So I've owned several Dillon presses, some nice and new and blue, others purchased second hand that were dark and grease stained from years of use. I had halfheartedly tried to clean the blue press frame at one point using a solvent without much luck so ignored it and just carried on using the press.
Then yesterday I was cleaning a rifle and had a wet patch with Hoppe's #9 on it and out of curiosity gave a quick wipe on the stained blue press. Darned if it didn't clean it easy as pie with barely any rubbing and no ill effects to the paint. Used a couple more wet patches and cleaned out the inside of black carbon and lanolin caked cartridge bins, it cleaned those too amazingly well.
Three minutes and about 5-10 wet patches later and the whole darn press looked MUCH better.
Hoppe's #9.... go figure!
Here's a picture I found of a filthy Dillon press as an example. Not mine, but this is the kind of stuff I was cleaning off.
Then yesterday I was cleaning a rifle and had a wet patch with Hoppe's #9 on it and out of curiosity gave a quick wipe on the stained blue press. Darned if it didn't clean it easy as pie with barely any rubbing and no ill effects to the paint. Used a couple more wet patches and cleaned out the inside of black carbon and lanolin caked cartridge bins, it cleaned those too amazingly well.
Three minutes and about 5-10 wet patches later and the whole darn press looked MUCH better.
Hoppe's #9.... go figure!
Here's a picture I found of a filthy Dillon press as an example. Not mine, but this is the kind of stuff I was cleaning off.
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