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drail · February 4, 2011, 11:01 AM

ALL you need is a bottle of CLP, an M16 brush and a rag. Forget about aerosal products. You waste half of the product and as stated it goes where you don't want/need it to go. Forget about carb cleaner, it is not designed to dissolve powder residue. The fumes are nasty. If you gun is really dirty, tear it down and mop it all over with CLP, let it soak for a while and then clean it. Save youir pennies and buy a small compressor and blow most of the gunk out. Now for the bore, you may need something that will dissolve copper fouling. Buy some copper solvent. Let it soak for 20 minutes or so. No more. Repeat until the bore is clean. Relube everything.

February 4, 2011, 11:01 AM	#9
drail Junior member Join Date: February 2, 2008 Posts: 3,150	ALL you need is a bottle of CLP, an M16 brush and a rag. Forget about aerosal products. You waste half of the product and as stated it goes where you don't want/need it to go. Forget about carb cleaner, it is not designed to dissolve powder residue. The fumes are nasty. If you gun is really dirty, tear it down and mop it all over with CLP, let it soak for a while and then clean it. Save youir pennies and buy a small compressor and blow most of the gunk out. Now for the bore, you may need something that will dissolve copper fouling. Buy some copper solvent. Let it soak for 20 minutes or so. No more. Repeat until the bore is clean. Relube everything.