Best way to clean ported chokes?

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I have a pair of comp n chokes and it's frustrating how hard they are to clean but love the patteren with the load I use. After 500 rounds they get pretty black lol. What's best cleaner to get carbon and plastic off them ?

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Justin
 
a good cleaning solvent and pipe cleaners. Or you can try a TSC or farm store and try to find the small brushes they use to clean watering nipples for rabbits and hamsters.
 
I keep a small glass jar for soaking tubes that start to get nasty, in it I have acetone & turpentine 50/50. A soak overnight and a bronze brush has them looking clean as a whistle the next day.
 
Mix up a batch of "Eds Red " and let them soak in a small jar of that. Just Google it for the mix of kerosene, acetone, varsol and ATF in equal parts. Does a great job on carbon and plastic build up.
 
OTIS offers a range of products that work very well for the removal of plastic and carbon residue ......

htt p://w ww.otistec.com/pc_product_detail.asp?key=632ED05FD99C4BC6A6F0B294F046EE72
 
Claven2 said:
Remove ported choke. Insert non-ported choke in barrel. Pitch ported choke into the recycling bin.
Done!
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LOL! One would still need to deal with shot residue provided the firearm is used heavily. Personally, I'm not a proponent of ported barrel/choke. However, some aftermarket ported chokes perform real well though. Having said that, a friend of mine took a bird last Monday on Turkey opener with a plain XF Mobil choke that came with his 687 SP. I ranged that at 51 yards.
 
Claven2 said:
Remove ported choke. Insert non-ported choke in barrel. Pitch ported choke into the recycling bin.
Done!
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Hmmmmmmm, throw away a choke that patterns very well with your preferred load because guy on internet says ports are gimmik? Super advice. I like using Remington shotgun cleaner. Spray it down and scrub it with a nylon brush, then wipe dry. I never really let them get crazy dirty though.
 
langbanger said:
Hmmmmmmm, throw away a choke that patterns very well with your preferred load because guy on internet says ports are gimmik?
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This type of attitude is becoming the reputation of CGN... but that's the Internet too! It's a bit of a "catch 22".

Cardamonfrost said:
MEK (methyleythlkeytone) you can get it cat Canadian Tire in the autobody section. It dissolves carbon and just about anything with a carbon chain.
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This is the best way: I borrowed some from our shop to clean flash hiders and it works very well. I apply light enough to coat all surfaces and let sit 5 minutes and brush with nylon. I am not sure how you'd brush the port holes though.
 
Get a small ultrasonic cleaner, which is a handy thing to have for cleaning brass and small parts.

Lyman makes a great "Steel Cleaning" solution to mix in. Very effective - different from the chemicals you would use to clean brass, which can be corrosive on other metals.

I keep two batches of solution on the go at any given time. One for brass, one for parts. You can re-use the solution until it becomes cloudy - which take quite a while. And the bottle of cleaning solvent may seem expensive, until you realize just how much you dilute it for cleaning (use good filtered water, a Brita or other charcoal water filtration works fine).

Once you get an ultrasonic cleaner, you'll never look back, and kick yourself for not buying one sooner.

http://www.lymanproducts.com/lyman/ultrasonics/turbosonicsolutions.php

The gang that hangs out in the Pistols and Revolvers part of the forum will have a wealth of ideas - especially the revolver guys, who lean towards OCD when it comes to keeping their wheelguns sparkly shiny.
 
Thanks for the responses. I'm goons try a few today! And thanks to the ones who try to help rather then tell me to throw them away as I'd gladly do if they didn't patteren so well! As I hate the ports lol but the proof is in the patteren board
 
Supposedly, the purpose of the ported choke is to strip the wad from the shot charge which provides a better pattern.
While patterning, the wad hits tha ground sooner in the ported versions, and the choke has a lot more plastic at the muzzle when cleaning it.
 
Break cleaner, a chamber brush for a 223AR, and a drill on low speed. For 12ga anyways.

I love Comp-n-chokes, and that is the best way I have found thus far.
 
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