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Posted: 4/16/2016 11:13:35 PM EDT
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I watched a YouTube video on cleaning and it looked like it had some use but not really dirty. The guy just pushed the baffle stack right out.
My baffle stack doesn't budge. I didn't want to start beating on it without being directed to do so. Any recommendations? |
| On my Octane 9 the baffle stack also sticks. You can take the piston and spring out, flip it around, then push on or tap it lightly with a soft faced hammer to get the stack moving. The spring keeps it centered. You could also use something non marring like a wood dowel rod. |
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On my Octane 9 the baffle stack also sticks. You can take the piston and spring out, flip it around, then push on or tap it lightly with a soft faced hammer to get the stack moving. The spring keeps it centered. You could also use something non marring like a wood dowel rod. My Octane 45 sticks after just a couple hundred rounds also. Wooden dowel has worked fine when I've needed it. |
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I'm pretty sure the manual says to use a dowel or plastic rod or something to bonk the baffle stack out if you need to. I just "cleaned" my Octane 45 this evening and the baffles were a bit stuck, I used a pen that was sitting on the table to poke the blast baffle and the whole stack popped right out. I say cleaned in quotes because I just take it apart to make sure everything looks ok and shake out the little bits of crap rattling around, I don't bother to really clean anything except wiping off the piston. |
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Easiest way is to get a dowel that's slightly smaller than the birdcage opening and push from the back. It shouldn't take too much force to push it out.
I got a Delrin rod from McMaster-Carr to push the stack out but a wooden one from a home hardware store should work just as well. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Quoted: So everything moved out the front, like a fired round? Thanks Engineer. Yup - look at the Octane 9 Cleaning video to see what should come out (minus the extra baffle and half-baffle of the Octane 45). |
I found that turning the piston around with the spring on it and popping it gets the encapsulator out along with starting the rest of the baffle stack. I made a video... kinda long winded but I also used a deep-well socket to the same effect. Since then, I've 3D printed a tool for aligning baffles and removing them for cleaning. Will do a video on that soon enough.
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