Mungler Posted July 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 Okay chaps, a big thank you. I have now identified the mod and after watching the vid and the guidance on here have managed to strip it fully, clean it and it is now drying out. I had a dry run at putting it back together using a long PC / electrical screwdriver and it worked a charm. Cheers chaps. I'll let you know how the grouping goes - it really was getting like patterning a shot gun. I don't know how many thousand rounds I put through whilst ignoring the whole cleaning bit but I would estimate a medium size coffee cup of crud - it was full to the top. P.S. Baz, you are right about the crown - mods should always be removed before being put back in the cabinet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badshot Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 i've just swapped to a Country Pursuits mod instead of the SAK i had on my .17 - it's very slightly quieter. very little in it though.again £30 for an off-ticket new. I think thats what I had before the whisper. It lasted less than 12 months, non cleanable due to some strange idea of using wadding in the internals. eventually parts of that wadding started dropping down into the path of the bullet sending them off in all directions. Took it back to the shop I got it from and done a deal on the whisper. I have to say the whisper is a piece of cake to clean and I too clean it regularly, not as often as every 10 but certainly every 50 or so. And the whisper is calibre specific which makes a bit of difference, not a lot but a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Elvis Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 Lol Badshot, i dont clean after every ten usually( depends how many bunnies around) lol, there werent many rabbits around where i was last night, could have shot 50 hares but alas...cant do that where i was!!!! If its ten or 100, its gets cleaned and off the barrel!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badshot Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 kin ell ee I am going to go blind watching your avatar. Though it was a bit much every ten Have to say mate has dm80 and noise wise there really is nowt in it. Think it is easier to get a whisper though. And I thought the t8 was designed as a throw away mod after so many rounds? Could be wrong though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyflier Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 I'm using a Sirocco Mod on my .17HMR with stainless steel baffles and yes it gets cleaned I tried a SAK and cant get a decent group with this moderator on either the 17 hmr or the .22 so I have an un-named second-hand mod on the .22 which was so baked with crud it was mountainous on the baffles it took me two hours to get it apart and clean it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick miller Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 My destructions say that it's not necessary to strip it everytime, you can simply spray some Napier gun cleaner inside and let it do it's job. If you want me to scan and email them let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSPUK Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 This is what you need Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc110381 Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 Glad you got your mod sorted Mung. I have to say the Sak is extremely easy to strip and clean, and I used to find that about the 500 round mark was a good cleaning point with the one I had on my HMR. There's no need to clean them too often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colster Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 I'd read that the Utra was supposed to be the mutts happy sacks for an HMR but will probably just put a SAK on mine when variation comes back, although the comments about crud draining out of the mod are making me think I might go for a 20" instead of the 16" I have the LR in as that's too short to sit in the cabinet properly without the mod on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Elvis Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 And I thought the t8 was designed as a throw away mod after so many rounds? Could be wrong though i have found a way of cleaning mine, bottle brush and parker hale solvent....then let it dry....off the gun!!! I'm using a Sirocco Mod on my .17HMR with stainless steel baffles and yes it gets cleaned tongueff.gif yep, got my scirrocco changed to stainless steel, lasted 50 rounds befroe the baffles were cracked.......good luck"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyflier Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 [quote yep, got my scirrocco changed to stainless steel, lasted 50 rounds befroe the baffles were cracked.......good luck"! Crikey................. I've not noticed any cracking and its had several hundred rounds through it. I do clean it, well, probably a little too regularly but it maintains the accuracy i need and I simply dont get consistant accuracy with the SAK. Thanks for pointing out another failing of the Sirocco though, I'll keep looking carefully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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