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Hope I didn't jack my SCAR's piston up...
7/17/2011 10:53:54 PM
Haven't cleaned the piston since I got it so figured I'd break that down and clean it. Tried to use a GI cleaning rod and the loop that came with it to push the piston out. Loop was a little to big to fit in the cylinder and got stuck before I realized it. I was able to force it free. Doesn't appear to be any damage to the cylinder but the loop is slightly gouged on the edges. I'm a dumbass.
7/17/2011 11:30:36 PM
Pics?
7/17/2011 11:42:09 PM
Ive read of this problem before, how small is this piston opening ? i use a small screw driver tip to push out the piston on my AUG.
7/18/2011 1:34:50 AM
Allen wrench
7/18/2011 7:57:27 AM
Why are you guys bothering to clean the piston again? Sounds a lot like cleaning the gas tube on an AR.
7/18/2011 8:00:13 AM
I'm sure it can't hurt. I cleaned mine yesterday for the first time in a year.
7/18/2011 9:05:36 AM
I think that the procedure for removing the gas piston on the SCAR is the dumbest part about the rifle. I have a 17S (.308) and I need to get a cleaning rod and .223 brush to knock the piston out. I feel like they definitely could have come up with something simpler.
7/18/2011 9:42:59 AM
IiRC the .mil version comes with a piston removal tool
7/18/2011 12:45:09 PM
Originally Posted By tac45:
Haven't cleaned the piston since I got it so figured I'd break that down and clean it. Tried to use a GI cleaning rod and the loop that came with it to push the piston out. Loop was a little to big to fit in the cylinder and got stuck before I realized it. I was able to force it free. Doesn't appear to be any damage to the cylinder but the loop is slightly gouged on the edges. I'm a dumbass.
Haven't cleaned the piston since I got it so figured I'd break that down and clean it. Tried to use a GI cleaning rod and the loop that came with it to push the piston out. Loop was a little to big to fit in the cylinder and got stuck before I realized it. I was able to force it free. Doesn't appear to be any damage to the cylinder but the loop is slightly gouged on the edges. I'm a dumbass.
Use an allen key. Seriously.
7/18/2011 12:47:15 PM
Originally Posted By Friendly_Crusader:
IiRC the .mil version comes with a piston removal tool
IiRC the .mil version comes with a piston removal tool
It does. I have one. It's made of plastic. I'm thinking about seeing if a cast resin tool would hold up to use.
But an allen key does the trick quite easily and inexpensively. I pastidipped the long end of one to avoid scarring the receiver before I got the .mil tool.
7/20/2011 12:46:14 PM
The gas relief holes in the system get plugged up, making the rifle work a lot harder then it should have to. I clean my 17s entire system after every shooting session. I keep an allenhead wrench in my MagPul Moe grip.
The military manual says to scrub the inside of the gas knob also, and to pay special attention to all the little friggin' gas holes.
The military manual says to scrub the inside of the gas knob also, and to pay special attention to all the little friggin' gas holes.
