OK WEBER SWEET'S 7.62 BORE CLEANER

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.

This has to be used with caution, but it is effective in removing jacket fouling. I never leave it in the bore for more than 10 minutes, and clean it out with #9 followed by a few dry patches. The method used to determine the Sweet's use is a strong flashlight played into the muzzle. Done with care, you may see what appears to be copper plating in the rifling grooves. If you can see it at the muzzle, you know that it extends well down the bore. You cannot see this plating by looking through the bore. The copper shines as much as the steel. Sweet's will get it out a bit faster than other solvents, but it's still a tedious job.

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.

3 stars is average, ordinary for lead in pistols. This is no better or worse than anything else for lead. Product claims are exaggerated.

Not only has Sweet's been used by competition shooters for years, but it is a great product for collectors of military firearms when firing corrosive primer ammo. The ammonia in Sweet's will clean out the corrosive salts far better than Windex (well, I believe it has a higher ammonia content, and it is intended for cleaning firearms barrels). It will take come soaking time on a really gruddy barrel, or even multiple cleaning sessions if the barrel is one someone else messed up (I remember a new to me Ruger 77 in .220 Swift which I'm sure never saw a cleaning rod, or any attachment for one).

I have used Sweet's, JB bore paste, and Flitz to remove copper. Sweet's is by far the easiest to use with the quickest clean up. You have to be careful to clean it all out of the bore prior to shooting and you don't want to leave it in the bore for more than fifteen minutes before you clean it out, otherise it will etch the bore. Sweet's does a great job of disolving copper.

I was introduced to this stuff while attending US Army Sniper School; we used it for it's copper removal properties only... and does it ever work!! Yes, it does require some soaking in the bore (no more than 10 min), but when you push that first patch out and it looks like someone filled your bore with green/blue slime, you know it's doing it's job! Use this stuff every 60-100 shots for normal velocity calibers, more often for magnums and your bore will be happy!

Using a coated rod, start with a wet patch of hoppes, then brush 10 times down and back (20 total passes), follow with wet patch of hoppes then several dry. Run wet patch of Sweet's, followed by a wet with sweets nylon brush... 20 passes... let sit for 8-10min, clean out with wet patches of hoppes followed by dry. You won't be disappointed!

Manufactuor claims in "instantly" remove lead fouling etc. "Instantly" means 15 to 30 minutes.