Stalon Moderator Damaged

[gixer1]

You would have to accept it as an additional point of failure when risk-assesing it.



I suspect some on here don't even clean their rifle once a year...

Unless they are shooting for an agency or under contract, there is no obligation for an annual 'gunsmith inspection' (which many could fill out themselves as an RFD).

I would say if you aren’t doing any maintenance on something that contains 55k psi in a chamber you maybe aren’t the full shilling!

Even a look up the bore could help!

Regards,
Gixer

 

[User00040]

I would say if you aren’t doing any maintenance on something that contains 55k psi in a chamber you maybe aren’t the full shilling!

Even a look up the bore could help!

Regards,
Gixer

How are you maintaining a sealed moderator?

If you read the instructions of an ASE mod, maintenance is limited at best:



Why add complexity?

 

[wytonpjs]

Actually, quite often as I’m off-road so much I used to spend too much time under the car emptying out the fuel tank guard where it had filled up with grass seeds and was smouldering away on the exhaust pipe rather too often

At risk of going off thread, but arguably still relevant, this tank guard is a perfect example where the designer had introduced a specific design to mitigate a hazard to the fuel tank (impact damage to the plastic tank - see the score in mine that triggered me to fit one) without considering all of the foreseeable hazards that actually exist in use. In doing so, the designer arguably introduced a more hazardous outcome of fire.

I’ve now fitted the better solution of a two-piece set of tank guards rather than the single piece. Simples……..

 

[gixer1]

How are you maintaining a sealed moderator?

If you read the instructions of an ASE mod, maintenance is limited at best:



Why add complexity?

None of mine are sealed. But if they were. I’d give them a spray with a cleaning agent. Dry and then look inside with an endoscope, a light spray with legia/light oil and a wipe over externally.

Regards.
Gixer

 

[wytonpjs]

None of mine are sealed. But if they were. I’d give them a spray with a cleaning agent. Dry and then look inside with an endoscope, a light spray with legia/light oil and a wipe over externally.

Regards.
Gixer

^^^^

With my replacement UTS F&D I do the above using this stuff:

Silensave 125ml Aerosol

Silensave 125ml Aerosol available from Napier UK a manufacture of gun care chemicals, materials and accessories this product is ready for immediate dispatch and featured in Oils, Cleaners and Cleaning Materials collection

www.napieruk.com

 

[Foxyboy43]

How are you maintaining a sealed moderator?

If you read the instructions of an ASE mod, maintenance is limited at best:



Why add complexity?

Yep I have a Stalon which being aluminium I use on everything from .222 up to .308 but only for low round count outings e.g. fox/deer. For range work just get an ASE Utra, attach to rifle, shoot all day, remove, quick squirt of WD40 store. Repeat just as I have done - for about 10 years….

 

[Miki]

At risk of going off thread, but arguably still relevant, this tank guard is a perfect example where the designer had introduced a specific design to mitigate a hazard to the fuel tank (impact damage to the plastic tank - see the score in mine that triggered me to fit one)

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Holy cow, that was close ....

 

[Tazz]

Had a Stalon on my 270 for 8 years lots of rounds through it no issues, I would buy another one tomorrow

 

[nun_hunter]

Yep I have a Stalon which being aluminium I use on everything from .222 up to .308 but only for low round count outings e.g. fox/deer. For range work just get an ASE Utra, attach to rifle, shoot all day, remove, quick squirt of WD40 store. Repeat just as I have done - for about 10 years….

This is key. I've used an Ase Utra for range use, and initially over the span of 4 weeks training put almost 2000rounds of 308 through it with no issues. I bought a Stalon X108 for my stalking rifle because it's light and it was a great price but I'm under no illusions that a light, thin aluminium moderator will not stand up to the same level of use and frequency of shots as a stainless steel sealed mod.

Mods are expensive and needing a slot on your FAC for one is a pain so I get people want to buy one for stalking and then use it for a bit of practicing too. This is generally where issues arise though. Using it for something it wasn't intended for and unnecessary stripping and cleaning. The Stalon mods can be taken partially apart but the manufacturers recommendation is just to blast it with compressed air and keep it dry.