Richard G. Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 Hello, I just bought a Benelli M4 with the Chrome lined barrel. I have looked everywhere for information on what kind of solvent bore cleaner and oil to use for Chromium. I'm really afraid to use just anything. I found M-PRO 7 GUN CLEANER (http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/store/ProductDetail.aspx?p=18373&title=M-PRO+7+PRODUCTS#specs ) that is supposedly "harmless to all metal surfaces, including titanium, aluminum and carbon-discolored stainless steel," but does that mean Chromium? Any of you guys know? Appreciate the help. Richard G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threeshot Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 Hello RG, You will be safe using a lot of cleaners on the chrome-lined barrels. Unless a cleaner specifically states not to be used on chrome, you will be able to use the cleaner on the chrome barrel. By the way, I use M-Pro 7 on my chrome-lined barrel with no problems. You are bound to get a lot of opinions on which cleaner to use on your gun. The reason I went with M-Pro 7 are: *) Does a great job of removing lead, carbon, copper (rifle) fowling. *) Safe on polymer or synthetic parts. *) Does not smell so you can use it in the house to clean your guns. Regards threeshot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallhanger54 Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 Dont worry with solvents, just get a Hoppes Tornado brush. Its a spiral wound stainless steel brush. Its used dry, without any solvent and in the 4 years of heavy use on my SBE bbl removing lead and plastic, it has never hurt it. Trust me, if you get a solvent tough enough to hurt any chrome lining, it'll dissolve the brush before you get it into the barrel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirmallard Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 While I was in the Marines we used CLP on every weapon in the armory. It's good as a solvent and a lubricant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoGunChuck Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 Dont worry with solvents, just get a Hoppes Tornado brush. Its a spiral wound stainless steel brush. Its used dry, without any solvent and in the 4 years of heavy use on my SBE bbl removing lead and plastic, it has never hurt it. Trust me, if you get a solvent tough enough to hurt any chrome lining, it'll dissolve the brush before you get it into the barrel. I took this advice and can vouch for its wisdom. I was having trouble getting the leading out of my M4 barrel -- no cleaner did it well, and neither did bronze brushes unless mounted on an electric drill, and even then not very well. But a couple minutes with the tornado brush and the bore is like a mirror. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hookster Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 Welcome to the forum Chuck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batmaniac Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 How about the bottle of stuff that came with the M4? Is that a cleaner, a lube or both? How is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoGunChuck Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 My M4 came with a bottle of the MF-82 "Benelli Olio Unifluid Allgun", which as far as I can tell is just oil -- not a cleaner. I tried all sorts of cleaning solvents and none worked well on leading. The tornado brush really does the trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom-Gun Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 (edited) Hi guys, when cleaning the first time my M4 barrel (~ 30 slug shots for break in) I've noticed that I got some small chrome remains on the patch. Please see a pic below: [ATTACH=CONFIG]2180[/ATTACH] Is it normal? I'm using M-PRO 7 GUN CLEANER and bronze brush. Do you think the bronze brush did cause this damage. Shall I get rid of it and use only bore snake? Thanks. Edited June 21, 2013 by Tom-Gun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangerDanger Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 That's lead on your patch. It has a silverish finish. You're fine with your cleaning routine. It's hard to screw up a smooth bored chrome lined barrel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sukhoi_fan Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 The used M1014 I traded into was heavily leaded but a tornado brush mounted on a rod inserted into my cordless drill at very low speed made very short work of cleaning it out. I cannot imagine having to get that lead out any other way, it'd be a real *****. Even with a tornado brush on a cordless drill it took 15 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom-Gun Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 (edited) That's lead on your patch. It has a silverish finish. You're fine with your cleaning routine. It's hard to screw up a smooth bored chrome lined barrel. You're absolutely right SD! One more time I've cleaned carefully, brushing many times and I've noticed that what initially seemd to be a lack of chrome layer it was just a lead fouling Thanks. Edited June 22, 2013 by Tom-Gun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metroplex Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 I use Break-Free CLP because that is what I use for everything else, and the military uses that style CLP for their small arms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4p226n Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 It may help if you look at it this way - you're shooting hot gases down the barrel with lead projectiles. Should you be more concerned with that or what you clean the barrel with? Let's see...wipe the barrel with a certain cleaner or blast lead through it. Think logically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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