Gas Tube Pipe Cleaners, 16-inches Long, 50 Pack

Not having touched an M-16 since my 70’s Marine days, I obviously didn’t buy these for cleaning gas tubes. Rather, I use them for cleaning extractor and firing pin channels or anything else on my pistols too small for a Q-tip. For those of us who completely disassemble our 1911’s and other pistols to thoroughly clean them, these are a must. Though I use solvent and spray cleaner nozzle brushes to softly scrub out the channels, residue is left behind. These cleaners pick that up. In the firing pin channel they are actually so soft and the cleaner wire so thin that you can run them right out into the chamber getting rid of anything that might build up in the striker hole. 16″ too long for a pistol? Once one four or five inch piece is too dirty to use, I just snip it off and go to the next five inches. In the frame of a 1911 and its various parts, there are at least five places where a Q-tip can’t go. These pipe cleaners get into all of them. What little lint which rarely, very rarely, might be left behind is quickly removed with a puff of your breath. I highly recommend pistol owners add these to your cleaning product supplies.

The gas tube on an AR does not usually get too dirty, but I still clean it every so often anyway. I do not lube it after cleaning, instead I run some acetone or 99% isopropryl alcohol through it. The acetone or alcohol will completely evaporate leaving no residue. I have heard too many stories about lube just collecting dirt in a gas tube and that they do not necessarily need to be cleaned. I have never had an issue with my technique, and I hate dirty weapons, so I clean it.

They do the job of cleaning the gas tube on an AR rifle very well. After I purchased these gas tube pipe cleaners, I discovered you can buy virtually the same thing for about one quarter the cost at Walmart. Nothing against the pipe cleaners from Amazon, but for one quarter the price I will buy them from Walmart in the future.

These are basically extended length pipe cleaners suitable for scrubbing out the gas tube on gas impinging rifles, such as the M-16 and AR15. No matter how you cut it, if you have one of these rifles you will need this product sooner or later. The 50 pack is an economical and convenient way to buy them.

I use it strictly to clean my firearms. It’s perfect for small places like gas tubes. I’ll never be without it in my firearms cleaning supplies. It does get in places where cotton swaps can’t reach or clean.

Exactly as expected and just what I needed. I don’t use them for my AR, I use them to clean and dry MIC Key feeding tube. Quality is excellent. I have used them for the gas tube on a Bushmaster M4A3 and I am sure there are many other uses for these.

Ok, I see some of you are having difficulty pushing the pipe cleaner completely down the gas tube. Start pushing the cleaner down the tube, when it stops, use a plastic straw to go over the pipe cleaner and push it down over the tube, then the pipe cleaner won’t bend. You should be able to go completely done the tube.