Colt Trooper

[gerhard1]

Never use Hoppes #9 bore solvent on nickel. It’ll eat it off if given enough time. Usually as it weeps out from nooks and crannies that don’t get wiped off good. A friend once destroyed the finish on a Colt Commander with it. I think he may have cried.


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How is nickel cleaned, then? I just have two nickel-plated S&W's, both of them somewhat old.

 

[Shadowrider]

Ballistol or Hoppes Elite. Nothing with ammonia for copper removal.


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[gerhard1]

Ballistol or Hoppes Elite. Nothing with ammonia for copper removal.


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Thank you.

 

[dennishoddy]

Never use Hoppes #9 bore solvent on nickel. It’ll eat it off if given enough time. Usually as it weeps out from nooks and crannies that don’t get wiped off good. A friend once destroyed the finish on a Colt Commander with it. I think he may have cried.

I never knew that. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Shadowrider]

The reason it's hard on nickel is because Hoppes #9 has a chemical in it that's related to ammonia for the removal of copper. When they plate nickel onto a steel surface they have to put on a real thin coat of copper for it to stick to because it won't stick to any steels well at all.

Use CLP, Ballistol (my favorite all purpose "won't hurt anything" CLP), Hoppes Elite (water based and really good cleaner), or anything that doesn't have any ammonia for copper removal. They say that Ballistol removes copper, but if it does it's a completely different chemical mechanism that does it. Given enough time Hoppes #9, Sweets 7.62, Shooters Choice, etc. will strip the nickel completely off.

 

[dennishoddy]

The reason it's hard on nickel is because Hoppes #9 has a chemical in it that's related to ammonia for the removal of copper. When they plate nickel onto a steel surface they have to put on a real thin coat of copper for it to stick to because it won't stick to any steels well at all.

Use CLP, Ballistol (my favorite all purpose "won't hurt anything" CLP), Hoppes Elite (water based and really good cleaner), or anything that doesn't have any ammonia for copper removal. They say that Ballistol removes copper, but if it does it's a completely different chemical mechanism that does it. Given enough time Hoppes #9, Sweets 7.62, Shooters Choice, etc. will strip the nickel completely off.

Thanks. You might have saved some folks so serious issues.

 

[dlbleak]

I DO know where there is a trooper, at least I think it's a trooper, in 45 colt?
Can anyone verify if they made it in LC? The owner recently asked me what's worth, so I think he might be thinking of selling it. It's a four inch nickel gun but I'm not 100% on the model.
What's the approximate value? I looked on GB with little success.

 

[bigred1]

The reason it's hard on nickel is because Hoppes #9 has a chemical in it that's related to ammonia for the removal of copper. When they plate nickel onto a steel surface they have to put on a real thin coat of copper for it to stick to because it won't stick to any steels well at all.

Use CLP, Ballistol (my favorite all purpose "won't hurt anything" CLP), Hoppes Elite (water based and really good cleaner), or anything that doesn't have any ammonia for copper removal. They say that Ballistol removes copper, but if it does it's a completely different chemical mechanism that does it. Given enough time Hoppes #9, Sweets 7.62, Shooters Choice, etc. will strip the nickel completely off.

I learn something new all the time on this site. Now if I ever get a nickel plated gun I won't screw it up. Thanks