Hoppes number 9 cleaner

[bijssg]

Just ran out of this has anyone got any they would sell I can't seem to find any cheers

 

[shooter123]

Once we ran out of Hoppes, we started using the Boretech range of cleaning products and have been very impressed - appreciate it's not what you're asking but it is readily available and performs well

 

[finnbear270]

Some left here you could have F.O.C. If you were passing, or at a same function.

 

[Steff]

Unless you are for some reason set on Hoppe‘s No. 9 take the advice given above and move on to Boretech. It is more effective and doesn‘t smell.

 

[Malxwal]

Was/is Hoppes No.9 the copper solvent, black label on a brown glass jar ? I've a jar at least half full...if you're ever up in West Aberdeenshire...

 

[Smellydog]

It contained benzene, a carcinogenic. It may of been stopped from sale or they changed the formula. I have some but rarely use it.

 

[Len the dog]

Are you after the cologne or deodorant, I have both. Drives the wife wild.

 

[Bavarianbrit]

I have six or ten bottles laying around but as I am in Germany??? Back to UK Dover in mid November.

 

[Bavarianbrit]

It was 11 bottles in my stash. The USA is now charging $19.99 for a 2 fl oz bottle. A little went a long way so I will have to live till 125 to use them up.

 

[Bandit Country]

Unless you are for some reason set on Hoppe‘s No. 9 take the advice given above and move on to Boretech. It is more effective and doesn‘t smell.

TBH the only reason I use No 9 is because of the smell! Same with Youngs .303 - the old stuff in the white tins, not that modern rubbish.

 

[Rookandrabbit]

TBH the only reason I use No 9 is because of the smell! Same with Youngs .303 - the old stuff in the white tins, not that modern rubbish.

Exactly this especially Youngs 303!

 

[timbrayford]

TBH the only reason I use No 9 is because of the smell! Same with Youngs .303 - the old stuff in the white tins, not that modern rubbish.

Cresylic acid is the aroma that you seek, banned by the nanny state as a potential carcinogen. Fortunately I still have a very old can of Young's black powder cleaner, best enjoyed with a used paper shotgun cartridge!

 

[kenbro]

Cresylic acid is the aroma that you seek, banned by the nanny state as a potential carcinogen. Fortunately I still have a very old can of Young's black powder cleaner, best enjoyed with a used paper shotgun cartridge!

What colour is Black powder after you clean it?
Ken.

 

[Island]

It contained benzene, a carcinogenic. It may of been stopped from sale or they changed the formula. I have some but rarely use it.

I have never bothered to check but I suspect the part that I have highlighted is accurate. I have half of a very old bottle that I do not use but I keep simply because the aroma transports me instantly back to my old fella's gun room all those years ago. The more modern version smells entirely different.

With regards to the OP I can only echo what has been said above by several members. Ditch the 009 and get yourself some Boretech products. You will never look back.

 

[Len the dog]

I was pushing a few patches through the other day and had a rummage around the cleaning box, found a very old tin of Young’s 303 that I had acquired when my father passed away a few years back.
I couldn’t help but wet a few patches just for that evocative aroma from my childhood.

Just as well I don’t have a man bun otherwise I’d have been blubbing my eyes out.

 

[timbrayford]

What colour is Black powder after you clean it?
Ken.

Black

 

[bluesako]

satans brew

 

[antsa]

Black

And until they find a darker colour, black is my favourite.

Cheers