Absolutely! I don't buy the wipes, but a cloth damp with RemOil is the last thing I run down the bore after cleaning.

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Probably as good as any other concoction that is used by shooters, we all have our favorites, but as long as you use something to coat the gun you are just fine.

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An old t shirt, scissors, and a bottle of your favorite oil is cheaper

 

Extra Virgin olive oil and baby wipes 8)

 

An old t shirt, scissors, and a bottle of your favorite oil is cheaper

BINGO! I use an old handerchief that I've saturated with oil. I keep it in a zip-lock sandwich bag and periodically add a few more drops of oil or a spray or two of WD-40 to keep it oiled up. I've used this same "oil cloth" for years, but I DON'T run it inside the bore. I keep this for wiping off the exterior metal parts.

 

I do like Rem Wipes as an exterior rust preventitive applicator.They are made of a non-woven material and do not leave lint.I store them in the original package and ocassionally add more Rem-Oil until they get soiled and then open a new one.For the final bore application of Rem-Oil I use a 2-1/4" square twill patch on a tight fitting jag.There are better corrosion protectants i.e (CLP) but Rem-Oil has always worked for me when maintaining 40% or less humidity in the safe.

 

I used to shoot a Browning Trap gun with an unlined bore, in weather conditions that made condensation form inside the barrel if I left the gun on the rack after I got the barrel hot from shooting.

I carried Rem Oil Wipes in my bag, and used the range rod to shove them through the bores after shooting. Never had a rust problem -- and if you talk to an honest shooter with an older Browning, you'll find that rust problems are common.

If I have a choice, I prefer Bullfrog Rusthunter Gun Wipes. They are great. I used those on a trip, to clean and protect a SxS I put into a soft breakdown case, after a week of shooting birds.

There's a difference between what I use at home, and what works on the road.

 

An old t shirt, scissors, and a bottle of your favorite oil is cheaper

BINGO! I use an old handerchief that I've saturated with oil. I keep it in a zip-lock sandwich bag and periodically add a few more drops of oil or a spray or two of WD-40 to keep it oiled up. I've used this same "oil cloth" for years, but I DON'T run it inside the bore. I keep this for wiping off the exterior metal parts.

THis is exactly how I do it. I do cut patches out of an old tshirt. Place over a bore brush with oil on it and run that down the bore. THe cost of patches is insane, they are nothing more then a t shirt.

 

My bores are chromed lined, so that is not an issue, but I do use Remoil mandm a rag to wipe down the metal on the outside

 

REM Oil and old tee shirt squares are just the ticket for use at home. Rem Wipes in the packets may be slightly pricey compared to scraps of tee shirts, but they're just the ticket for keeping a few in your range bag and glove box.

I don't like the practice of re-using oil soaked rags forever. You've obviously picked up some grit and grime along the wat so I toss them after a while. Rags, Rem Oil and CLP are cheap. Just start a new one when the old one has been used a few times.

 

Rem Oil wipes are cheaper than nice shotguns. Again, on the road, they are well worth their price.

 

My homemade oil cloth travels "on the road" quite nicely too and does a good job regardless how far from home I take it. But I had to be careful to break it in slowly with short trips at first because it tended to become car sick until it got used to traveling. :wink:

 

I won a bottle of them at a fun shoot. They work well but leave a lot more oil on the gun than I like. Messier than spraying a little on a cloth. I never thought of using them with a jag to clean the bore.

 

I think the reason Remington would say not to use them as a bore wipe is us lawyers. Remington has lawyers, no doubt, and the lawyers are in charge of trying to keep Remington from getting sued for some poor soul using a flimsy, disposable, cheap Remington bore wipe as a bore rag and leaving a peice of the rag down the barrel and then shooting the gun and blowing himself up. The same lawyer tells Remington to stamp on the barrel to not shoot the gun until you've read the instruction manual, then the lawyer fills the intruction manual full of every silly thing he can think of that some fool might do with a gun and tells them not to do that.

Maybe it was the warning on the Zippo that said that fire was hot and the lighter did not self extinguish that was the silliest warning I've ever seen on a product,,,,but I don't think so, The silliest warning, out of a very silly bunch, that I think I've ever seen was the one on a Zebco 33 fishing pole I bought for my kids a few years ago. There was a little sticker on it that said "The State of California has determined this product contains products that can cause cancer",,,,or something like that. I told my kids that since we were not in California, but Missouri, that we should be safe,,,,but to not take any chances and they not eat any part of the fishing pole.

 

The best thing about the RemOil wipes is they are are portable with next to no chance for leakage or spillage and getting all over other things in the case or kit, as those little envelopes are about the best compact means of storage/transport I've seen yet. And the wipes don't dry out, as do some of the canister-packaged ones.

And Rem does recommend cutting 'em and using 'em as patches, although for a 12 or 16 gauge, you can just rip one in half and get a decent fit ... very nice for touching up both the bores of a double.

Quiet handy for short-term solutions, IMO. I have one or two tucked in most of my cases, shooting/hunting/pistol bags, my toolboxes, etc. I'm kind of so-so on the canned/bottled stuff, because I think there are better CLPs. But for compactness and convenience, the RemOil wipes are pretty nifty while on the road.

Yeah, I have homemade oil rags tucked into Ziplocks, too. They're grand for wipe downs. But, if for some reason, if one of mine is misplaced, having a RemOil wipe and folded up piece of blue paper shop towel or a Rags-in-a-Box stashed here and there comes in pretty handy.

 

"The best thing about the RemOil wipes is they are are portable with next to no chance for leakage or spillage and getting all over other things in the case or kit, as those little envelopes are about the best compact means of storage/transport I've seen yet."

Exactly. Making your own oily cloth bits for a trip seems penny wise and pound foolish. The RemOil packets are less than 50 cents a piece. That seems a small price to pay for not ruining clothes, other stuff in the luggage, the car interior, etc., with leaking oil.

At home, I just put some solvent on a patch.

 

The other thing is the packets are sealed and labeled. Not sure what a TSA rep would think about an oiley rag, a factory sealed packet leaves little doubt what it is. I use them when traveling, no spills and no questions from airline security. It's may never be an issue, I can say for sure the packets have never been questioned.

 

Air travel aside, I say go both.
My clays bag has a mini-kit inside a slider Ziplock. It includes an oil rag. But I pre-stash the little Rem envelopes and square or two of heavy paper toweling in about every bag and case I have.

Friend: "I don't have an oil rag."
Me: "Here."
Friend: "Now I have too much oil on it."
Me: "That's why you've got the paper towel."

 

An old t shirt, scissors, and a bottle of your favorite oil is cheaper

I do the same, but if you have the Rem wipe use them.

 

Darn...some of us are displaying an odd amount of actual reasoning (or are just tight).
I have 92 types of gun-care products on my bench and still can't help but wander through the sporting goods section wherever I am.
I have a problem.
Well, actually I have a boatload of problems; I think my mom drank when she pregnant w/me. :?
OTH, my "fine sporting arms" (I don't own any guns) problem generally makes me smile, so what the hell?

 

Here's how I use the Rem-oil wipes (and/or similar from other companies) -

I like to keep one of the "tubes" with pull-out wipes in my truck. After hunting or shooting, I pull one out and wipe down the externals of my gun(s).

I like to use a CLP for both bore scrubbing and "last bore treatment".

 

I use them when on the road or backpacking. It keeps the oil where I want it. When home I go with oil and a rag.