Suppressors Muzzle brake/suppresor mount cleaning protip - Piston Kleen

[BurnOut]

After going on a prairie dog shoot and running through 500 rounds of Fiocchi's finest .223/50 gr V-max, my TBAC CB brake/mount had quite a respectable coating of carbon on it. After poking at it with Ream-N-Klean pipe cleaners and KG1 carbon dissolver for about 30 minutes, I decided to try to live better through chemistry... and soaked the brake in Piston Kleen (http://www.orisonmarketing.com/pistonkleen.html) for about 90 minutes.

I was REALLY impressed with the results... the KG1 was doing a respectable job, but the Piston Kleen resulted in me being able to flake fairly sizeable chunks of carbon off the brake. I flaked off what I could with another Ream-N-Kleen, and dropped it back in for another soak for an additional hour or so. Once more with the Ream-N-Klean, and the brake was completely clean. There's a touch of pitting on the first baffle of the brake, but other than that it looks as new.

I said all of that to say this... if you're as anal as I am about cleaning your guns (if you're going to take the time to clean it, get it clean), you may want to invest in some Piston Kleen to address those parts with particularly heavy/stubborn carbon build-up.

 

[EXTREMEPREJUDICE]

Thanks for the heads up, I'll certainly give it a spin.

 

[Ayoung1]

I'll have to give this stuff a try, thanks for sharing.

 

[2ndamendfan]

Tumbling in stainless steel media for and hour or two works wonders.

 

[BurnOut]

Tumbling in stainless steel media for and hour or two works wonders.

I attach my brakes with the intent that they be installed for the life of the barrel... so I use high temp, high strength Loc-Tite. I don't want to have to concern myself with whether or not the brake-to-barrel interface is loose, when I already have a concern about the suppressor-to-brake interface (I shouldn't say that I have a concern about it... it's just something of which to be cognizant).

I know that it's possible for enough carbon to build up between the barrel crown and the brake to cause accuracy problems, but it's something that I watch for... and in all honesty, between my (typically very light... 500 rounds over a couple of days is a SHITLOAD of shooting for me) shooting schedule and maintenance regimen, I haven't found anything to be concerned with yet.

 

[Powder_Burns]

It works, but simple green does too for less money.