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    Neither do i usually, but i learned my lesson

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    I have never cleaned my gas tube and I have shot some rock-gut ammo. Set it and forget it.
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    new invention..... called a pipe cleaner.

    alternatly fire some break free powder blast solvent via areosol down the tube when you clean.

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    TD ARC mags are GTG. I use a few dozen without issue.

    Your gas tube is cleaned each time you fire a round. There's no need to clean it. Don't put anything smaller than your elbow in your gas tube.

    Make sure you do the right thing and let Midway know it was you not the mags, and cancel any process they started.
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    As mentioned, the pressure of the gases from each shot essentially cleans the tube, I have never nor will I ever clean a tube.

    As far as ARC mags, I had one. When they first came out and had the lip catch in the magwell after slamming it in during a carbine class, it took 3 hands to pull it out, after that no more for me

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    Please be aware that cleaning the gas tube or inside the carrier key with a pipe cleaner will not do anything more than cause you to support said manufacturer of those pipe cleaners. The only way to clean inside the gas tube is to remove it and soak it in a chemical that will break down the small amount of carbine build up.

    Quote Originally Posted by wildcard600 View Post
    new invention..... called a pipe cleaner.

    alternatly fire some break free powder blast solvent via areosol down the tube when you clean.



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    Quote Originally Posted by danieljmaunder View Post
    I don't normally do this, however I had fired some really dirty ammo and the whole thing was really gummed up so I removed the gas tube to clean it, and bent my gas tube reinstalling it. This is definately something I dont plan to do again
    How did you draw that conclusion? Did you actually see the 'gummed' up residual or is it your SWAG?? I've shot 60K plus of Wolf, to include many carbine courses and without cleaning, with no significant issues.
    Last edited by RogerinTPA; 03-02-14 at 15:55.
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    WHile I do have Swag, I saw the gummed up residue, and was beginning to have short stroking because not enough gas was reaching the carrier

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    A SWAG is a 'scientific wild ass guess' and not a personality inventory. What ammo, by name were you shooting?
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    Some reloads someone gave me, I have no clue what they were

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