View Full Version : For the " centerfire suppressors are self cleaning crowd "
For all the people that wonder if their centerfire fire rifle suppressors need cleaned or not I'll just leave this here
http://https://forum.snipershide.com/threads/ultra-7-10-5oz-heavy-after-28k-rounds-of-6-5-cm.6960879/ (https://forum.snipershide.com/threads/ultra-7-10-5oz-heavy-after-28k-rounds-of-6-5-cm.6960879/)
The word from TBAC is this will take 4 - 5 months to get clean .
Someone should post pics of their supressor after a few thousand rounds...
Took like a week to clean
You know who you are [Beer]
Got some bore scope pictures of my 30P somewhere with about 1500 rds through it .
The carbon was flush with the face of the first baffle , the carbon tapered off as you got further in to nothing at the last couple. Was about 2 or 3 oz. IIRC , took about 2 weeks of soaking and blasting with the pressure washer to get clean.
Got some bore scope pictures of my 30P somewhere with about 1500 rds through it .
The carbon was flush with the face of the first baffle , the carbon tapered off as you got further in to nothing at the last couple. Was about 2 or 3 oz. IIRC , took about 2 weeks of soaking and blasting with the pressure washer to get clean.
Do you do that at the local car wash?
Don?t you guys use an ultrasonic to clean those suppressors? I?ve cleaned stuff that had been carboned up since the 1970?s and it comes out clean as a whistle in about twenty minutes.
Do you do that at the local car wash?
2000 psi hot water washer at work
Don?t you guys use an ultrasonic to clean those suppressors? I?ve cleaned stuff that had been carboned up since the 1970?s and it comes out clean as a whistle in about twenty minutes.
Ultrasonic cleaner works ok if it not stupid dirty but you have to be careful what chemical you use and I've seen the tubes and finish get damaged where the sit in the cleaner .
Not sure what chemical is in the one at work but I?ve put things in there that have a half inch thick layer of carbon leftover from combustion and twenty minutes later they are spotless. Of course being that the company spent $5,000 on the unit I imagine it works a little better than the average hobby model. Not sure what impact it would have on the finish of something like a suppressor though.
How do you go about using a pressure washer to clean a can?
Do you have a jig or something to hold the can in place while you hit the end of the can with the nozzle of the pressure washer or something?
Custom nozzle for the wand and the vice on the back of the service truck .
Is that the custom nozzle I told Zak he should mass produce and sell like ten years ago?
whitewalrus
09-12-2019, 17:59
I knew they would fill with carbon, but never that bad
Someone should post pics of their supressor after a few thousand rounds...
Took like a week to clean
You know who you are [Beer]
I'll post some pics when I get home lol
Is that the custom nozzle I told Zak he should mass produce and sell like ten years ago?
Maybe but I made my own to fit the machine at work
SA Friday
09-13-2019, 12:38
Maybe but I made my own to fit the machine at work
what does it look like? How did you make it? Can you post a pic?
A piece of thick wall tubing about 14 0r so inches welded to a steel pipe fitting , scrap I had laying around at work . Actually made 2 of them one blows straight and the other has the end welded and is cut at 90 deg to the bore .
SA Friday
09-13-2019, 14:52
A piece of thick wall tubing about 14 0r so inches welded to a steel pipe fitting , scrap I had laying around at work . Actually made 2 of them one blows straight and the other has the end welded and is cut at 90 deg to the bore .
I really want to see the 90 degree tube one and see how it works in the suppressors.
I'll dig it out and get a picture , it's decidedly ugly and unimpressive
SA Friday
09-13-2019, 15:40
I'll dig it out and get a picture , it's decidedly ugly and unimpressive
One man's garbage is another man's gold.
Can't get pictures to upload so here are the links .
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-MdOon4-DRlY0SnCbSNe_XyZoloRByMz/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-MdOon4-DRlY0SnCbSNe_XyZoloRByMz/view?usp=drivesdk
Great-Kazoo
09-14-2019, 07:12
One man's garbage is another man's gold.
Can't get pictures to upload so here are the links .
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-MdOon4-DRlY0SnCbSNe_XyZoloRByMz/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-MdOon4-DRlY0SnCbSNe_XyZoloRByMz/view?usp=drivesdk
Curious that if instead of the 1 exit hole. One does something similar, only with say 1/2 doz holes around the tube. Something that has multiple exit ports to reach all areas at once, like a dishwasher does.
Or even 4 holes, 1 drilled through both sides and one more 1/4 - 1/2" on top, again drilled through so there's an offset cross like pattern. BUT keep the end hole smaller, or closed so the pressure exits the sides .
Those pics give me an idea or 2 to work with, if you don't mind? Something else to put on the list.
When I tried one with multiple cuts in it the pressure dropped and dribbled more than sprayed .
