When it comes to choosing the best Solvent Trap for your .30 Cal Firearm to collect solvent during cleaning, it comes down to preference and any solvent trap with the correct thread pitch will work to clean your .30 Cal.

The most commonly purchased solvent traps for .30 Cal setups are our Grade 5 Titanium 1.57″ OD AST Kit, 304 Stainless Steel AST Kit, and our 7″ Grade 5 Titanium 1.45″ OD Tube Solvent Trap Kit. All of these options would use a 5/8×24″ Thread Mount for this setup.

• GR5 Titanium 1.57″ OD Adaptive Solvent Trap™ Kit 
• 304 Stainless Steel 1.57″ OD Adaptive Solvent Trap Kit
•  7” GR5 Titanium 1.45”OD Tube Kit with 9 Stainless Steel Storage Cups

Titanium is more corrosion resistant than aluminum and other metals, but if it helps, our aluminum kits are Aircraft Grade. Therefore, titanium is a more expensive option due to the materials, but the best bang for your buck. Another reason a Titanium Kit may be best for a .30 Cal firearm is if the solvent trap is also being used as a misfire risk reduction device.

Please note: Armory Den does not claim responsibility for the use of a solvent trap as a misfire risk reduction device and makes no guarantees that risk of injury or property damage will not occur in the event of a misfire. But larger caliber firearms would require stronger metals if used in this capacity.

Most medium to large frame Glocks, be it Gen 3-5 Glock Model 19, 23, 17, 22, etc. have what’s known as a ‘guide rod’, which poses an issue when it comes to cleaning with a solvent trap. If you purchase a solvent trap and direct thread it to your Glock you will not be able to ‘rack’ or ‘cock’ the slide as your Glock’s guide rod will hit the base of the solvent trap, impeding the slide motion from opening the ejection port area for cleaning.

Therefore, it is best to purchase either our 1.57”OD Billet Aluminum or Titanium Adaptive Solvent Trap with the TPI Adapter Included OR our 7”  Aluminum or Titanium Tube 1.45”  with Stainless Steel Cups Kits.

If you go with our 1.57”OD Adaptive Solvent Trap Kit option, you will want to purchase our ADV1 or ADV2 Booster with the correct thread pitch for your Glock (i.e. 45ACP = .578×28, 9mm = 1/2×28”, 40 S&W = 9/16×24”, etc.). Using the included TPI adapter with the 1.57”OD AST Kit will allow you to adapt to either of the above mentioned boosters, which solves the “guide rod issue”.

If you purchase one of the 7” Tube with Stainless Steel Storage Cups Kits, you will want to purchase the M34 Booster in the correct barrel thread pitch to match your Glock Caliber/Barrel Thread. See our Thread Pitch Size Guide for more information.

This is important since our 1.45”OD Tube Kits have a special non-standardized tube thread. Purchasing this M34 Booster will also solve the “guide rod issue” Then your slide will full rack and you will be able to insert solvents and cleaning tools into your barrel through the ejection port area. See the video on our homepage www.armoryden.com for more information.

We get this question quite a bit. The only solvent trap kits that we currently have that have standardized thread pitches are our 1.57”OD Billet Aluminum Adaptive Solvent Trap and 1.57”OD GR5 Titanium Adaptive Solvent Trap Kits. They have 1.375×24”| 1.375×24 TPI tube threads and if the correct kit option is chosen when “Adding to Cart” to include the TPI Adapter, this adapter will convert the 1.375×24” thread pitch to a standard B Cell Thread Pitch of 1-3/16×24” (1.1875×24”).

Therefore, this kit will work with a Quick Detach setup  if you purchase a muzzle break or quick detach muzzle device that adapts to a 1-3/16×24” thread pitch. Our Trinity Trilug works with 3-lug muzzle devices or quick detach muzzle devices setup as 3-Lug Quick Detach Muzzle Breaks and will thread to the 1-3/16×24” adapter mentioned above.

Another option is to find an adapter that translates a 1.375×24 TPI Pitch to the correct outer thread of a threaded muzzle break. This is a muzzle break that has an outer thread so you can screw your solvent trap over the muzzle break directly without removing it (like you have to remove your flash hider with direct thread setups).

No. Our 7” Aluminum or Titanium 1.45” OD Tube with Stainless Steel Storage Cups Kits are not B Cell Kits. D Cell Kits have Outer Diameters of 1.5” and Inner Diameters of 1.3”, while B Cell Kits have Outer Diameters of 1.313” and Inner Diameters of 1.15”. These B and D Cell Tubes normally have 1.1875×24” or 1.375×24” Thread Pitches.

Our kits in question have 1.45” Outer Diameters and 1.25” Inner Diameters and a custom Eurometric Thread Pitch.

Therefore, if you are looking for a Booster setup for this kit, you will want to purchase our M34 Booster.

*Remember though, our Boosters are sold only to supplement the cleaning process for those pistols that have issues, such as Glocks Guide Rod Issue, where the Guide Rod hits the base of a directly thread solvent trap. In this case, we recommend our Boosters to extend and add enough space so the guide rod doesn’t hit the base of the solvent trap.

This will be purely based on preference and also on the size of the solvent trap being used to clean the rifle in question. Assuming you are using one of our 10” Aluminum Tube 1.45”OD with Stainless Steel Cups Kits, using the spacer plus 4 to 6 cups should be optimal.

