Cleaning a BCG

[Nevergiveupthefight]

I was just looking on Amazon, and M-Pro 7 Gun Cleaner received really good reviews too.

[Naytwan]

I was just looking on Amazon, and M-Pro 7 Gun Cleaner received really good reviews too.

I used Mpro7 for years but revently switched to FrogLube Solvent. I use froglube or RandCLP for lubrication. The solvent is pretty amazing. Spray on, let it sit, brush and whip with a microfiber cloth and done.

[JGifford]

I'm also a fan.. Just so damn expensive. It is effective though.


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Yep. It costs me, like, half a magazine of ammo...

[rob_s]

I chased all the latest and greatest unicorn-jizz cleaners/coatings/lubes/etc. for a couple of years. It's all snake-oil BS.

I use
http://www.slip2000.com/
because it smells halfway decent. yep, smell. As good a criteria as any "tier one operator" salesman on the internet.

On the rare occasions I do clean the BCG, I start by tearing it down and spraying everything with this
http://www.slip2000.com/slip2000_725.php

Then I dunk the bolt itself in this for a bit (typically while I clean the chamber), along with the extractor (sometimes I take the extractor off, usually I just leave it attached to the bolt)
http://www.slip2000.com/slip2000_carbon_killer.php

when it comes out of there I spray it with the 725 again

Then I either hit the parts with the air hose or run it under the water in the sink (yet, water, yes, in the sink, yes hotels love me). Finally, I lube it up with this
http://www.slip2000.com/slip2000_ewl30.php

and I use this for lube touchups
http://www.slip2000.com/slip2000_ewl.php

[Nevergiveupthefight]

I as well use Slip2000, I like the fact that it's nontoxic, or at least that's the claim.

[GOST]

Slip2000 user here also. Been using it for a while and it's been great, it's given me no reason to switch.

[nCarnage]

Maybe I'm just weird but I like cleaning my guns?


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Love cleaning mine. Just wish my garage was insulated and heated so I can take them there for a cleaning.


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[GOST]

Maybe I'm just weird but I like cleaning my guns?


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Love cleaning mine. Just wish my garage was insulated and heated so I can take them there for a cleaning.


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I like cleaning also, I'm a little obsessive compulsive with it though.

[toolboxluis00200]

i have no exprerians whit NiB bolts but from what i have bin told is just wipe it down whit a cloth and add some oil of your choose


me i just have regular BCG i use Remington oil to clean and i use Spike tactical oil to keep it lube

[Former11B]

Even shooting suppressed, which is about the dirtiest thing you can do, my NiB BCGs wipe clean after being lubed with FrogLube. I'd like to try FireClean no one carries it locally.

It has also been mentioned, but a heavily shot NiB carrier will tarnish/discolor. I have a chrome BCG also and it retains the original matte grey finish but doesn't clean quite as well as NiB, but better than phosphate.

If I have to use a solvent, I use Hoppes Semi Auto and apply with qtips

[FortTom]

Thanks for the replies guys! FortTom, the nickel boron BCG was made for RifleGear by Spikes I believe. Maybe I'm being to obsessed with getting the damn thing to shine! It functions fine, never had one hang up with over a few thousand rounds down range.

If you want to get the thing to shine again, that might be an exercise in futility. The more you shoot with the NiB Carrier, the more it will discolor. I have a couple that are almost black now. It'll never be as nice and shiny as the day you got it. If you care about such things, you may want to go with a Chrome plated Carrier next time.

For the most part, I don't clean my NiB BCG's that often. I just wipe them down, throw a light layer of lube on and continue.

Yeah, my nephew says I'm overly obsessed cleaning my AR! He claims he never spent half the time cleaning his M4 in Afghanistan. I didn't realize that the nickel boron would turn black with use.

Nickel is the "other ingredient" in Nickel Chrome, a cousin to NiB. Have you ever seen a set of chrome pipes on a motorcycle, especially near the heads where all the heat is, turn every color from near black to blue to purple to yellow? That's what Nickel is going to do in your gun also. The carrier will stay pretty much like it came, but not the bolt tail. Just as long as it's not "cooking" off, or flaking or micro looking bubbles occur, it's perfectly normal.

When I read your post, I thought you mean you were trying to clean carbon off of your bolt. Unless the NiB is bad from the application, turning colors is normal and does not alter the effectiveness of it. As hard as it is, I would not suggest scraping NiB with anything other than some type of cleaner, and possibly your thumbnail.

Lastly, unless you have the BCU apart for cleaning, the "black" isn't going to show. Since it's a chemical process of the nickel heating, I know of no one or thing that can reverse it. Lastly, since it's cleaned, and inserted back into the carrier, who's going to care what color it is?

[JGifford]

I chased all the latest and greatest unicorn-jizz cleaners/coatings/lubes/etc. for a couple of years. It's all snake-oil BS.

I use
http://www.slip2000.com/
because it smells halfway decent. yep, smell. As good a criteria as any "tier one operator" salesman on the internet.

On the rare occasions I do clean the BCG, I start by tearing it down and spraying everything with this
http://www.slip2000.com/slip2000_725.php

Then I dunk the bolt itself in this for a bit (typically while I clean the chamber), along with the extractor (sometimes I take the extractor off, usually I just leave it attached to the bolt)
http://www.slip2000.com/slip2000_carbon_killer.php

when it comes out of there I spray it with the 725 again

Then I either hit the parts with the air hose or run it under the water in the sink (yet, water, yes, in the sink, yes hotels love me). Finally, I lube it up with this
http://www.slip2000.com/slip2000_ewl30.php

and I use this for lube touchups
http://www.slip2000.com/slip2000_ewl.php

I used to have a solvent or a lube for every darn item I owned. When I moved, I literally threw ALL of them out, except my FIREClean. Honestly, because it's all I've needed in the last year. Trashed were:

Boshield T9
MPro7 LPX
Froglube
SEAL1
G96
Frog Lube Paste
(I kept my Weapon Shield as it was a gift from George Fennel, personally, and their EP grease is amazing for applications that require grease).
Militec MC2500
MC3000
Other stuff.

[JGifford]

Love cleaning mine. Just wish my garage was insulated and heated so I can take them there for a cleaning.


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Huh? Dude. I like cleaning my weapon, as well. Typically though, I use bio-safe lubes and clean in front of the computer, so that while one hand is cleaning, I can

nevermind.


Seriously though, it sounds like you use some really caustic stuff, if your reason is smell/fumes.

[nCarnage]

Huh? Dude. I like cleaning my weapon, as well. Typically though, I use bio-safe lubes and clean in front of the computer, so that while one hand is cleaning, I can

nevermind.


Seriously though, it sounds like you use some really caustic stuff, if your reason is smell/fumes.

Nah. I use froglube. Just like being in my own little world and not hear the wife complain about smells, carbon and crap. Plus I have music playing, posters and man stuff. 😋


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[rob_s]

I don't clean shit. Hate it. Almost as much as I hate reloading. And generally anything having to do with guns that isn't shooting them.

I have so many parts that I've bought over the years and the very idea that using them means I have to install them has meant they go un-installed and eventually get sold off.

I used to like/care-about those things, now I hate all of it. I even stage my gear ahead of time so I can just grab this bag, that can, and this gun and go to the range.

I swear, I think some people are the polar opposite, and like everything about guns EXCEPT for shooting them.