I have bought the special gizmoes with the star shaped wad and it works well but the wads are silly expensive.
I normally just brush it out (with the standard m16 chamber brush christmass tree looking thing) with clp or solvent to get all the crud softened up and then go at it with Q tips
I just bend them so there is a kink in the end and fish them around.
This doesn't get 100% but I am happy with 95%
Originally Posted By nhsport:
I have bought the special gizmoes with the star shaped wad and it works well but the wads are silly expensive.
I normally just brush it out (with the standard m16 chamber brush christmass tree looking thing) with clp or solvent to get all the crud softened up and then go at it with Q tips
I just bend them so there is a kink in the end and fish them around.
This doesn't get 100% but I am happy with 95%
Realizing this is key. You can spend all day trying to get the rifle spotless. No need to go to such lengths. Scrub the chamber with a brush, swab out the bore, and if you have extra time you can cut the end off a q-tip, clamp it in a forceps, and wipe out the barrel extension.
Sinclair makes a tool that uses dental cotton swabs. Very effective and much cheaper than the chamber stars. I paid ~$20-25 IIRC 5-6 years ago for mine.
I use the chamber stars also. Previously I cut the end of a Q-Tip off and clamped it into a pair of forceps. The latter works well but takes slightly longer. As stated above, it doesn't have to be white-glove clean.
I use the chamber mop to lube the chamber after I clean. Before that I use compressed air to blast all the loose crud out of the chamber. Works very well.
