ED's Red?

[TrxR]

Anyone here use ED's Red for cleaning their rimfire? If so whats your formula? I was thinking of trying some without the acetone.

 

[drknite]

There is an article about cleaning solutions and a formula for Ed’s red on rimfire central.

 

[GeneT]

Anyone here use ED's Red for cleaning their rimfire? If so whats your formula? I was thinking of trying some without the acetone.

Equal parts acetone, Dexron, mineral spirits and Kerosene. Optionally, some lanolin. I've never used the lanolin. I used ER for years, but have slowly reduced the "formula" to where I just use mineral spirits for cleaning anymore (and WipeOut for other bore cleaning). ER might be a tiny bit better, but straight mineral spirits does about as well. If you want lubricative / preservative properties, anything you apply after the fact is bound to be better than ER.

GsT

 

[vtmarmot]

Original ER sounds highly flammable.