Mossberg 930 cleaning question

[hermosabeach]

So my first gas gun is the mossberg

I am kind of surprised by the cleaning process.

The manual reccomends cleaning every 200 rounds.

The question I have is what is the best way to remove the carbon buildup from the outside of the magazine tube and the gas piston???

[gunhun]

Take it from the master himself:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfqdygODl9k

Steel wool, steel brush, Hornady one shot cleaner/dry lube

[dkthree]

I keep a pretty lax cleaning schedule with most of my guns, not so much with the 930. It's a great gun, it just seems to need a good cleaning after every use.

Thanks for the vid gunhun.

[hermosabeach]

The video was perfect.

I have cleaned the piston without (whoops) removing the gas rings.

I have used the lead removal cloths in my revolvers for years.

They also seem to work well to get the carbon and lead off of the magazine tube exterior.

[gunhun]

Good idea with the lead removal cloth. Will have to try that

[CK_32]

Take it from the master himself:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfqdygODl9k

Steel wool, steel brush, Hornady one shot cleaner/dry lube

Anyone else notice how polished his mag tube/piston were? I'm sure that relieves a lot of friction right there. Only issue with following pros cleaning tips is half of their factory brand name guns aren't even close to what they actually shoot in competition/training classes.

The video was perfect.

I have cleaned the piston without (whoops) removing the gas rings.

I have used the lead removal cloths in my revolvers for years.

They also seem to work well to get the carbon and lead off of the magazine tube exterior.

I've only fully removed my piston to clean it once in my 1,000. Still running with out an issue. I notice my 930 is like an AR, she can be fouled but she loves to run wet. That said I don't run 200 round 3 gun or anything. Just the occasional weekend clay 100 shot run or desert camping trip with casual firing and mag dumps time to time

[Merc1138]

Anyone else notice how polished his mag tube/piston were? I'm sure that relieves a lot of friction right there. Only issue with following pros cleaning tips is half of their factory brand name guns aren't even close to what they actually shoot in competition/training classes.

lol, that's definitely true. I just watched his grape shooting video. He's talking about his smith and wesson m&p 15...

then at the end of the video, hogue stock and grip, AR gold trigger, viking tactics upper, JM brake. The only thing smith and wesson about it is the lower. Even the rest of his guns like the revolvers and shotguns have all had some sort of work done to them to tweak springs, polish surfaces, and so on that absolutely doesn't get done on the factory guns his name appears on. If I remember right, his wife's family is the same family that runs Clark Custom Guns(so he's got some in-laws worth hanging out with).

[gunhun]

Dudes,
It obviously wouldn't be surprising if Miculek's 930 has perfect parts, but you still gotta keep the sucker clean! There's also not as much options to mix and match parts for this gun as for an AR, so that's really not a comparison. BTW, his tube and piston do NOT look any more polished than my factory ones. (LOL) It might look more clean and "polished" to someone who only cleans theirs after 1000 rounds though . Steel wool would polish your parts over time of course.

1000 rds before cleaning is still impressive, and you could be a very lucky one. But if you're shooting trap/skeet, you're probably only loading one, may two rounds at a time. You may not be "testing" the limits of reliability (say of shooting full mags time and again, with movement), as you would in 3G.

Here's an article that should make all us 930 owners happy, from Nic Leghorn's blog. Comparing 500 rds of cheap ammo in a 930 (SPX) and FNH. Granted, it's only 1 gun each, and both relatively new. 4 failures in 500 rds for 930 vs....lots more.

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2011/02/foghorn/stress-testing-semi-automatic-competition-shotguns/