Hope this is not a stupid question but who out there cleans their muzzle brake on a 308.Is it necessary? The reason I ask is that some guys never clean their rifles either or only after hundreds of rounds when they say accuracy declines. Thanks.
Yes, you will need to clean your muzzle brake after 500-1000 rounds. There will be build up on the baffles that will need to be cleaned off.
I clean the inside of the barrel after a few hundred rounds as well. And when I do clean it, I only run a few patches through it. Look back through some old threads and there's lots of cleaning topics and discussions.
some brakes with lots of little orifices like a vias and answer start to plug up w/carbon and powder residue forcing a decline in efficacy ......read more pronounced recoil......they then require a soak in some sort of carbon reducer to clear the holes.
Slip 2000, I just drop it in for about 10 minutes while Im doing something else. Works great on the copper and has not eaten durcoat or cerakote off of parts.
I always take mine off to clean my rifles after a days shooting. So when I do, just drop it in a small container of solvent while I clean the rifle and they are good to go. Hassle free.