Cleaning and Maintaining my PE90

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diomedesbc

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I recently bought a Swiss Arms Classic Green and I don't feel comfortable with my knowledge of how to clean and maintain it. The only experience I have is with the C7 really - I can field strip and clean one pretty good. I learned that from watching though and I realize I have a manual but nothing beats having someone show you a few things in person. I guess I'm wondering if there is anyone in Calgary who would be willing to give me a few pointers and drill me a bit on the rifle.
I would like to start shooting in the service rifle competitions and becoming proficient with my rifle. This rifle of mine I expect to stay in my family for generations and will be my contribution to the rifles I've been handed down to me from my great-grandfather and on.

By the way, I'm a TSE member if that helps. Thanks!
 
Wouldn't the guys from The Shooting Edge be the best to give you such advice since they are the importers? I'd contact them and see if there was anything they could do to help ya.
 
Yep, bring it down and we'll walk you though it. In general all you need to do regularly is scrape out the carbon in the gas valve, and brush out the gas cylinder. Barrel is cleaned as any other gun. Action stays pretty clean, but if you want to wipe it down periodically just apply a small amount of lube to the rails and cam surfaces afterwards.
 
redleg said:
Yep, bring it down and we'll walk you though it. In general all you need to do regularly is scrape out the carbon in the gas valve, and brush out the gas cylinder. Barrel is cleaned as any other gun. Action stays pretty clean, but if you want to wipe it down periodically just apply a small amount of lube to the rails and cam surfaces afterwards.
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For three grand, you should be cleaning it for him:p ;) :D
 
If you get a Swiss soldier's knife (any store with a good choice of Swiss Army knives) there is a pointy tool on it that I find really useful for cleaning out the gas plug and some of the other awkward bits. I run a piece of Bounty kitchen paper with some CLP on it through the gas rod tube, and then wipe it out with a clean piece. To clean the head of the gas piston I usually soak it in bore solvent and leave it while I clean the rest of the rifle, then you can usually get it off with a paper towel, you can use the pointy tool on the knife to move any stubborn bits. You can blast out the hole through the piston head with CLP and then use Gun Scrubber on it.

The cleaning kit that comes with them is pretty comprehensive, but I steer clear of the graphite grease (or whatever that grey goo is) and use regular lubricants instead.
 
Thanks for the help guys - I'll stop by after work for sure. I wondered about that grey grease too? I've just been using regular lubricating oil. Wish I had some CLP kicking around still, I don't know what I did with it.
 
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