Cleaning Delta/Alpha wolf barrel?

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GA_LeadHead

GA_LeadHead

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Need some advice from some fellow daystate owners.
I'm new to this platform and have a question regarding barrel cleaning. Do you typically remove the barrel and/or chronograph to clean the barrel?
I use a patchworm and a little Ballistol when cleaning the barrels on my other rifles but I'm concerned about the electric components. Patchworm and ballistol safe?
I've already put nearly 3 tins through my new rifle and my groups are telling me it's time to clean it.
Thanks.
 
I use a patchworm with the barrel on my Alpha. Mine NEEDS to be cleaned 200 or so. Don't saturate your patches and if you worried about getting your ballistol into the action, clean it upside down so the transfer port is on top.Lots like ballistol, I bought some gunzilla that I use on my patches. After you have run a couple dry patches thru it, dry fire it a couple times to clear anything that may have gotten into the transfer port. Shoot away.
 
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Richieg said:
I use a patchworm with the barrel on my Alpha. Mine NEEDS to be cleaned 200 or so. Don't saturate your patches and if you worried about getting your ballistol into the action, clean it upside down so the transfer port is on top.Lots like ballistol, I bought some gunzilla that I use on my patches. After you have run a couple dry patches thru it, dry fire it a couple times to clear anything that may have gotten into the transfer port. Shoot away.
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Patchworm will not pass the spot between the barrel and chrono assembly. I tried using a straw but that didn't work. I may have to remove the chrono to clean it until I can get different style of pull through that isn't a plastic cord that curves at the end.

Ended up using a carbon fiber cleaning rod with a plastic loop on the end and pulling patches through. It worked. Lot of gunk in the barrel. I also noticed the breech o ring already looks worn? I went ahead and ordered some 1.78mm CS X 5.28mm Buna 70 rings. To replace if necessary. Only found one thread where that size is mentioned so I hope that is correct. I cannot find anything on Daystate's site that lists specific o ring sizes. I wish there was a schematic that had numbers by each part and a reference. I like to break down and fix my own rifles when needed rather than sending them off.
 
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EDventure said:
FWIW - I remove the barrel and run a cleaning rod gently down it w/ a patch dipped in Ballistol. Is that a bad approach?
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That's the way AOA and many others recommend doing it. But unless you are trying to scrub lead out of the barrel or polish it, WHY? You will loose you POI and need to readjust a few clicks if you are a accuracy shooter. I'm not fond of taking the barrel holding grub screw in and out everytime I clean at around 200 rounds. You can use a patchworm to clean the barrel without removing, if that's the way you want to go. Some are using a pull thru also without removing the barrel. Do what you think is best, it's your rifle.☺️
 
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Patchworm will not pass the spot between the barrel and chrono assembly. I tried using a straw but that didn't work. I may have to remove the chrono to clean it until I can get different style of pull through that isn't a plastic cord that curves at the end.

Ended up using a carbon fiber cleaning rod with a plastic loop on the end and pulling patches through. It worked. Lot of gunk in the barrel. I also noticed the breech o ring already looks worn? I went ahead and ordered some 1.78mm CS X 5.28mm Buna 70 rings. To replace if necessary. Only found one thread where that size is mentioned so I hope that is correct. I cannot find anything on Daystate's site that lists specific o ring sizes. I wish there was a schematic that had numbers by each part and a reference. I like to break down and fix my own rifles when needed rather than sending them off.
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Sometimes I bend the end if the patchworm in the opposite direction of the curl and it helps .
 
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Straw works great, although it's a bit tight at the receiver end where there's close to a 90° twist needed to get the patch worm into the barrel. I do take the shroud off, but leave the barrel and chronograph on the rifle. Once the sharp tip of the patch worm is visible at the start of the chronograph assembly, I push the straw down the barrel, guide the patch worm into the straw, and pull it through.

As others have noted, these barrels seem to get dirty pretty quickly, but the idea of frequently removing the barrel followed by sighting in for accurate shooting seems like a bad idea. I think the interchangeable caliber was a great idea (I have 0.30 and 0.22) but think about that as something that's not done on a day to day basis?
 
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GA_LeadHead said:
Patchworm will not pass the spot between the barrel and chrono assembly. I tried using a straw but that didn't work. I may have to remove the chrono to clean it until I can get different style of pull through that isn't a plastic cord that curves at the end.

Ended up using a carbon fiber cleaning rod with a plastic loop on the end and pulling patches through. It worked. Lot of gunk in the barrel. I also noticed the breech o ring already looks worn? I went ahead and ordered some 1.78mm CS X 5.28mm Buna 70 rings. To replace if necessary. Only found one thread where that size is mentioned so I hope that is correct. I cannot find anything on Daystate's site that lists specific o ring sizes. I wish there was a schematic that had numbers by each part and a reference. I like to break down and fix my own rifles when needed rather than sending them off.
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Did you remove the barrel and used the carbon rod or just put the rod through the barrel while fully mounted and then pulled the patch through?

I'm just reading this thread and seems like A LOT of work if one does it the way Daystate or AoA recommend in their YouTube video - removing barrel, shroud, chrono cover, o-rings, replace o-rings etc after every few hundred shots. Wow.

Thanks for any insight.
 
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Ultralight said:
Is it possible to set the gun up with the chronograph removed and just have the barrel? This is after one sets up the Advanced setting in all the configurations needed for a particular gun and the chrono is no longer needed. And if yes, what does this look like?
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It can be removed, looks the same cause everything is covered by the shroud. You wil get a chrono error message on your screen. But why this platform?? Its all about the build in chrono. Maybe the Smart version is your thing..
 
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candiru said:
It can be removed, looks the same cause everything is covered by the shroud. You wil get a chrono error message on your screen. But why this platform?? Its all about the build in chrono. Maybe the Smart version is your thing..
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Only because I read a few accounts where removing the Chrono improved accuracy. Can one still screw on a moderator with the Chrono out? And the Chrono serves to do the initial set up. Finally,some who may already have the DW may want to avoid purchasing a Smart version.

THANKS for the interaction.
 
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