Can't say with holes instead of cuts , I had no way to hold the tube and drill it , I would think it should work .
The tubing is a high pressure fuel line for a diesel fuel injection test bench , the ID is .050 ish .
The one is just straight through and the one with the cut has the end brazed shut and just sprays at 90 deg about half way around.
SA Friday
09-14-2019, 12:18
Can't get pictures to upload so here are the links .
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-MdOon4-DRlY0SnCbSNe_XyZoloRByMz/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-MdOon4-DRlY0SnCbSNe_XyZoloRByMz/view?usp=drivesdk
Thanks. this is interesting. I was thinking a single hole was what you made. Never thought of a fan cut.
These pictures are after about an hour of cleaning. I put about 5000 rounds through the can before hearing the rattle of carbon pieces inside. It took me several weeks to get everything cleaned up. CLR is your friend if you ever get into this situation.
https://i.imgur.com/YqT3Kua.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/vTmblFK.jpg
The final results.
https://i.imgur.com/htWtxpW.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/V2tf6a6.jpg
Grant H.
09-17-2019, 17:19
1 million plus rounds of 9mm through a Gemtech Raptor...
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/44167974_156554641962954_5447096069903089664_n-660x528.jpg
Source:
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2018/11/07/potd-1-million-round-suppressor/
It's a barrel extension at that point.
I think someone needs to come up with a simpler cleaning solution for suppressors. I have a few thousand rounds through mine and without a doubt it could use a good cleaning. Heck, all a guy has to do is look at the carbon build-up on the end of the rifle barrel after as little as 50 rounds, and he can imagine just how much is in the suppressor.
I'd like to weigh mine just to see how much weight it has gained over the 9 years that I've had it. No doubt it has put on at least a few ounces of crud.
Great-Kazoo
01-21-2020, 16:19
I think someone needs to come up with a simpler cleaning solution for suppressors. I have a few thousand rounds through mine and without a doubt it could use a good cleaning. Heck, all a guy has to do is look at the carbon build-up on the end of the rifle barrel after as little as 50 rounds, and he can imagine just how much is in the suppressor.
I'd like to weigh mine just to see how much weight it has gained over the 9 years that I've had it. No doubt it has put on at least a few ounces of crud.
I figured the easiest way to make the tube with small holes at the end, using a stainless tube. Was a carbine length AR gas tube, that i happen to have 30 of them, i picked up @ a garage sale. Just need to secure it to an air line spray nozzle.
Probably next in queue, after i kind of finish the reloading room.
Like the OSS cans? This is their advertising of course. I haven't shot a single round through mine, so I can't report on how well this works in real life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20s4Tk_S_34
Acetylcholine
01-21-2020, 21:22
His rifle sneezed black snot.
Makes it handy to clean.
The shot that had the foamy silly string coming out the end was interesting.
I think someone needs to come up with a simpler cleaning solution for suppressors. I have a few thousand rounds through mine and without a doubt it could use a good cleaning. Heck, all a guy has to do is look at the carbon build-up on the end of the rifle barrel after as little as 50 rounds, and he can imagine just how much is in the suppressor.
I'd like to weigh mine just to see how much weight it has gained over the 9 years that I've had it. No doubt it has put on at least a few ounces of crud.
CLR plus a sonic parts cleaner seems to be the best solution I've found.
Of course, that won't work if your can is Aluminum.
just happens that we have a sonic cleaner here at work, so guess I'll get some CLR and try it myself. My suppressor is titanium.
Do you think CLR works just as good as what a carbon cleaning solution would work? Such as Boretech C4?
CLR works wonders, see the pictures I posted for the results I've gotten with it.
Bore Tech C4 15.00 $ for 3 oz or Zep branded CLR at 15.00 $ a gallon , you'll need at least 30.00 $ of Bore Tech to get started and that is if you just plug and dill the can to soak .
I'm guessing that I easily have north of 6000 rounds through my suppressor, between my .17 hornet, .17 Fireball, 17 Remington, .17-204, .204, .223 AR, and my 22-250, so I am going to try to clean it. I plan to weigh it before cleaning and after, to see if it loses a significant amount of weight. It was supposed to weigh 10 oz. when it was new, but I never weighed it.
well I started the process of cleaning my S.A.S. Ti today. I bought a 16 oz. bottle of C4 and used it. Placed my suppressor in a glass beaker and filled it with the C4 and ran the heated ultra-sonic 5 hours. Good lord the fluid was a gravy when I dumped it out, black gravy. For what I can see, I got more cleaning to do. I will buy some CLR next for my next round of cleaning.
Did you weigh it before you started?
No I didn't. I tried to but the scale that we have here maxed out and gave no reading, so it's just to heavy to weigh. Not sure what weight the scale goes up to, but not high enough for this purpose.
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