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    Quote Originally Posted by ABNAK View Post
    AMEN!!!

    If you ever have a stuck spent cartridge (failure to extract) you'll see the importance of cleaning the chamber. The gun is effectively DOWN until you can get a rod and pound it out.
    If you are pounding on it, you are using the rod wrong.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BGREID View Post
    Don't over think this, if there is a buildup on the feedramp remove it. Just a chamber brush and normal barrel cleaning is all that is needed.

    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sevcrist View Post
    Good question, I have thought the same but never asked. Guess I'll start cleaning it more thoroughly now instead of just spraying it. The Dewey rod and brush is what I bought but have used little, up to this point.

    http://www.midwayusa.com/product/423...ProductFinding

    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Gen4Glock22 View Post
    I've been using a regular ol' chamber brush since day 1. Works ok- not perfect though.

    Anybody use those foam "cleaning stars"?

    I think crapco makes them...not sure if anybody else does.
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Heavy Metal View Post
    If you are pounding on it, you are using the rod wrong.
    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.
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    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.
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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Heavy Metal View Post
    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.
    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).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Heavy Metal View Post
    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.
    Brass rod seems to work the best. Pile driving on a smaller scale.
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    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.
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