How often do you clean your suppressors?

[Jason277]

How often do you clean your surppressor? I have a Thunder Beast Ultra 7 with about 250 rounds through it. Thank you in advance . Jason

 

[QuickTrigger7]

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[Q_Sertorius]

I clean my rimfire suppressors every 500 rounds. If I don’t, they drop gunk down into the chamber and jam things up.

I haven’t had any reason to clean my center fire suppressors yet, some of which have thousands of rounds through them.

 

[peterk123]

I clean my rimfire suppressors every 500 rounds. If I don’t, they drop gunk down into the chamber and jam things up.

I haven’t had any reason to clean my center fire suppressors yet, some of which have thousands of rounds through them.

Same here.

 

[WBT]

I’ve never cleaned a centerfire suppressor.

 

[Jason277]

I was wondering if it was necessary or they self clean with the force of the gasses …

 

[HuntHarder]

They "self clean" and actually sound slightly better when they are dirty. I cleaned one of mine after 2500ish rounds just to see and I was shocked at how much came out. I will actually clean all mine every 1000ish rounds going forward. No, really down side other than a little elbow grease.

 

[justin davis]

Thunderbeast recommends cleaning when the can gains a couple ounces if that makes sense.

I clean my suppressors fairly regularly. I’ve had a few times on hunts when carbon fell Down in into the chamber and made loading a round hard to do.

 

[doc holiday13]

i clean the threads with some carbon cutter every time i remove the suppressor.

 

[archaicpursuit]

I think "when to clean" is highly dependent on your shooting style and what sort of rifle you have them on. I used my Omega 300 for almost three years with slow burning magnum powders and ended up with 5oz of carbon buildup in it. Silencer Co didn't even believe me when I told them how much it weighed. I only used it for hunting and load development for the first several years I had it and never really let the can get very hot where it could blow out the crud. I started participating in PRS matches last year and have been repeatedly soaking my bafflestack in CLR and then blasting it out during a match. I am still slowly working that carbon crud out of there about 0.2oz at a time.

 

[justinspicher]

I don’t clean my suppressor or my rifle.

 

[txtransplant]

I don’t clean my suppressor or my rifle.

 

[CaseyRyback]

I haven’t cleaned my OG yet. However I clean my HUXWRX every 1500 rounds, for me that’s when I start to notice a decrease in performance.

 

[Tbuckus]

I was sceptical about the self cleaning comments by suppressor companies.
I weighed my Ultra 7 last week. It’s 0.3 oz heavier than when I bought it many years ago.
It’s mostly used on my hunting rifles, but I have put it on my AR’s in the past before I bought another suppressor.
Unknown total round count but I know it’s had over 300 rounds from my 7wsm, 250ish in 6.5/06. Not sure of .223 but easily double those before I got my next suppressor.

 

[mtnbiker208]

How do you clean them?

 

[HGL]

How do you clean them?

I soak mine (Tbac Ultra 7) in CLR usually for 24 hours, rinse with hot water and repeat as needed.

The "cleanest" way I've found is to plug the exit with a foam ear plug, place the suppressor in a large glass mason jar (or similar container) and fill the suppressor to the brim. It will "puke" out a bunch of crap and run over the top so it will make a mess if you don't have it in a larger container of some kind.

(If you have an aluminum can, you may not want to use CLR as its supposedly harsh on it.)

 

[CaseyRyback]

Simple green and an ultrasonic cleaner. I’ve heard the CLR soak method also but have no experience. With my HUXWRX, using the ultrasonic cleaner, you’ll still have a bunch of black snot fly out of the muzzle the first few shots afterwards.

 

[Tryin]

More often than my friend...

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