Huben K1 barrel cleaner (edit: works for .22 and .25)

[weevil]

Just sharing a hack devised to clean the K1 barrel quickly and easily. My friend and owner of a 25 confessed that he had never cleaned his barrel (3 years and many thousand shots!) because he didn’t want to get into any disassembly. We set about crafting a device to clean it that doesn’t require anything more than removing the moderator (if you have one fitted). It consists of a plastic tube within another tube - actually a radio control aircraft servo control rod, but any similar plastic tubes that just fit in the bore could be used. The inner tube has a fishing line loop glued into its end with epoxy, to hold the patch. Here is a shot of the smaller (yellow) tube holding the patch, inside the larger blue tube:

The yellow tube is retracted, pulling the patch into the blue tube ready for insertion into the muzzle:

Note that the blue tube has a black mark that represents the point to stop inserting it, measured to reach just shy of the magazine. The yellow tube tube has another mark that represents the point that it should be pushed into the blue tube to fully release the patch:

Then, as you guessed, the tubes are pulled out together, allowing the patch to clean. Rinse and repeat until you’re done, which in the case of this gun, was >20 patches!

Then clean the mag with a q-tip.

Just as easy as cleaning a conventional barrel, aside from the fact that it was so so dirty…

 

[AlanMcD]

Brilliant!! To date I have not minded occasionally taking the gun apart, but I do like that idea!

 

[Deadlands]

That’s a clever idea! I been trying to figure out a way to do this without pushing the muck back into the action as I clean from the muzzle

 

[Hampton]

Great idea! This should be moved to the All Things Huben thread.

 

[weevil]

Great idea! This should be moved to the All Things Huben thread.

Thanks for the suggestion - I added a link

 

[weevil]

Here is a pic of the kit that I used which was perfect for the 25cal: (available on eBay)

 

[weevil]

I’m also happy to report that the Gold-n-rod (pictured above) also fits easily into the .22 barrel. This was done with a 2018 model (Gen 2, with black trigger and safety).

 

[weevil]

Another update: We had a chance to shoot the gun after cleaning and there was a substantial improvement in accuracy. Not surprising - it was like an oilfield in the barrel. Following that, I have decided to get one. I’ve been on the fence for a Leshiy 2, but the K1 has won me over. Now to decide between 22 and 25.

 

[HubenK1Sniper92]

Another update: We had a chance to shoot the gun after cleaning and there was a substantial improvement in accuracy. Not surprising - it was like an oilfield in the barrel. Following that, I have decided to get one. I’ve been on the fence for a Leshiy 2, but the K1 has won me over. Now to decide between 22 and 25.

Get them both