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    Help cleaning a rifle with brake

    How do I clean a rifle bore with a muzzle brake on it.
    Do I remove the brake or just push the brush through it like a regular bore. (From the chamber to the bore end)
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    Just push it through! Sometimes I use a nylon brush oh the brake if it gets dirty

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    I give the brake itself a squirt of Gun Scrubber to cut carbon build up in the holes and bore followed by a flushing. A spray of RemOil or similar works fine, then clean as normal. The idea I have for cleaning the brake is its larger diameter bore then the barrel and ports do not get cleaned by simply running a patch down the rifles bore, although a dirty brake doesn’t harm anything other then get things dirty it touches as carbon builds up on the outside.
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    I clean as normal, just push it through. Prior to that, like Ol' Joe, I spray the brake with Gun Scrubber to knock the carbon down. If still dirty, Ill use a nylon brush between the ports/baffles with more Gun Scrubber.
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    Depending on how the brake is designed you might want to run a small brush (22 caliber works on mine) through the gas port holes.

    I have a stainless Magna-port brake on a light weight 30:06. The "side" holes rarely get dirty. The blast pressure keeps them clean.

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    You might want to use a straw to get through the brake

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    Pipe cleaners!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Roundballer View Post
    Pipe cleaners!
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    If it’s easily removed, AK, Vz58, I’d remove it. If not, just clean as suggested.
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    I have brakes on many of my AR's and follow the same protocol as discussed above. However, I found once that I needed to remove a brake and found some carbon buildup in the "gap" between the barren and the brake and on the crown. Then got that cleaned off with all the usual scraping and wire brushes. So, after a few thousand rounds it might be worth while removing a brake to do some extra cleaning. I guess it depends on how "anal" you are about cleaning. I don't think it would make any difference in the function of your rifle if you never removed the brake for cleaning

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