Cleaning my rifle after running it suppressed in a Justified Defensive Concept class

[LittleLebowski]

That link does not work for me?

Fixed.

[GJM]

Surprisingly inexpensive -- how would this be to clean the barrel and comp on an Open gun?

[fly out]

The ultrasonic does a great job of getting into the crevices of assembled equipment, which is frankly just hitting the easy button.

If anything, I'm seriously considering getting a larger tank cleaner so I can put complete firearms in there :-)

Interesting. I was under the impression that it was ill advised to put anything that hasn't been disassembled down to its component (non-moving) parts in one of these, as the "gunk" is dislodged from where it was, only to settle Lord knows where else? That made sense to me, so I didn't question it. I'd be curious to know if I've been overlooking an easy button...

[LittleLebowski]

Surprisingly inexpensive -- how would this be to clean the barrel and comp on an Open gun?

I don’t think hard, you can send me something to try if you like.

[LittleLebowski]

Interesting. I was under the impression that it was ill advised to put anything that hasn't been disassembled down to its component (non-moving) parts in one of these, as the "gunk" is dislodged from where it was, only to settle Lord knows where else? That made sense to me, so I didn't question it. I'd be curious to know if I've been overlooking an easy button...

The heat and ultrasonic moves that stuff out pretty well.

[LittleLebowski]

This is after about 12 mins and then drying. Looks great to me. The tail of the bolt is smooth and clean.

[Clusterfrack]

Surprisingly inexpensive -- how would this be to clean the barrel and comp on an Open gun?

I don't know about Open guns, but I've used mine on plenty of rifle brakes. Carb cleaner works pretty well too.

Make sure not to put aluminum in an ultrasonic cleaner. It also strips off some coatings, such as the polycoat on CZs.

[Doc_Glock]

Fixed.

Gracias.

[Nephrology]

I'm about to order one of these for our lab that will use hydrochloric acid for cleaning fluid. Didn't think about looking into one for persnoal uses...

[WobblyPossum]

Would something like this be safe on polymer components like a Glock frame? Because if I could throw an entire assembled frame into an ultrasonic cleaner without any I’ll effects, I’d probably never detail strip a gun again unless a part reached the end of its service life.