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Posted: 2/19/2008 12:02:09 PM EDT
| I was wondering if anyone has any experience with this product and the lug recess cleaning stars. I hate cleaning the lug recess area in the barrel/receiver and I've been looking a for a good solution. I also don't have a fixed handle cleaning rod, so properly cleaning the chamber has been an issue. After looking at this product I was hoping the the cable was stiff enough that it would allow me to put some twist on the chamber brush. Is there anyone out there that has used this and can testify to its or the cleaning stars usefulness? |
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I use BF FBC for barrel cleaning. The foam fills the entire barrel from the barrel locking lugs to the flash hider. After the foam, I follow up in the chamber with a GI chamber brush and a little CLP. A dry pistol patch draped over the brush cleans out the residue. Behind the lugs I use a little CLP, and a q-tip snipped off at the tip, and clamped in surgeons forceps. |
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I like the chambermaid, but I don't feel its necessary, I normally just use the chamber brush. Get your self a standard cleaning rod, or GI segments. The flexi-rod is useless for pushing squibs out of the barrel. Clean with what ever you prefer, but after I couldn't clear a glock with the flexirods, they all now sit in a bag at home. |
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My problem is that I don't have a cleaning rod with a fixed handle so when it comes time to use a chamber brush I have no way of getting it to spin in the chamber. Does this flexirod have enough tortional rigidity to resist twisting if I try to spin the chamber brush in the lug recess? I usually use q-tips to clean the lug recess area, but it's difficult to get in there and clean everything. I was hoping the cleaning stars would make that a lot easier - although they are pretty darn expensive. |
Well Quib I just talked to a nurse friend of mine who has a spare hemostat laying around, so I'm going to give that a shot, but I still need a fixed handle cleaning rod for the chamber brush. |
| Dewey and Brownells sell the chamber rods. Fixed, non-rotating handle, brass rod, 13-14" or so. Midway has the Dewey and Brownells sells theirs. Get a few good chamber brushes along with the rod. Make sure the brushes are not military threads. You want the civilian 8-32 threads. Both of the rods are the std civilian threads. |
| Brownells 9" loop pistol rod works well with a chamber brush...$5.95. |
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I have the chambermaid and love it. It is a fairly sturdy yet flexable piece of cable. The coating is pretty darn thick and should last a lifetime if not abused. I have a pistol rod too and used it on the AR...worked fine. I did find one very valuable use for the chambermaid though. I just received my M14/M25 sniper build. It has a scope mounted very close to the receiver and it's nearly impossible to get the standard GI Chamber brush into the chamber. I have the ratcheting type that you close the bolt on and ratchet like a socket wrench using a section of cleaning rod screwed into the side of chamber brush base. Once the brush is in the chamber, there isn't enough clearance to ratchet the rod/brush. I sit there...scratch my head a second, go fetch my chambermaid and away we go. Works like a charm. I like the results from the AR cleaning as well by the way! |
Take this for what it's worth, I'm not trying to bust your balls, but this is my observation. Your problem isn't that you have a rod without a fixed handle, it's that you seem resistive to getting one, or a GI style cleaning kit. GI's, like myself, have been cleaning this platform for over four decades using the GI sectional rods, patches, and Qtips. The recent innovation of the Otis kits, the Chambermaids ect have their place and uses, but they're kinda limited as pointed out above. You can't clear a barrel stoppage on the range with a Otis, nor extract a ruptured cartridge. You don't need to do much more in the field than wipe down the bolt, swab the barrel, and wipe the inside of the reciever out. The Otis will work for one, not the other, and a nonsectional handless rods and chambermaids really don't apply to either, except bench cleaning at home. A quick EE search found two sources for a GI kit, complete minus a ruptured case extractor, which I'll bet BrightFlashlights has. EE Links www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=7&f=25&t=480903 www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=7&f=25&t=510750 |
Haha, not at all. To be honest I bought the GI kit for my range bag. It was cheap and I figured I would use it for stuck casings at the range and that sort of thing. However, in reality I pull the GI rod out more than any other. With the 8/32 adapter it's a very versatile piece of kit. I found out it was even more versatile when I realized what that little hole in the rod handle was for.  Thanks for everyone's input! |
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