Cleaning an MG2 EVO

I'm getting quite a few FTEs on my MG2 - which I rather suspect means that it's time to do more than just clean the barrel. Interestingly I can't seem to find any information on how far (or even how) to strip and clean it. Anyone got any useful pointers?

Scrape the bolt face on the slide with dental pick, etc.

Disassembly:
Remove grips.
Remove barrel/shroud.
Remove top cover; place safety on before removing. Might need to pull trigger when removing, varies from gun to gun.
Remove guide rods and recoil springs.
To remove elevator;
Loosen small set screw in top left side of receiver. 
Push cross pin through the receiver either direction. Notice one end (left) has groove in pin for the set screw you loosened/removed.
Ejector and ejector spring are now loose; remove.
Remove elevator; has ball detents that lock into receiver. Just apply pressure until it pops out.

You will see the disconnector is held in the receiver by another pin. Leave in place. Align disconnector hole with elevator hole when reassembling.

You can now clean the hell out of it.  Assemble in reverse.

Jon

Just like that huh? :-)

Thanks Jon - I guess I know what I'm doing this evening then

Should the ejector and elevator be removed/cleaned for every cleaning, or can I simply do this every so often?

steveg6 wrote:Should the ejector and elevator be removed/cleaned for every cleaning, or can I simply do this every so often?

Doesn’t need removed every time you clean. Consider regular cleaning as field stripping and removing those as complete tear down cleaning.
Jon

Slava is a local shooter who uses an MG2. He has a couple videos on the pistol:
https://www.youtube.com/@slavazharichenko

Not familiar with this pistol but after purchasing an older Erma ESP85A I learned from the previous owner that the chamber needed to be cleaned with a solvent (hopps #9) dipped brush and spun to remove any fouling. He made me a special brush handle that a bore brush screws onto as opposed to a free spinning bore brush handle. This cleared up any FTEs I was having, especially with the heavily waxy CCI SV.

My MG2 is quite dirty.  Would it be inadvisable to immerse the frame/receiver in a cleaning solvent with the trigger mechanism in place?

paulj wrote:My MG2 is quite dirty.  Would it be inadvisable to immerse the frame/receiver in a cleaning solvent with the trigger mechanism in place?

I wouldn’t immerse it. Remove the carrier/elevator and you’ll have access to clean everything with Q-tips.
Jon

I wasn't thinking of using an aggressive solvent, just mineral spirits which shouldn't harm the plastic trigger guard.  I do have the elevator out and it's really dirty in there. I'd like it to get it clean without having to strip it down completely.  I've probably put 1500 rounds of CCI SV through it with only two or three malfunctions.

Your gun your call
Jon

Pull the barrel off, pull the top off then the slide, then just clean with oil and q tips from there.  Mine probably has close to 7-8k rounds through it using this method and I never have issues

I would presume that the manufacturer would have selected the plastics used in the gun to be compatible with gun cleaning chemicals and/or providing clear warnings in the owners manual on what kinds should not be used.  If all else fails, a solution for cleaning a really gunky pistol, a solution of warm water and Dawn dishwashing liquid might be a second choice.  If you do go with soapy water, immediately use a water displacing oil like MIL-PRF-32033 which you can get here: 
https://skygeek.com/brayco-300.html?utm_source=googlebase&utm_medium=shoppingengine&utm_content=brayco-300&utm_campaign=froogle

This oil is essentially VV-L-800 which was demonstrably better than WD-40.

I don't recall any plastic parts in my MG2 except the magazine tube. I do have printed grips on mine, not sure how they stand-up to solvents. So I remove them prior to cleaning.

When your cleaning, ensure the barrel is still held tight in the front sight housing. It's a set screw and a lock screw on top of it but will need to remove the front sight for access.

Would you mind making a video of the whole process?