Benelli MR1 cleaning problem

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The rifle has a washer/ring, with a spring behind it, that the bolt locks against at the mouth of the chamber. When cleaning the rifle the space behind the washer/ring gets full of carbon. The only way I can see to clean this area without removing the barrel seems to be spraying half a bottle of G96 into the cavity. (You can shoot 1000s of rounds before needing to clean thanks to the Argo system but when you need to clean it it's bloody dirty!)

Is there a better way to do this or a way to remove the washer/ring and spring that I'm missing? The parts schematic and user manual is useless for any cleaning directions and didn't show this part.

TIA,
Zen
 
Try an action cleaning kit. Its just a rod with a holder on the end for what is basically short pieces of rope that you insert and twist to clean the locking lug recesses, breech face and bolt raceway on bolt actions. It works great for other things like XCR receivers and most semiauto barrel extensions. I remember that area when I had an MR1 but I cant fully picture it, its been awhile.
 
supernova said:
Try an action cleaning kit. Its just a rod with a holder on the end for what is basically short pieces of rope that you insert and twist to clean the locking lug recesses, breech face and bolt raceway on bolt actions. It works great for other things like XCR receivers and most semiauto barrel extensions. I remember that area when I had an MR1 but I cant fully picture it, its been awhile.
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Thanks for the reply. That sounds like it might work or at least clean things out easier. Patches on a dowel or chopstick just aren't good enough. Thought I might be missing a trick to remove it.
 
Never needed one before so I'm looking it up now. Until recently all my firearms had solid feed ramps without a space prior to the chamber, or a locking lug, etc.
 
How about a standard AR15 chamber/locking lug brush on a short rod inserted and turned clockwise or anti-clockwise with lots of CLP? I'm sure the stainless lug bristles would clean out your washer/spring.
 
4b1t said:
How about a standard AR15 chamber/locking lug brush on a short rod inserted and turned clockwise or anti-clockwise with lots of CLP? I'm sure the stainless lug bristles would clean out your washer/spring.
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I use a brush as well but still need to spray the S**T out of it. Removing it would be better but it looks like the barrel would need to be removed first. I figured it was better to ask if someone else had a better way. The action cleaning kit doesn't look perfect either but it's probably better than what I'm doing now so i already learned something.
 
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