ITT: We debate the best suppressor cleaning methods

[PewPewPewCo]

It is clearly tumbling in stainless media.

I hadn't cleaned my octane in a year and I've shot hundreds of 45 through it including steel case, countless 9mm, full auto 9mmm mag dumps, and about 100 rounds of 44 magnum. This is how clean it is after I let the baffles tumble last night.

And the blast baffle, which had been exposed to some pretty fast burning 44 magnum powders.

Prove me wrong.(Pro tip: you can't)

 

[Red Dawn]

I definitely need a tumbler then. That's cleaner than I get my Spectre II and I haven't shot enough through the Tirant to clean yet. I'm looking into one.

What cleaner did you use in the tumbler or is it just media

 

[NWS]

I clean mine by shooting another bullet through them.

 

[PewPewPewCo]

I definitely need a tumbler then. That's cleaner than I get my Spectre II and I haven't shot enough through the Tirant to clean yet. I'm looking into one.

What cleaner did you use in the tumbler or is it just media

Dawn Platinum dish soap, lemishine, water, and steel pin media

 

[PewPewPewCo]

I clean mine by shooting another bullet through them.

whens the last time your guardian 9 was opened up?

 

[NWS]

whens the last time your guardian 9 was opened up?

Been more than a year. I've never opened my ARC 22

 

[AirOpsMgr]

Which tumbler are you using?

 

[SouthernSlammed]

Been more than a year. I've never opened my ARC 22

I know my ARC22 is pretty dirty, I have wondered about the best method for it!

 

[boss_hawg]

What tumbler model do you use? Does it require a medium?

 

[PewPewPewCo]

What tumbler model do you use? Does it require a medium?

Harbor freight single drum.

Stainless steel pin media

Water

Dawn platinum dish soap.

 

[Cudruln]

Guess I need to swing by harbor freight tomorrow.

 

[boss_hawg]

what materials can be tumbled? stainless steel, obviously but aluminum too?

thanks for the info, this thread is super helpful

 

[boss_hawg]

Let's change this debate a bit: do centerfire suppressors need cleaning at all?

 

[PewPewPewCo]

Let's change this debate a bit: do centerfire suppressors need cleaning at all?

Not unless you're shooing no jacketed lead rounds

 

[PewPewPewCo]

I'll snap a pic of the supplies for this method later. I recommend a larger tumbler since I can't fit my monocores in there

 

[boss_hawg]

#MonocoreMasterRace

#BaffleStackPeasants

 

[George P. Burdell]

This doesn't seem like much of a debate..

 

[dial1911]

Here's a dirty Zephyr after a dozen bricks of .22. I picked, chipped, scraped, and cried for hours getting about 3/4 of the crap off the core.

Thought I had more than one picture- I was probably too pissed off to take any more after the first one.

 

[Red Dawn]

Here's a dirty Zephyr after a dozen bricks of .22. I picked, chipped, scraped, and cried for hours getting about 3/4 of the crap off the core.

Thought I had more than one picture- I was probably too pissed off to take any more after the first one.

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That's about how mine looked the first time I cleaned mine. I felt like a dentist for a few hours. I was gonna soak them in vinegar for a day this time to see if that helped any.

 

[PewPewPewCo]

#MonocoreMasterRace

#BaffleStackPeasants

If every monocore used a clamshell like the sparrow I would agree.