Maintenence oddity

7heOZ · August 12th, 2008, 04:03

Found something odd while cleaning my new AEG for the first time. K im still fairly new to this, but I cleaned my gun for its first time today and as I pulled out the cleaning rod out of the barrel there where some black shavings stuck to the end of the rod, wrapped around the cloth on the rod. At first I thought it was dead grass but when me and my friend checked closer it look like black plastic shavings, like off a BB. Kind of scared me and I was just wondering if anyone else found this junk inside of their barrel?? The whole reason I decided to clean my gun was because the accuracy gradually degraded and I assume its because of the little shavings inside (Well thats kinda obvious). Thanks in advance for helpful advise!

dpvu · August 12th, 2008, 04:43

It's not too uncommon for there to be BB residue in a barrel. Shavings is a little odd however. Do you use black BBs? If not you should make sure it's not bits of hop up or your nozzle although I'm not sure how that would happen.

7heOZ · August 12th, 2008, 04:45

Yes I did use black bb's, this would of courses interfere with the accuracy right? I just want to be sure its not something else. Anyways thanks for such a fast reply!

T_A_N_K · August 12th, 2008, 05:03

Are you sure everything is aligned correctly(IE your hop up/barrel/barrel attachments)? Something seems to chaffing the bb, causing shavings, another possibility is using low quality/old bb's

7heOZ · August 12th, 2008, 05:13

Ok, ill have a look to see if everything is aligned. As for the bb's i'm using airsoft elite.2g bb's. Thanks again for all the help guys.

7heOZ · September 1st, 2008, 14:27

Ok a little update on my problem, I took the inner barrel completely out a few days ago to get a good look inside. After attempting to clean it a little bit I took a look inside the barrel and saw that the little shavings of bb's were still there. I also noticed that there was what looked like melted white/black plastic ALL over the inside of the barrel (possibly because a lubricant or something reacting with the bb plastic?). The barrel is a stock CA m15a2 barrel which I have only used a few times. Should I just scrap the CA barrel and go for a systema or prometheus barrel? Thanks for the help.

mcguyver · September 1st, 2008, 14:29

Get a new barrel.

Skladfin · September 1st, 2008, 15:02

get a new barrel, that one's not worth using anymore

TRMac · September 30th, 2008, 11:56

How would you restore such a situation? im going through the same thing at the moment and im pleased with the accuracy it had until now. I would like to restore it and buy a new barrel. What would be a good method of removing the gunk and polishing? Ive put a strip of micro-fiber cloth the whole lenght of the barrel and spun it with a dremel with brasso but it gets pretty hot and still has the flakes stuck inside.

Donster · September 30th, 2008, 12:07

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Originally Posted by TRMac

How would you restore such a situation? im going through the same thing at the moment and im pleased with the accuracy it had until now. I would like to restore it and buy a new barrel. What would be a good method of removing the gunk and polishing? Ive put a strip of micro-fiber cloth the whole lenght of the barrel and spun it with a dremel with brasso but it gets pretty hot and still has the flakes stuck inside.

just buy a new barrel and scrap the old one. get prometheus. i used a systema tightbore and didn't think that much of it. it was so-so IMHO.

Styrak · September 30th, 2008, 12:48

I believe that might be because systema barrels are crap, are they not? No QC on them for some reason?

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August 12th, 2008, 04:03	#1
7heOZ Trader rating Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: British Columbia	Maintenence oddity Found something odd while cleaning my new AEG for the first time. K im still fairly new to this, but I cleaned my gun for its first time today and as I pulled out the cleaning rod out of the barrel there where some black shavings stuck to the end of the rod, wrapped around the cloth on the rod. At first I thought it was dead grass but when me and my friend checked closer it look like black plastic shavings, like off a BB. Kind of scared me and I was just wondering if anyone else found this junk inside of their barrel?? The whole reason I decided to clean my gun was because the accuracy gradually degraded and I assume its because of the little shavings inside (Well thats kinda obvious). Thanks in advance for helpful advise!

August 12th, 2008, 04:43	#2
dpvu Trader rating Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Calgary	It's not too uncommon for there to be BB residue in a barrel. Shavings is a little odd however. Do you use black BBs? If not you should make sure it's not bits of hop up or your nozzle although I'm not sure how that would happen. __________________ JG HK416 KWA USP

September 1st, 2008, 14:27	#6
7heOZ Trader rating Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: British Columbia	Ok a little update on my problem, I took the inner barrel completely out a few days ago to get a good look inside. After attempting to clean it a little bit I took a look inside the barrel and saw that the little shavings of bb's were still there. I also noticed that there was what looked like melted white/black plastic ALL over the inside of the barrel (possibly because a lubricant or something reacting with the bb plastic?). The barrel is a stock CA m15a2 barrel which I have only used a few times. Should I just scrap the CA barrel and go for a systema or prometheus barrel? Thanks for the help. __________________

August 12th, 2008, 04:45	#3
7heOZ Trader rating Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: British Columbia	Yes I did use black bb's, this would of courses interfere with the accuracy right? I just want to be sure its not something else. Anyways thanks for such a fast reply!

August 12th, 2008, 05:03	#4
T_A_N_K Trader rating Join Date: Sep 2006	Are you sure everything is aligned correctly(IE your hop up/barrel/barrel attachments)? Something seems to chaffing the bb, causing shavings, another possibility is using low quality/old bb's

August 12th, 2008, 05:13	#5
7heOZ Trader rating Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: British Columbia	Ok, ill have a look to see if everything is aligned. As for the bb's i'm using airsoft elite.2g bb's. Thanks again for all the help guys.

September 1st, 2008, 14:29	#7
mcguyver Trader rating Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Northern Alberta	Get a new barrel. __________________ Age verifier Northern Alberta Democracy is two wolves and a sheep discussing what's for dinner. Freedom is the wolves limping away while the sheep reloads. Never confuse freedom with democracy.

September 1st, 2008, 15:02	#8
Skladfin Trader rating Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Glace Bay, Nova Scotia	get a new barrel, that one's not worth using anymore

September 30th, 2008, 11:56	#9
TRMac Trader rating Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario	How would you restore such a situation? im going through the same thing at the moment and im pleased with the accuracy it had until now. I would like to restore it and buy a new barrel. What would be a good method of removing the gunk and polishing? Ive put a strip of micro-fiber cloth the whole lenght of the barrel and spun it with a dremel with brasso but it gets pretty hot and still has the flakes stuck inside.

September 30th, 2008, 12:48	#11
Styrak Trader rating Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Saskatoon, SK	I believe that might be because systema barrels are crap, are they not? No QC on them for some reason? __________________ Airsoft Sales and Repair/Upgrade Services

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