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Cleaning a mod

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  • 11-05-2010 9:22pm
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    Odysseus
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    Just back after giving my new Sak a try out. I happy with it I waited over three months for one and the tried Gerry Scully in Athlone and it arrived the next day. However, the instructions state the following:
    it is neither necessary nor benefical to clean or disassemble.

    So should I rund the brush and a pacth through it after use. It states it should be oiled, should I just run some oil throuh it?


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    johngalway
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    What calibre are you shooting through it?


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    Odysseus
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    johngalway wrote: »
    What calibre are you shooting through it?

    17HRM


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    Cass
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    Personally i would always clean a mod, whether the manual said to or not.

    Here is another thread on the topic with others opinions and their methods for cleaning (if they do so).
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    Odysseus
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    ezridax wrote: »
    Personally i would always clean a mod, whether the manual said to or not.

    Here is another thread on the topic with others opinions and their methods for cleaning (if they do so).

    Cheers mate, I give your method a shot.


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    sharpshooter murphy
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    Hi is your mod metal or plastic?
    If its the plastic one just pop it in the dishwasher. then just spray some oil into it. works for me :)


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    marlin vs
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    I steep mine in a de-greaser, then scrub it with a brush about every 300 rounds.Mine gets stink as you can see in the pictures.
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    Then after.
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    sharpshooter murphy
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    wow that is quiet a build up of residue alright, what make of bullet are you firing? god be with the days of the multiple baffles stuffed into a mod and the hour or more of having to clean them one by one, one in particular sticks in my mind it was a parker hale and it was a nightmare too, what make is that mod marlin?


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    marlin vs
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    sharpshooter murphy wrote: »
    wow that is quiet a build up of residue alright, what make of bullet are you firing? god be with the days of the multiple baffles stuffed into a mod and the hour or more of having to clean them one by one, one in particular sticks in my mind it was a parker hale and it was a nightmare too, what make is that mod marlin?

    The mod is a sak, and can't fault it, I use Hornady 17gr v-max all the time and find they suit my gun better than any of the rest, and before anyone says anything, I know all the ammo are loaded by cci,(i'm not going to start debating about different brand's of ammo) but different makes of 17hmr's prefer different types of ammo.


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    sharpshooter murphy
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    Thats unusual, would the build up of residue in the mod not affect the performance of it?? after 500 or so shots im sure there would be eventually a lot of build up inside. i think we should all make our own mods out of an old coke bottle and some duck tape just like jason bourne did lol :rolleyes:


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    Odysseus
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    marlin vs wrote: »
    The mod is a sak, and can't fault it, I use Hornady 17gr v-max all the time and find they suit my gun better than any of the rest, and before anyone says anything, I know all the ammo are loaded by cci,(i'm not going to start debating about different brand's of ammo) but different makes of 17hmr's prefer different types of ammo.

    I use the same round and the its the same mod. The top unscrewed as I was taking it off, after 200 rounds its as bad if not worse as the pics you posted. My camera is down in Dublin so I can't post pics, but it looks like I will be using the method you described from now on.


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