Originally Posted by Jusanothajoe
Just don't understand why anyone would need anything that harsh to clean a shotgun?
Do some clean their guns once every five years whether they need it or not?

‘Cause it’s sitting on the shelf, and nobody has any carburetors to clean anymore?

I cleaned a rather unfortunate Wingmaster 870 that had never been cleaned since unwrapped for Christmas in 1968. It lived in a duck boat, and the owner, a University of Pennsylvania graduate who was an executive at an insurance company large enough to have in in-plant printing operation, allowed his teen aged daughter to carve her initials in the stock, which, led to a big chunk of that bowling ball finish coming off.

The stuff built up inside that gun was impervious to lesser solvents.

Yes, those guys are out there, and, they should know better.

Best,
Ted