Thread: Deposits in Rifle Suppressor

Last week during the wet weather here I went to the range over a couple of days and blasted off several hundred rounds thru my MAE SS 22 suppressor. When I removed it immediately after my last shot a lot of vapor was still coming out of it. Never seen that b4. When I got home from day one I noticed goo actually running out of the suppressor – warning here to those that don’t remove theirs and who store their rifles muzzle up!

Hadn’t cleaned the MAE for ages so pulled it apart and got stuck in. Well, my good old Brakleen although it removed the slime wouldn’t touch the crusted on stuff at all. Ended up having to use very fine steel wool and Brakleen. Gave the baffles a very fine coat of Froglube b4 reassembling.

Next day fired another 100 or so. Same deal, wet day, suppressor oozing slime. This time it easliy cleaned back to bare metal using a cloth. Muck probably hadn’t had time to harden.

I guess we are all guilty of not maintaining our suppressors in a timely manner. I have some Slip 1000 that the makers claim will clean hard carbon deposits. Will try that next time.