Barrel crown cleaning

[DRichardson]

I have a XDm that has the Carver professional open kit on it. So far it has been great and while it may not be the end all of open guns it has served me well getting into open. Problem is the way the barrel and comp mate up carbon builds up and sticks to the crown and after about 600-700 rounds acurracy starts to fall off. It isnt a huge drop off but it is noticable. How does every one clean this area on their guns or is removing, cleaning, and re-loctiting the comp the only way.

My background in shooting is long range rifle so the crown was one of the first things I thought of when accuracy fell off but is there anything else I should look at.

The barrel is a storm lake barrel, with a springer precision 3 port comp. Ammo is GA arms 9mm NATO with TMJ bullets, Minor power factor. ( reloading stuff coming for christmas from the wife).

Edited December 8, 2012 by DRichardson

[Alphamikefoxtrot]

I have never removed my comp and I have never cleaned it. I only have about 10,000 rounds through mine though. Still just as good on accuracy as the day it was born. Bedell titanium comp and a Scheumann barrel

What is your load? Leading/carbon in the barrel maybe?

[Loves2Shoot]

KG make a pretty good lead remover.

[Jaxshooter]

You might try soaking it with Kroil. It will usually penetrate the crud and then you can wipe it off.

[Craig N]

Would soaking in it something like Slip 2000's Carbon Killer clean it? I know guys who just drop whole AR bolts in the jar of the stuff.

[DRichardson]

Soaking it works fine, the issue with that is that the cleaning solutions also loosens the loctite. It looks like just removing the comp and cleaning it and the barrel will be the best solution for now. Thanks for all the ideas though

[bigstick0000]

I always spray one shot lube on my comp before I shoot. After shooting it makes it much easier to clean my comp. I also use it on my 22 open gun and it works great. I get a huge buildup of lead on my 22 comp.

[toothguy]

I have a XDm that has the Carver professional open kit on it. So far it has been great and while it may not be the end all of open guns it has served me well getting into open. Problem is the way the barrel and comp mate up carbon builds up and sticks to the crown and after about 600-700 rounds acurracy starts to fall off. It isnt a huge drop off but it is noticable. How does every one clean this area on their guns or is removing, cleaning, and re-loctiting the comp the only way.

My background in shooting is long range rifle so the crown was one of the first things I thought of when accuracy fell off but is there anything else I should look at.

The barrel is a storm lake barrel, with a springer precision 3 port comp. Ammo is GA arms 9mm NATO with TMJ bullets, Minor power factor. ( reloading stuff coming for christmas from the wife).

Get a .45 cal brush and run it soaked in hoppes. Run a solvent patch first and let set for a few minutes then run the over sized brush. The over sized plastic bristles will clean the crown uniformly without damage.