How do YOU clean up after shooting corrosive ammo?

[Until the Angels Fall]

Title says it all...I know there are many ways to clean your gun after shooting corrosive ammo through it...what are the methods you use/find work best.

UTAF

 

[CanadianAR]

I use straight boiling water, then clean as normal. Use a little funnel, only adds minutes to the cleaning routine.

 

[The Kurgan]

Pop the gas tube off. Rinse tube and piston under hot running water, or if at home, boiling water from the kettle. Shake off, then wipe down and give a light coat of oil. For the bore, a quick brush with bore solvent, and a few oily patches. I leave the rest of the rifle alone unless I have time.

 

[Pistolwhiptricks]

i use straight boiling water, then clean as normal. Use a little funnel, only adds minutes to the cleaning routine.

+1.

 

[.223Rem]

I said hot water and soap, don't use soap. I just put boliing water down the whole thing.

 

[mkrainc]

Pour the boiling water down the barrel via a funnel, then regular type cleaning with brush and patches. I've been experimenting with running a couple of varsol soaked patches right after a session at the range. Results inconclusive at this time.

 

[maliboy67]

Hot water no soap then clean as usual. Never had a problem yet.

 

[saskcop]

I spray it down with windex, boil water to rinse everything off and then clean as normal.

 

[bros]

Bucket of boiling water with dish soap, stick the barrel in the water and bore brush in and out repeatadely. Barrel will get hot enough that any left over moisture will evaporate, then clean as usual. For semi's don't forget the extra parts, just drop them in the bucket too and scrub them. If compressed air available you can blow out barrel and parts but if water is hot enough parts they will dry on their own. I used hoppe's #9 once and cleaned after shooting corrosive a week latter my barrel was ruined. Remember the corrosive residue left in the barrel needs moisture, it activates it and then the corrosion starts happening. Clean immediately after shooting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[5440fight]

I bring the whole rifle into the shower with me, scrub us both down with axe shower gel (phoenix scent). Occasionally, I'll do a rifle threesome. Doesn't work well with wood- the rifle, not me.

Seriously, I do like the others here: hot water, solvent, oil.

 

[supernova]

I dont clean my red rifles any different than my others: bore gel and brush, gun cleaner on gas system and action, oil it all up and reassemble. Never have any problems

 

[Bop67]

Boiling water down the barrel, and gas system, then solvent, and oil and I'm set.

 

[Hokus Grey]

Right now I'm using Gunzilla. Works pretty good as far as I can tell.

 

[Mikeyman]

I have been using gunzilla as well - 2 crates through the cz no problems yet...

 

[SoLDneR]

I have been using gunzilla as well - 2 crates through the cz no problems yet...

2 Crates without cleaning the CZ ?

 

[Bentleg]

2 Crates without cleaning the CZ ?

Not what he said..

cleans with gunzilla .. and has shot 2 crates with no issues

I do a normal cleaning routine nothing different than non corrosive ammo.

 

[sarge]

Have only used CLP,no issues.

 

[North2006west]

I use straight boiling water, then clean as normal. Use a little funnel, only adds minutes to the cleaning routine.

X2 or X3

 

[Rocket Surgery]

When I bought my first SKS 3 years ago, I never used boiling water for 18 months. Just Hoppes #9 soaked patches and a brush, never any rust, and i checked a lot.

Windex doesn't neutralize the corrosive salts in the ammo, but boiling water will just disentegrate anything in there. I started using water and found it to work very well, but I wouldn't hesitate to just use Hoppe's if I didn't have a funnel.

 

[saskcop]

Funnel?? I just pour water through and over everything. Seems to work.