will not cleaning an ar15 bore/barrel after a certain amount of time effect the accuracy of the rifle or slowly ware the barrel down?
if so what time frame we looking at? 1 or 2 years or carbon build up in the barrel w/o cleaning?
will not cleaning an ar15 bore/barrel after a certain amount of time effect the accuracy of the rifle or slowly ware the barrel down?
if so what time frame we looking at? 1 or 2 years or carbon build up in the barrel w/o cleaning?
Last edited by snackgunner; 02-10-18 at 09:06.
It depends on the number of bullets through it, not the days that pass by it. With that said, copper fouling is more of and issue than carbon.
Last edited by Inkslinger; 02-10-18 at 09:26.
No offense, but if you are asking this question you will definitely not be wearing the barrel out. There’s lots of articles on it, and after the Army I had a lot of misconceptions about cleaning. I now shoot more than I ever did in the army as a Scout and I clean on my birthday in July and New Years. No malfunctions related to cleanliness and no accuracy degradation. Keep it well lubricated and every now and then run a bore snake through it. It’ll be fine.
When you're done saying what you're saying, stop saying it.
I can't remember how to clean a rifle. My gun cleaning tool box has cob webs and dust on it.
"What would a $2,000 Geissele Super Duty do that a $500 PSA door buster on Black Friday couldn't do?" - Stopsign32v
I remember reading that Filthy 14 went 40,000+ rounds and the guys ay EAG never cleaned the barrel, bore, or chamber.
I'm sure there are vehicles that have gone 30-40 miles without an oil change because their owners don't know enough to have it changed. Sure it is a testament to the reliability of the vehicle, but probably not best.
Filthy 14 was a torture test to prove that the DI system would run almost indefinitely as long as it was lubed. I think that somehow people forgot that with all the publicity of the round count.
Keep it lubed and clean it when you want to. I'd be thinking you were nucking futs if you were to carry a weapon into harms way that hadn't been cleaned in 10,000 rounds, but obsessive cleaning is not necessary.
I run a bore snake every now and again, and when I think 'hmm, that looks bad' I'll do a complete clean.
Many guys that shoot a lot are not obsessive cleaners. I have a friend who was in the top five at the Bianchi Cup a couple years ago, essentially he cleans his pistol when it gets sluggish, otherwise he pretty much just tilts muzzle down and puts some oil - Hoppes - on the back of each slide rail and lets it run through with a couple of cycles. He is a sponsored shooter and I'd be willing to bet he puts more through his pistol each year than almost anyone of this forum.
We can overthink it.
"What would a $2,000 Geissele Super Duty do that a $500 PSA door buster on Black Friday couldn't do?" - Stopsign32v
I'm not much of a cleaner either. I haven't seen any degradation in accuracy on my main rifle from round 0 to round 8000... I run a red dot, it hits plates at 300.. When it stops doing that I will put a new barrel on it. (just for reference.. DD CHF barrel). I'm not positive this rifle has seen a bore brush in it's life. I do blow out the upper, lower and BCG with brakleen periodically and lube every trip to the range.
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