I was the same way used Hoppes #9 all my life, and still use it. I had a spray can of Break-Free CLP given to me, and tried it on one of my barrels. It does clean pretty well, and I found that I prefer to use it on just the barrel on my handguns as it is a spray can, I plug up one end of the barrel with a cleaning cloth and spray it in the other. I found it foams up really well, and with both ends plugged I let it set on a flat surface overnight. Then all it seems to need is one or two patches and it is nice and shiny clean. I still use the Hoppes with cleaning the rest of the nooks and crannies, and apparently my cleaning mat, as the last time I spilled about half a bottle of Hoppes on it--man did that stink.