Les Jones

Guns > Break-Free Powder Blast Gun Cleaner

I needed to clean the 625 before I shipped it to the new owner, so I tried a new-to-me cleaner - Break-Free Powder Blaster. It's a solvent in a fairly high pressure can. It really did blast away powder and carbon residue, and a toothbrush removed the rest. The last time I shot the 625 I cleaned it with Break-Free CLP and a toothbrush, so it was already fairly clean, but it came out even cleaner this time. The extractor star looked shiny and new.

Powder Blast is a really good degreaser. The outside of the gun felt bone dry. I'll have a can of this around the next time I need to remove Cosmoline from a milsurp.

Because it's such a good degreaser it strips away all of the lubrication it touches. Because of that it isn't something I'd use every time I clean a gun (except sparingly on a brush or boresnake). Another reason not to use it every time is that the big can goes pretty fast. I used about half a can in cleaning one gun. With a little more forethought I could probably cut that in half. For occasional thorough cleanups I think I'll like it.

The instructions warn that that the solvents may harm some wood finishes or plastics.