Need help cleaning Benelli M4 with the Chrome lined barrel.

[Richard G.]

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/sto...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.

[threeshot]

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

[wallhanger54]

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.

[sirmallard]

While I was in the Marines we used CLP on every weapon in the armory. It's good as a solvent and a lubricant.

[TwoGunChuck]

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.

[Hookster]

Welcome to the forum Chuck!

[Batmaniac]

How about the bottle of stuff that came with the M4? Is that a cleaner, a lube or both? How is it?

[TwoGunChuck]

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.