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Posted: 1/8/2006 8:51:53 PM EDT
[#1]
Lot's of Q-Tips.
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Posted: 1/8/2006 8:53:29 PM EDT
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q-tips are too big and will not fit in the crack between the barrel and upper reciver
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Posted: 1/8/2006 10:40:35 PM EDT
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If its really nasty, you could blast the area with brake cleaner. Just be sure to wear eye protection, and re-oil the weapon after cleaning. Brake cleaner gets all of the gunk out, oil included.
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Posted: 1/8/2006 10:51:38 PM EDT
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chamber stars
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Posted: 1/8/2006 11:38:58 PM EDT
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hemostat + ends of Q-tips.
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Posted: 1/8/2006 11:45:31 PM EDT
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More info on this? would it be at a gun show? thanks Icon |
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Posted: 1/8/2006 11:52:28 PM EDT
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I got them here not sure about gun shows |
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Posted: 1/13/2006 6:15:04 PM EDT
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Midway.
Bolt lug cleaning tool. Cheap, and works great. Another option is Sinclair and thier version of the same. S-28 |
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Posted: 1/13/2006 6:20:19 PM EDT
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http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=7&f=25&t=257660
here you go. I ordered 60 of the stars today from G & R. Good people to deal with. Wish i knew how to make the link hot. Edit: link same as above |
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Posted: 1/13/2006 6:50:30 PM EDT
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www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=7&f=25&t=257660 |
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Posted: 2/25/2006 1:53:56 PM EDT
[#11]
AR-15 chamber brush, cordless drill (set it to SLOW speed), CLP
Use a hemostat + patches or Hemostat + Q-tips and wipe off. |
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Posted: 2/25/2006 10:24:33 PM EDT
[#12]
Very interesting. I'll have to get some of those. |
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Posted: 2/25/2006 10:30:28 PM EDT
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Ok,Clp the dog shi$ out of the lugs with your scrub brush get an old sock out of the drawer and cut a large patch x3 (1 1/2 square) from the toe. thread it thru the patch holder and spin it inside the area. then go get some Q-tips and wipe between and around the lugs, then hose it out with gun scrubber.
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Posted: 2/26/2006 12:16:47 PM EDT
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I used M-Pro 7, the AR chamber brush, 2 brass rod sections, and a Makita cordless. It turned the clear M-Pro 7 into a dark black liquid. Hemostat + patches and some Q-tips cleaned it up very nicely.
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Posted: 2/26/2006 10:32:46 PM EDT
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+1 on the chamber stars
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Posted: 2/27/2006 3:44:28 AM EDT
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What crack? Do you mean the spot around the barrel nut? Use a pipe cleaner and run it around the perimeter. Or are you talking about the barrel extension? Cut the Q-Tips to make them shorter and use a hemostat. Or just wrap a few patches around a hemostat and twirl it inside the barrel extension. $6/20 chamber stars is rather expensive considering you can get a few hundred or thousand q-tips for $1-$2. You can also get cheap patches for about 250-500/$5. The barrel extension doesn't have to be polished smooth/clean. It comes from the factory with parkerizing/phopshate everywhere except in the chamber, so whatever "crud" that builds up there should not affect normal operation of the rifle. |
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Posted: 2/28/2006 11:51:06 AM EDT
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+2 |
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Posted: 3/1/2006 12:27:32 PM EDT
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+3. Once you go chamber stars, you'll never go back to the dark ages. |
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Posted: 3/2/2006 11:31:49 AM EDT
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CS's are the BOMB!
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Posted: 3/2/2006 11:38:42 AM EDT
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Tag.
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Posted: 3/3/2006 8:51:00 AM EDT
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The Chamber Stars took a job I used to dread and made it very easy. They've spoiled me and I'd hate to be without them.
Regards, SKIP |
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Posted: 3/4/2006 5:55:47 AM EDT
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I wrap a clean soft terry cloth towel fragment around a jag, and spin it slowly with a cordless drill. You could eat pudding off the lug area it it comes out so clean.
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Posted: 3/4/2006 7:27:46 AM EDT
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My Bushmaster barrels all have parkerizing in that area. The only thing that should be shiny there is the chamber and the area right around the chamber mouth. Everything else is dark brown/gray park so I couldn't even tell if the chamber stars did their job. My 45* hemostat + patch + q-tip deal works very well to soak up the black "water" that comes out after scrubbing. |
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