SWEET'S 7.62 BORE CLEANER Reviews & Ratings

Referred by a competition shooter. My pattern started to open up,get a flyer. I was told about copper fouling. I thought my guns were clean. I was surprised to see what sweets got outta my (clean bore). Haven't shot my gun yet,but definitely made a difference. Made the brush wet, ran it thru twice, waited 30 minutes, dry patched out till blue was gone, followed by my CLP wet patch and dry, then light oil patch.

Latest use was for a Lee Enfield Mk 4 made in 1942 that was imported in the 60's. It took about 20 minutes to get all of the old copper fouling out. Just remember not to leave it in the bore for any extended period, and be sure to follow up with a lightly oiled patch when you are finished.

Best there is, hands down. Thick solution sticks to rifling. Ammonia is aggressive and quick to remove heavy copper in rifle barrels. Ive been using it for over 25 years and have found nothing better. Hard to find locally in stores, so Brownells is my go to for cleaning supplies. System I use is: bronze bore brush with Hoppes #9, swab dry. Wet barrel very well w/ 7.62; sit 20 min. Swab out blue dissolved copper. Then use small amount of Iosso paste bore cleaner, pushing patches through til clean. Repeat as necessary and even again 2 days later if your done with the rifle for the season. Then run a patch with Hoppes light oil for storage. Simple.

Sweets 7.62 is the only bore cleaner I have really good success with. Have tried others, but always come back to good old 7.62. It is still work to get the bore clean, but this stuff does it best for me. I use it on several rifles, from 5.56 to 405 Win with success. This stuff is aggressive, recommend using disposable rubber exam gloves when working with it. Read the directions and follow them.

I only use this every 100 rounds or so for copper. Powder etc. it does okay on but copper this is second to none. It will take your breath away the first time you will use it. MAKE SURE YOU ARE IN A WELL VENTALATED AREA. One bottle of this goes a long way. Everyone should have this in the cleaning especially if you are shooting high speed rounds like .204.

I've been in the custom rifle building and gunsmith business for 25+ years. One of the best products I have ever used for removing copper out of any rifle bore. The 10% rule applies and I recommend following the manufactures directions, especially if using this product for the first time. IMO, the claims of bore damage by this product is exaggerated and unfounded. I've left this product in the bore of some of the absolute best match barrels available today, for hours, with no detectable damage what so ever, from my borescope. If one uses as directed they will remove the copper fouling, easily and quickly, with absolutely no damage to one's bore. Two things to remember when using this product; One is to never use a bore brush of any kind, just use patches; Two is that after using Sweet's, remove all traces of it from the bore (I use regular Shooter Choice or Hoppe's on a couple patches followed by half a dozen dry patches) and apply a light coat of oil (I use Kroil) to the bore ( as Sweet's dries the bore out and it may cause rust to develop in bore). Never had any bore damaged by using this method on my personal hunting, competition, or tactical rifle nor any of my customers.

This is a copper solvent for centerfire rifle. Like many I tried moly and various other coatings only to return to "naked" projectiles. That means cleaning the copper out of your bore. Tried the others- butches, barnes, and they are good but returned to sweets. Sweets is very aggresive, butches is not as aggressive, if you like overnight soaking butches is the ticket. Barnes is just as or perhaps more aggressive but tends to dry up during the 15 minute soak. I scrub with a nylon brush saturated with home made eds red, then three dry patchs. A different nylon brush saturated with sweets. let sit 15 minutes. Three dry patchs. Back to the eds red. Three dry patches and Im done. Two decades using this method with no complaints.

Been using Sweets 7.62 for many years.... Use in conjunction with Shooters Choice and Hoppe's #9 Shooters Choice 1st. and always Sweets 7.62 only if needed... read the instructions Hoppe's #9 to finish the job....

Sweets is a very strong ammonia based fluid (keep your eyes and nose away). It is slightly more viscous than a regular solvent, so it doesn't run as quickly but it can still run. It soaks into cotton and synthetic patches well. The bbl soak time is quick compared to anything else, and folks who complain that "instant" isn't measured in seconds are naive. As an ammonia based solvent, Sweets is as good as it gets. Best used with a pre-clean to remove powder residue prior to attacking the copper. Best used for centerfire jacket residues. Patches will foam up if cycled in the bore. After a few minutes, the copper reacts and comes out on the next patch. Repeat till the "blue green" is gone, depending on how the bbl was made this may take from 2 to 20 patches.

I used Sweets for years while shooting Highpower Rifle matches. I would first use Hoppes #9 to remove the powder fouling, followed by Sweets to remove the copper fouling. Sweets would take minutes to remove copper that Hoppes would take all night to remove.