Original Hoppe's

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.22-10-45 posted this 27 December 2010

Hello, I haven't checked in awhile, to see if still available, but Bruno's Shooting Supply has been adding Nitro-benzene to the new style hoppe's for years.  It smells just like the original good o'l hoppes again!...cleans better too.

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hunterspistol posted this 28 January 2013

My shooting buddy had an almost full quart of the good old Hoppes #9. Just a few years ago he had it along on our hunting trip and spilled almost the whole bottle. :shock: Man, I was in shock as I looked at that big wet spot on the ground and wanted to cry!!!!! and it wasn't even mine :( :(        Dan,

             I saved the containers ('cause I'm cheap!).  I have the boxed, glass bottle on the shelf and use a small bottle to hold the everyday cleaning solvent.   I just got tired of buying little bottles and bought the quart to supply them.  Saves time and, you can't inadvertently spill a lot of it.  

          At the same time, I shoot so little copper nowdays that it will last a long time.  Mostly, I'm using mineral spirits from the lumber yard to clean my cast bullet shooters.

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Reg posted this 28 January 2013

Uncle Russ wrote: Hey Reg

If I come to your house for basil pasta you wouldn't put #9 on that dish will you?

I would prefer just a dab behind your ear when you serve!

I would follow you around like a new puppy.

:D

Hoppe's #9 and basil pasta !!!!!!!  Could possibly life ever get better !!??!!

A heads up to those that live near a Trader Joe's.  My lil Sis sent me a bottle of basil flavored Extra Virgin Olive Oil for Christmas.  A couple good shakes over a good fettuccine, a sprinkle of dehydrated and crushed basil and lunch is served !!!

Unc Russ, na wouldn't put none in the plate and Mama says I have to reserve the dab behind the ear for her but would let you try the Hot Pepper flavored Extra Virgin Olive Oil, it too is par excellent !!  Put a smile on any ol pup !!

:dance

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Uncle Russ posted this 27 January 2013

Hey Reg

If I come to your house for basil pasta you wouldn't put #9 on that dish will you?

I would prefer just a dab behind your ear when you serve!

I would follow you around like a new puppy.

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Reg posted this 27 January 2013

gnoahhh wrote: Another odor that compliments the old Hoppe's #9 smell is that of freshly fired paper shot shell hulls. Add to that the odor of wet canvas and dog, and the smell of my dad's pipe and I'm off to a better time.

"Where are we going in the Wayback Machine today, Mr. Peabody?" "Well Sherman, today we're going back to the gun room of 1964 and bask in the aromas of manliness. It's a lesson you are long overdue for."

Amen.

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gnoahhh posted this 27 January 2013

Another odor that compliments the old Hoppe's #9 smell is that of freshly fired paper shot shell hulls. Add to that the odor of wet canvas and dog, and the smell of my dad's pipe and I'm off to a better time.

"Where are we going in the Wayback Machine today, Mr. Peabody?" "Well Sherman, today we're going back to the gun room of 1964 and bask in the aromas of manliness. It's a lesson you are long overdue for."

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Reg posted this 27 January 2013

RicinYakima wrote: I Love The Smell of Hoppes #9! I love the smell of Hoppes #9! Just could not get the wife to wear it for perfume!

The old #9 had benzene and amyl acetate (the banana smell) that was the most effective at lifting out powder residue, but the new stuff (last 20 years) is all “safe".

Now I have been using on Ed's Red except for the prize guns in the safe. They still get #9.

Ahhhhhhh, the smell of Hoppes #9 Never did get the wife to use it as a perfume either but I did use it a bit as a after shave when I was chasing her 40 years ago.  She says she longs for the old days. Must be the Hoppe's #9 !!!!!!!!!!!!

:thinking:

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CB posted this 27 January 2013

hunterspistol wrote: I have a glass bottle in quart size of Hoppe's. Also have a shirt that says, “I sweat Hoppe's #9"!

http://tacticaltshirts.com/shop/shirt-sweat-hoppes/

My shooting buddy had an almost full quart of the good old Hoppes #9. Just a few years ago he had it along on our hunting trip and spilled almost the whole bottle. :shock: Man, I was in shock as I looked at that big wet spot on the ground and wanted to cry!!!!! and it wasn't even mine :( :(

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hunterspistol posted this 27 January 2013

I have a glass bottle in quart size of Hoppe's. Also have a shirt that says, “I sweat Hoppe's #9"!