As you jam your cleaning rod through your rifles ejection port area (after applying your chosen cleaning solvent) your rod will go down your barrel and into your solvent trap. You may not want to use all of the storage cups as this will leave a little extra room for the cups to have some motion and for the solvent to collect and flow around the side of the storage cups.

We recommend playing with the amount of cups you use during the cleaning process to get the best and most comfortable setup that works for you.

Armory Den has plans to roll out more Titanium Solvent Trap options in the near future, but currently there exist two options the Den wheelhouse: The 7” Grade 5 Titanium Tube 1.45”OD with Stainless Steel Cups Kit and the other is the 1.57”OD Grade 5 Titanium Adaptive Solvent Trap™ Kit. These are two completely different kits with unique differences.

Besides the fact that one is a tube and storage cup kit and one is an adaptive solvent trap kit, the main difference is that the GR5 Titanium AST Kit has a 1.375×24″ pitch and the 7” GR5 Titanium Tube Kit has a m34x1.25 eurometric pitch. Therefore, the only muzzle extension available for the 7” GR5 Titanium Tube Kit to support the cleaning process (See Homepage Video) of firearms with guide rod issues is the M34 Booster. There’s nothing else available on the market to adapt to this rare eurometric pitch.

Because the 1.57”OD GR5 Titanium AST Kit has a more standardized 1.375×24 TPI|1.375×24” Thread Pitch, there are many items on the market that may adapt to this thread pitch to support the cleaning process. Additionally, the 1.57”OD GR5 Titanium AST Kit can be purchased with the optional 1.375×24”(male) to 1.1875×24”|1-3/16×24”(female) TPI adapter to adapt to muzzle devices such as our ADV1 and ADV2 Booster Kits to support the pistol cleaning process.

This is a very common question and the short answer is yes, you can use the 1.57” Billet Aluminum Cups, Tubes, End Caps or Thread Mounts on the Titanium and visa versa.

If you are threading Titanium to  Aluminum, thread the parts together carefully, otherwise the hardness of the GR5 Titanium parts can cause unnecessary wear and finish removal of the 1.57” Billet Aluminum Adaptive Solvent Trap Kit.

This is a great question, we get this one quite a bit! “Direct Thread Only” means means that the solvent trap was built to be directly threaded to a firearm for cleaning using a thread mount. The tube threads on these kits were not threaded with aftermarket adaptation in mind. Some of these kits have rare eurometric thread pitches. For example, Our 9″ 1.73″ OD D Cell K Cup Kit was created with 1.375″ diameter D Cell sized K Cups, but we did not use a standard D Cell Thread Pitch (normally that is 1.375-24 TPI). The reason for this is because this is a heavier kit that one would not normally use in conjunction with a booster to a clean a pistol. Putting such a kit on a pistol will most likely make the cleaning process more of a chore than not using a kit at all – this is due to the fact that this kit comes with 304 stainless steel K cups and is on the heavier end.

The 1.10″ Stainless Steel Adaptive Solvent Trap Kit is another example of a direct thread only setup – 1.10″ is very small in outer diameter as is and even if there were a thread pitch available that is more standardized, there exist no muzzle devices on the market that will adapt to such a small diameter kit.

Additionally, our 10″ Long by 1.75″ OD Aluminum Tube with 1.25″ID Stainless Steel Cups Kit is another direct thread only setup; it’s Eurometric thread pitch does not allow for aftermarket muzzle devices.

So if these are direct thread only setups, what do you offer that is not?

Our 1.57″OD Billet Aluminum Adaptive Solvent Trap Kit with 60 Degree Adaptive Storage Cups, Our 1.57″OD GR5 Titanium Adaptive Solvent Trap Kit with 60 Degree Adaptive Storage Cups Kit and our Radial-8 Billet Aluminum Adaptive Solvent Trap Kit with 60 Degree Radial Storage Cups Kit all come with 1.375-24 TPI Tube, End Cap and Storage Cup Thread Pitches. This is a standardized thread pitch that adapts to many muzzle devices on the market to support the cleaning process. Furthermore, these kits come with an optional 1.375-24 TPI (Male) to 1.1875-24  TPI (Female) Adapter that allows for further adaptation to devices such as boosters and trilugs, again to support the firearm cleaning process.

Our 7″ Titanium Tube 1.45″OD with 1.25″ID Stainless Steel Storage Cups Kit and our 7″ Aluminum Tube 1.45″OD with 1.25″ID Stainless Steel Storage Cups Kit both come with a M34x1.25 Eurometric pitch. Though these two kits do not adapt to aftermarket muzzle devices,  for those looking to clean their pistols and avoid the “Guide Rod Issue” inherent in pistols such as Glocks, Armory Den offers the M34 Booster that will work with these kits.

Plans for the near future?

Armory Den is currently working with its US Manufacturing Partner to develop 5.5″, 7.5″ and 9.5″ B Cell and D Cell Aluminum Tube Kits. These kits will come with a new style stainless steel storage cup and they will be Mil-8635-A Type III Anodized. The B Cell kits will have a 1.1875-24 TPI Thread Pitch and the D Cell Kits will have a 1.375-24 TPI Thread Pitch (which will also work with our 1.375-24 TPI (Male) to 1.1875-24  TPI (Female) Adapter). These should be launched by mid-2021 latest.