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I do barrel, bolt and general clean after every shoot.
Toss the magazines and BCG into the ultrasonic cleaner (wipe & oil afterwards), quick snake of the barrel, wipe down with oil. GTG.
this is relevant to my interests--handguns, too.
where'd you get your cleaner and how much did it run you if you don't mind sharing with the class.
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It was about $250 on Amazon (less now) about 6 months ago. About $25 for the jug of "Gun Parts" formula. It's made cleaning a breeze. Barrels, slides, magazines, anything I can fit in it, I toss in. It liquifies all of the carbon build up in those tight spots that take forever to both break down and brush out with q-tips and brushes. After a run through the cleaner, everything wipes off and for the tight spots, I hit it with some compressed air and presto, clean. After wipe down and drying, a coat of oil on all the parts. I'd loved to get one of the larger units and toss my rifle barrels in it but they are pretty pricey. The more transducers, the more money.
reps. thank you. i was looking at a far more expensive one. i figure these guns are pretty much the nicest things i own and i treat them like SHIT. i one day would like to give them to a son so i should TRY to take care of them. acme cleaned my glock 26 for me just for fun at the old shop and i was amazed at how clean it was when it came out of the kroil bath.
Being a man, I do not do this thing that you speak of, clean.
The Mrs cleans it after every range trip..... or else.
My wife can't tolerate the smell of the cleaners. Gives her a headache. Perhaps she's just found a way to get me to maintain her stuff. I reserve gun cleaning for the days I can't tolerate her. So, it's not based on shooting