Whata' talking about Choker? Waallll'-This will pertain more for smokeless powder shooters, but can work for the black powder shooters to, but the oil based solvents and black aren't real cozy with each other. Back in the 60's when as a wee lad I started shooting and hunting, cleaning the bore and other areas in need were accomplished with various bore cleaners, mostly possibly good Ol' Hoppe's #9. Worked good and I still use and like the smell of. Back in those days and I'm not sure when Hoppe's changed the formula, It smelled different-better I think. I called them once and they claimed they hadn't changed the formula, can't tell me, they either added or deleted something. I've had other's tell me so also, have read others opinions. Anyway still like the smell it leaves in the air, on my hands, minor residue on clothing, etc.
Anyway, that's not what my post is about. Back sometime ago, Hoppe's used a small glass bottle with a rather small neck at the top where ya poured a bit out onto a patch. Remember those? Sometime back, some bright mind decided shooters wanted or needed a widemouth bottle, which is mostly plastic now. Hate those bottles as a few times I've knocked them over on the bench with the lid off and Hoppe's is everywhere, not to mention the waste. At least the small necked version didn't spill out as fast. Anyone ever cleaning a firearm I suspect has tipped over their bore cleaner no matter the brand. Always wish Hoppe's would come back with the small necked bottle, liked using it better anyway vs the widemouth, more control on how much ya wanted on the patch. For probably a dozen years I've bought Hoppe's in a large 32 oz bottle and poured it in one of several of the plastic widemouth bottles I saved. Around five years ago I came upon a Old Time Hoppe's gun cleaning kit with a unopened 'original' bottle of the old stuff. Was like finding King Tuts treasure. Still use it sometimes to relish the original oder.
One bright and sunny morning around a year ago, after finishing some scrambled eggs in which my MO is to squirt some catsup on them and then dribble genuine Tabasco sauce on them (mighty tasty), I was cleaning up my mess in the kitchen. I had used the last of the Tabasco, hence a empty glass bottle with a narrow neck having a small opening. Thought to meself, bet that would make one fine container for my Hoppe's. Socked the bottle to get the label off and after it dried, filled it with good Ol' Hoppe's #9 and have been a happy gun cleaner since. Ya can dribble as much as ya want on a cleaning patch, never the to much after dipping in a widemouth bottle or trying to pour a small amount on a patch and getting enough to swab one of the sixteen inch guns on the USS Iowa. Ya happen to knock the open bottle over, very little gets out before ya can set it back upright. I'm hooked on em, have another empty one sitting with my cleaning stuff, ready to be used for another concoction.
One and only one tough issue with them. They're a bear to fill. Having a small opening, you just can't pour direct from the 'mother bottle' into them. The first time I filled one, I had a very small funnel the Mrs advised came from some long forgotten Barbie doll house kitchen. The funnel fit right into the Tabasco bottle hole and if ya poured slow enough, the Hoppe's wouldn't back up. Well, after using that a few times, it got lost, so I tried making a funnel out of several layer's of heavy duty aluminum foil. Worked pretty good, but had some dribble. What I've used around the last three times is I cut a Pepsi can up fashioning sort of a V trough with a sharp crease out of a small rectangular section. As with the small funnel, I wrapped an old towel around the bottle and secured them in the vise on my bench. Prevents tips and holds the bottle nice and secure. Holding the V shaped trough with one of the ends slightly off center I pour the Hoppe's into the bottle. Takes a bit, but works, 99.9% goes in, but is slow. Liked the little funnel a lot better and will preserve in trying to find another or a better means, but it's worth having the small neck bottle with a small opening where 'you' can determine how much of the solvent, not gravity, goes on the patch. Just passin on, got windy, but hey, this way is quicker for ya to be informed about the procedure than me calling ya up on the telephone where I'd start BSin' about a whole bunch of other stuff, wastin yer time, not that I'm windy. Just a tidbit of interest for those of you who dislike the widemouth solvent bottles.