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Tools to clean the firing pin channel and extractor channel


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So I did a full disassembly of a 1911 slide today to inspect the firing pin and extractor etc..

I tried to run a patch through each of those channels, and found it to be too tight using my standard rod/jag tip that I use to clean the barrel.

Do I need a special tip to clean those two channels? or just a smaller jag/tip? or other special tools?

any advice before I do a complete disassembly of my XD and EMP.

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Throw a little carb cleaner to break up any build up, some oil on a Q-Tip and follow with dry ones til she's clean. A pipe cleaner if you want to get the firing pin hole.

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I use pipe cleaners I get from Walgreens. I've had Q-tips leave cotton lint and whole heads behind. The pipe cleaners seem to eliminate that.

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sig229 has a good way and I'm getting me a few of those sticks for cleaning tight places!

I take 2 pipe cleaners, bend them over, than twist them tightly together. Some use a a 22 cal. brush but I don't let the channels get that dirty

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I have used dental floss in some places, and I have used just a cardboard q-tip with the head removed for other tight spaces. I have scraped caked on grime out with a large plastic/fake bone/something needle.

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