Hoppes #9 is now being used to continually drive home the point that new Smiths are inferior to older Smiths.

The IL seems to be operating properly, frame mounted fireing pins are working, MIM parts aren't being reported to be breaking in newer guns, non pinned barrels aren't falling off or unscrewing from frames, rounds aren't failing to fire or load and eject from non recessed cylinders.

A lot of people post the evils of Hoppes bore cleaner on new blued Smiths but yet, if you read close enough, they state they only have SS guns and no experience with blued guns........I don't get it! Am I missing something?

Finish changes since 2000? Not much evidence of ruined finishes with Hoppes in almost 19 years! No pics of destroyed finishes in this thread. I choose not to believe one picture of one gun that looks purple means Hoppes was solely responsible for it.

Generally speaking, give it a rest already!