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Posted: 8/21/2014 3:37:24 AM EDT
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I have a warlock II and was wondering about cleaning the baffles(as well as an octane and saker). I saw that wideners has the hornady sonic cleaner for $70.
Would this be a viable option to keep my baffles clean? None of my cans have seen a round but I'm hopeful this will change soon and I want to be prepared. |
| You can out the Octane baffles in the US cleaner, but not the aluminum baffles from the Warlock. It'll take manual scrubbing for those. Can't use tumbler, US, or the dip. I "think" that soda blasting is ok. My Warlock is still in jail, so I haven't had to deal with it yet...but cleaning (compared to my two Spectre IIs) is the reason I put off buying one for awhile. |
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As been said, the Warlock II baffles are a no go in the ultrasonic cleaner. My experiences are that the ultrasonic will work well to get carbon fouling off but usually don't do anything to the molten lead that has now cooled and solidified on the baffles.
But the beauty of the CTA design (and the Sparrow half-pipes) is that you could fill the baffles up with fouling and still get the core out of the tube for servicing way down the road. I wouldn't be as concerned about trying to keep the baffles squeaky clean. When I first got my rimfire suppressors, I was a little OCD about cleaning the baffles after each range session. Nowadays I just push the stack out of the tube, wipe down the inside of the tube and the outside of the stack (as a small amount of fouling does manage to get out) and put everything back together for the next range trip. |
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