http://tacticaltshirts.com/shop/shirt-sweat-hoppes/

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Fg1 posted this 27 January 2013

Nothing like the smell of Hoppes #9 ! Brings back memories of cleaning those $9 DCM 03A3 Springfields and 1917 Enfields after getting all that gooey cosmoline off :)

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Uncle Russ posted this 26 January 2013

Ah Mr. Dan Willems;

You show yourself to be a wise and thoughtful man. Old #9 is truly the scent of relaxation and contentment. :thumbsup:

And the drug induced wise ones of our culture think they know all the answers. You know, those that lived in a “cloud of haze from MJ smoke". :P:

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delmarskid1 posted this 26 January 2013

Kind of like 3in1 oil. We used to make pull throughs with a string and a bobby pin.

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CB posted this 26 January 2013

Yup, good old Hoppes #9. Many years ago you could always tell when you walked in someone's house and smelled Hoppes that a guy was a rifleman or a hunter/trapper. Ahhhhh, what good memories. :)

I have a few of the old bottles around just to use on special occasions while cleaning a favorite gun then, I'm in my 'happy place'....ah, life is good..........Dan

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Maven posted this 26 January 2013

"The New Hoppe's Elite does cost more but is truly odorless and inoffensive."

Who wants to be odorless and inoffensive, Gary?;)

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Chargar posted this 25 January 2013

The smellof old Hoppes No. 9 brings back lots of memories for many of us. But, it won't clean as well as Ed's Red.

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Pigslayer posted this 25 January 2013

onondaga wrote: You guys are are giving me an asthma attack. I hate the old Hoppe's. The smell is so horrible it creates an anti-social atmosphere that separates marriages and families and gives me an asthma attack..

Get up to date with gun cleaning. The New Hoppe's Elite does cost more but is truly odorless and inoffensive. It is available in creme gel or spray and I will never go back to the old stink bomb crap. Elite cleans anything out of a gun as well or better than anything else does.

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/264513/hoppes-elite-bore-cleaning-solvent-4-oz-gel

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/130696/hoppes-elite-gun-cleaner-8-oz-pump

Family friendly and worth every penny!!!

Gary

Oh now, take easy Gary. I, like many others like the smell of it. It's a manly smell! :cba::wtf:

If someone else had of done to me what I did to myself . . . I'd have killed him. Humility is an asset. Heh - heh.

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RicinYakima posted this 25 January 2013

I Love The Smell of Hoppes #9! I love the smell of Hoppes #9! Just could not get the wife to wear it for perfume!

The old #9 had benzene and amyl acetate (the banana smell) that was the most effective at lifting out powder residue, but the new stuff (last 20 years) is all “safe".

Now I have been using on Ed's Red except for the prize guns in the safe. They still get #9.

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R Dupraz posted this 25 January 2013

Quit buying Hoppe's when I used some of the new.and then realized that they had changed the formula.Then switched to Ed's Red. No one is going to convince me that the new is as good as the old. Kinda liked the old smell anyway.

Nothing goes together better than the old smelly Hoppes and a pocket full of .22's in a pasture full of flickertails.

RD

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onondaga posted this 25 January 2013

You guys are are giving me an asthma attack. I hate the old Hoppe's. The smell is so horrible it creates an anti-social atmosphere that separates marriages and families and gives me an asthma attack..

Get up to date with gun cleaning. The New Hoppe's Elite does cost more but is truly odorless and inoffensive. It is available in creme gel or spray and I will never go back to the old stink bomb crap. Elite cleans anything out of a gun as well or better than anything else does.

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/264513/hoppes-elite-bore-cleaning-solvent-4-oz-gel

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/130696/hoppes-elite-gun-cleaner-8-oz-pump

Family friendly and worth every penny!!!

Gary

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R Dupraz posted this 25 January 2013

Billglaze:

You beat me to it, “Nitro-Methane” Burn a bit of it in the summer time.

RD

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billglaze posted this 25 January 2013

Not to be picky, but the Nitro used in model airplane fuels, is Nitro_Methane. (Or so we are told by Powermaster Fuels, and other manufacturers). I've used it for years, and it's the same stuff used in Top-Fuelers in Drag Racing. BTW: If you've ever accidentally glued your fingers together with CyA glue, (Or Miracle Glue) the stuff is also sold as a de-bonder. (Don't ask how I know this!)

In theory, there's no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. My fate is not entirely in Gods hands, if I have a weapon in mine.

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