Cleaning Integrally Suppressed AR 9mm Upper

[giggitygiggity]

Does anyone have any suggestions or recommendations for how to properly clean, care for, and maintain an integrally suppressed AR 9mm upper? Mine is from SRT Arms. Thanks.

 

[wally]

Following the instructions that come with it would be the best place to start.

 

[crazy-mp]

Not much you can do, its a sealed design and because its integral to the upper you can't really throw it into a ultrasonic cleaner.

The only option as far as cleaning goes would be to send it to a 07/02 manufacturer who can makes your sealed can user serviceable. Only down side is it will void the original SRT warranty.

 

[giggitygiggity]

Right now, I run bore snakes through my guns to clean the barrels. I'm not sure if this would work or be preferred in an integrally suppressed upper. Surely there is something I can do to clean it... I don't like the idea of having carbon and lead and whatnot just hanging out in the barrel.

 

[Flyincedar]

You can clean the barrel portion, but there are baffles there too, on the outside of the barrel. With it being a non serviceable unit, not much you can do except get used to the idea of carbon hanging out, or have someone make it serviceable.

 

[JustinJ]

If you can get enough I don't see why you couldn't just soak it in a solvent like denatured alcohol. Should remove much of the carbon. I don't know if there would be any problem soaking in a copper or lead solvent and then rinsing with something like alcohol but i can't see why there would be.