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Posted: 9/13/2011 5:14:01 PM EDT
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Friday, I received the phone call from my gun shop that my paper work was approved for my first can. It is a AWC Odyssey II. Really, really thrilled with it. Before I put too many rounds through it, I want to find out the best way to prevent significant amounts of lead from building up inside. Is frequently soaking it in some sort of penetrating oil, like kroll, a good idea?
Now I'm waiting for a Ruger 22/45 with fixed sites to mount the can on. I've been using it on my .22 upper. |
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I have an AWC can that they first told me they would "rebuild" for almost the price of one of their new ones. Then they told me they don't service that can anymore. That's why I am off AWC products, and this thread is the result: http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_5_18/112421_Lead_Filled_Suppressor__heat_and_drain_.html
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Honestly, if you can afford to shoot enough ammo through it to lead it up, you can probably afford to have it rebuilt or replaced.
I have an Outback II and I have put several thousand rounds through it and the only things I do to clean it are when I am done shooting, I will tap it on the shooting bench or something wood to knock the big loose chunks off. Every few shooting sessions I will use stiff bottle brush and push it through from the threaded end twisting it till it exits the muzzle and then blowing high pressure compressed air through the can. The real trick to it is to use a slender tube and feed it all the way to the thread and slowly pull it back through the baffles. It blows a ton of junk off. FYI, don't do this in your house.  Trust me.
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| The only way to prevent lead buildup in a 22LR silencer is to not shoot it. It's going to happen, its going to be a problem for you eventually, but there are plenty of options out there for you to get the can rebuilt (with way quieter baffles than that AWC can has). Shoot it till it gets loud and then come back here and ask who to use for a rebuild. If you are shooting on a machinegun, expect about 4500 rounds to be the stopping point. At about 8500 on semi auto should make it quite a bit louder. Most people put water in louder silencers like the AWC Odyssey II, to make them quiet, but this only serves to destroy the silencer faster (unless they anodized the baffles) as the byproducts of gunpowder combustion and water makes and acid that eats aluminum. |
Hook 'Em. Good luck in the SEC...you will need it.
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This evening, I crafted a fitting out of brake line to attach to a garden hose which angles water to the side. Works well, blew some gunk out of the end suppressor. Then blew it out with air and oiled it down. I'll keep a rebuild in mind when I wear this one out, but hopefully I can make it last as long as possible. Put a few hundred rounds through it already. I'm happy with this can so far, other than it being sealed. My next one is going to be able to be disassembled. |
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