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This.
When I do a deep cleaning on the whole rifle, I use foaming bore cleaner on everything, let it all sit and soak about half-an-hour, then scrub it down well with brushes, run a brush down the bore a few times, follow with patches on a cleaning jag, and then on the chamber, chamber brush it really well, then blast everything with chlorinated brake cleaner, let it dry, then relube it all.
I've been using those forever on my 5.56 & 7.62's and they do work good. I've never had a stuck round from a dirty chamber. I also like the longer bristles for the lugs. Another reason I've never had a stuck round might be because I clean after shooting and don't shoot shit ammo.
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I've got some left over from when anal retentive armorers would inspect my weapons. They work pretty well in cleaning the extension area. If you get anal about cleaning, they work for the purpose and are easier than Q-tips.
I go after the chamber area itself with a patch and Boresnake the barrel.
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Huh? How else do you get a stuck cartrdige out with the rod down the barrel? You tap it out (was pound the wrong word to use?). Either way it requires force to some degree.
Oh, and I tried slamming the butt on the ground while pulling on the charging handle simultaneously....didn't work either time.
11C2P '83-'87
Airborne Infantry
You neither pound nor tap it. You let the inertia of the fast-moving rod do it for you.
You get the rod going really fast down the barrel and let it fly. It works a lot better than pounding because it loads the case in a millisecond instead of flexing. When you pound it, it bows into the wall of the barrel and the rifling and flexes and digs in. I have never had this fail to work and it won't damage your rifling or your rod.
BTW, you want to use a brass or steel rod for this.
You will need to have the bolt removed or locked to the rear.
Last edited by Heavy Metal; 06-04-14 at 22:47.
My brother saw Deliverance and bought a Bow. I saw Deliverance and bought an AR-15.
I use a 45 caliber wool swab on a solid (non swiveling) pistol cleaning rod with Eezox for cleaning the AR chamber using a rotary motion. If I want to remove all of the copper fouling from the bore I use KG12 after degreasing the bore with a patch saturated with 99% isopropyl alcohol. For routine cleaning I use a patch saturated with Eezox followed by a dry patch.
If the barrel extension needs cleaning I use a GI brush with Eezox followed with compressed air and some felt patches.
Eezox will dissolve chamber fouling from steel ammo if you give it some time to work.
Last edited by DBR; 06-05-14 at 00:34.
Oh, I see what you're saying about bowing into the lands and grooves. Yeah, fast as opposed to something that causes that bowing. I got it to seat into the cartridge and tapped on it about twice and it popped out. Short, abrupt taps, not a prolonged pressing motion or dropping the rod onto the ground using the weight of the weapon (believe me, I've seen it done).
11C2P '83-'87
Airborne Infantry
Velocity and mass are your friends. You are trying to momentarily load the case beyond the the yield strength of whatever is holding it in the chamber. I bring my arm down fast and snap my wrist before I release the rod and let it fly freely down the bore. Grasp the rod about mid length and release it as your hand passes the muzzle.
I forget who taught me this, this is not my technique but it works better than anything else I have tried and it spares the rod too.
Last edited by Heavy Metal; 06-05-14 at 12:46.
My brother saw Deliverance and bought a Bow. I saw Deliverance and bought an AR-15.
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