How do you clean your AR gas tube?

[A-Smith]

Inquiring minds want to know!

Any tips would be appreciated.

 

[Waynetheman]

I clean it by firing a few more mags. Serious.

 

[sigsauer226]

Shoot it..

Seriously though, unless you are shooting .22 rimfire in a conversion kit, there is nothing to do with the gas tube. The pressure from regular .223/5.56 rounds will blow anything out of the tube, into the BCG. If you do use a conversion kit, replace the BCG and shoot some 5.56 every 500 rounds or so of .22 rimfire to stay on the super safe side..

 

[Silveragent]

Pipe cleaner. But really whenever I've bothered to do it I don't get much out of there.

 

[AWOL]

If you really get the urge...

 

[Mirk]

I don’t… but yeah, standard crafts store pipe cleaner… or that kit AWOL posted comes with a little cleaner wire thing, I think you can get it at Brownells.

 

[D_]

I'd sooner replace it. How many rounds are you talking about?

 

[agilent_one]

It's self cleaning.

 

[9Guns]

Blast some of that gun scrubber spray sh!t down the gas tube.

 

[Trotter]

really a pipe cleaner and some 99% alcohol (drug store has high alcohol stuff) is more than enough, and takes 20 seconds.

i shot 500 rounds of the dirty black box AE223 and got a bit of black. maybe clean every few thousand rounds, or when you

do a detailed strip.

 

[Gunnerlove]

Replace it when you replace your barrel. No user maint is required.

 

[badboybeeson]

change every 5-10k rounds no need to clean

 

[Stevo]

Make sure you top off the buffer fluid each time you clean your gas tube.

 

[A-Smith]

Make sure you top off the buffer fluid each time you clean your gas tube.

For the win!

Thanks nutters.

 

[Vancouvergunnut]

dont stick pipe cleaner down there.. seriously just leave it, the gas tube doesn't need to be cleaned.

 

[Dsiwy]

I have over 10yrs of fixing C7 and C8s "AR15s" I have never, ever change a gas tube "except when changing burnt out barrels"

You will burn out your barrel long before your need a new gas tube. two things you need too do to keep your AR running; one lube the hell out of it, two change your gas rings when worn.

 

[GLOCK_PERFECTION]

You don't need to clean it. Change it if you ever burnout your barrel