's of Hoppes #9 Plus Black Powder Solvent & Patch Lube. Great product. Superb patch lube. Just shows that generalized statements ( all petroleum products bad ) should be taken with a grain of salt. Usually, such statements are marketing ploys, to sell "new", and "improved" products. IMHO.

 

[wirehairman]

Does the Hoppes dry out if you pre-lube dry patches and keep them in a tin?

HD

If I don't use all of them right away, mine dry out after a week or two and feel kinda waxy. I just refresh them with another squirt, and they shoot fine.

I did have a batch get moldy after leaving it in a tin in my shooting box for a month or so this summer. Still don't know how that came about.

 

[roundball]

Never tried that, sorry...but if it was me, I would worry that they would dry out...now, having said that, they may still work very well as far as having retained some lubrication...they just wouldn't be wet to handle dry air

 

[Sharp Shooter]

I have also dipped patches in Hoppes, let them dry, then dipped them again and let them dry. That leaved them greasy but not wet (dry patching or whatever they call it).

 

[MSG]

Ok, first I am a "Newby" at this BP stuff, but I have tried numerous lubes, and cleaners, and here is my input on these things:

I prefer, (as well as my GPR 54cal) Lehigh Valley lube, even when it is about dried up, it still lubes the barrel, and limits alot of fouling, I have had great success with it personally. I still do a "Field Clean" before each shot at the range, with 1 patch with Butch's BP Bore Cleaner, and 2 dry patches.Then "Hot Soapy water" at home, and then while barrel is still hot run a patch with CPL / Break Free all the way down the tube, and when it cools, 2 dry patches to pick up any residue / excess lube. Thats it, no rust, no fouling, clean as a whissle.

Again, this is my opinion only.
Thanks for reading.