High performance and accuracy are crucial to serious shooters. Now you can count on Hoppe's Elite to bring you the most advanced technology in firearm care and cleaning today. Hoppe's Elite meets the demands of professional shooters military and law enforcement by providing advanced cleaning and lubrication technology. Every time a gun is fired carbon lead copper or plastic fouls it. The carbon residue embeds itself deep into the pores of the bore metal and acts like glue attracting more fouling. Continuous firing layers more carbon lead and most copper fouling onto the surface of the bore. While ordinary and even premium gun cleaners can leave residues behind Hoppe's Elite: Cleans the firearm down to the pores conditions the bore to repel additional fouling provides a powerful lubricant and protectant cuts cleaning time by up to 80%.