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3/12/2025 6:44:29 PM EDT
So I took my new toy to the range today. CMMG Banshee 9mm with Banish 45. A few hundred flawless rounds and lots of fun. Until cleaning time. Holly crap I wasn't prepared for the mess to clean up.

Mpro-7 cleaner, rags, brushes, and patches.

I thought the BCG was clean until I hit it with the brass brush and it went from black to bronze. Dang it! Then I took the banish 45 apart and had a not fun time cleaning all those baffles.

There has to be a better way. This is more tedious than reloading. Help!
3/12/2025 6:50:40 PM EDT
[#1]
Breakthrough Clean Technologies Suppressor Cleaning Kit
3/12/2025 7:00:51 PM EDT
[#2]
The last 9mm can I bought was a Rugged Obsidian 9.

I took it apart before shooting it for the first time and wiped the baffles down with Danco silicone plumbers grease. I fired about 500rds and again took it apart to see how cruddy it was. The baffles were filthy but the crap wiped right off and the baffles looked new again.  I now swear by the stuff.

DOGE - the flak is heaviest when you're over the target.
3/12/2025 8:53:31 PM EDT
[#3]
In my ak and sks days.....brake cleaner works when nasty


Followed by lubricant and rust prohibitor
3/13/2025 8:56:13 AM EDT
[Last Edit: dalle0001][Edited] [#4]
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Originally Posted By Normlizer:
Breakthrough Clean Technologies Suppressor Cleaning Kit
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Yes I bought this recently myself. It is miles and miles better than boretech. I was amazed by boretech but this stuff just amazing. I now use it for anything including cleaning the inside of the bcg and bore.

I am completely brushless. Confirmed with bore camera that the breakthrough is cleaning the bore very well as well without any sort of brushes. Just spray it all over and step back and come back like 20-30 mins maybe spraying it a bit more.  My cleaning process now takes between 45 mins to an hour when before it would take me 2+ hours.
3/13/2025 11:42:21 AM EDT
[#5]
Maybe an ultrasonic would cut down on rags, swabs, elbow grease, and tediousness.
3/13/2025 1:38:48 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Normlizer:
Breakthrough Clean Technologies Suppressor Cleaning Kit
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How many times can you re-use the solution? Or do you need a new bottle every time?
3/13/2025 1:40:19 PM EDT
[#7]
Also I remember years ago I used to use "Gun Scrubber" spray stuff from a can. Kinda of like carb cleaner but gun safe. That might be the ticket for a gunky AR receiver. Take it outside and blast away with the spray...
3/20/2025 11:31:00 PM EDT
[#8]
when I eventually get a can I will get an ultrasonic cleaner too.  

ain't got time for that shit.
3/21/2025 10:34:18 AM EDT
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https://www.ar15.com/forums/Armory/-ARCHIVED-THREAD-Review-Breakthrough-Suppressor-Cleaner-OP-updated-/20-548434/?page=1
"All welchers should be removed from the EE".-Aimless
3/27/2025 5:13:30 PM EDT
[Last Edit: dalle0001][Edited] [#10]
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Originally Posted By zimm17:


How many times can you re-use the solution? Or do you need a new bottle every time?
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The one I bought had a spray trigger to it. I just spray it all over and simply wipe it off after half an hour or so. I use it all over now as a general purpose cleaner for the bore and inside the bcg. The stuff is AMAZING. I feel comfortable enough not to use a brush anymore too. It cleans amazingly if you just wait.

I tried another one called wipe out, which I thought was great too but this stuff just blows it out the water, literally. I'm going to buy a new bottle as soon as this one runs out.

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