whats the worst that can happen if mud gets in your barrel and you dont clean iyt

jamie1965

i went airsoft last week end and have lost my cleaning rod . im going away now and do not have enogh time to get a new one. some mud could be in the barrel. is tghe gun ok being left there for 3 weeks .

Gatling

jamie1965 wrote: »

i went airsoft last week end and have lost my cleaning rod . im going away now and do not have enogh time to get a new one. some mud could be in the barrel. is tghe gun ok being left there for 3 weeks .

Personally I wouldn't use it till it was well cleaned again ,

You can use anything from a wire hangar to a decent knitting needle carefully I might ask .

You could easily remove the barrel and clean it,

Whats the worse can happen ,crap gets into your hop up unit ,air nozzle and gear box and cause all manner of problems depending how bad the barrel is ,or how much debris is in it

Leftyflip

Take out the barrel and hop, drop it in some warm soapy water and let it soak for a few, rinse it off and let it dry. It'll be fine.

jamie1965

personally not enough experience with airsoft to take out the barrel . what do you recommend the cleaning the barrel with . would a tea towl be ok

jamie1965

also could there be still mud in your barrel even if your bbs are shooting clean .thanks for feedback .

Southern Dandy

jamie1965 wrote: »

also could there be still mud in your barrel even if your bbs are shooting clean .thanks for feedback .

Yup, lint free cloth dipped in warm soapy water, then run a fry strip through it, I'd honstly try and source a cleaning rod though before doing it.

syklops

jamie1965 wrote: »

personally not enough experience with airsoft to take out the barrel .

Experienced enough to fire it, but not to strip it. Ok.

Southern Dandy

syklops wrote: »

Experienced enough to fire it, but not to strip it. Ok.

So what if he doesn't? We were all like the OP at some point.

T4RGET

just make sure there isn't loads of mud in there. Like an excessive amount because then even if you may risk getting mud into the gearbox anyways, even if you had a cleaning rod.

You could actually push the mud into the air nozzle and hten into the gearbox using trying to clean it. The best way to do it if it's really bad is take the barrel out and clean it from there. I know you said you can't strip it but i suggest you do that

What kind of rifle is it? M5, AK or what, we may be able to help.

As for the mud itself it should be fine if left there, if you have absolutely no time or way of cleaning it. Just point the rifle down wards . You don't want it drying and flaking into the hop up and gearbox

jamie1965

g and g cm 16 raider . the bbs are are shooting white and gun shooting ok

T4RGET

jamie1965 wrote: »

g and g cm 16 raider . the bbs are are shooting white and gun shooting ok

sounds like it's fine then
is is the blowback version? I can probably guide you through the take down of the rife you're interested?

jamie1965

no thanks it non blowback

T4RGET

jamie1965 wrote: »

no thanks it non blowback

alright then mate your call