Evil Bert
02-05-11, 20:00
After you throw 500 rounds through your AR, what is your normal cleaning routine? What cleaning kit, CLP brand, patches or snake, etc. Do you use a separate cleaner/degreaser? I am extremely interested in those of you who use grease on any part of the BCG.
I use a standard issue cleaning kit. First I use Slip2000 cleaner/degreaser to clean all the parts. A scribe to remove carbon in tough to reach places. Then I use steel wool to clean the bolt tail and the inside of the carrier. Then I use Slip2000 EWL50 on front half of the BC and a not too thin, not too thick layer of lube on the bolt. Then a thin layer of lube on all metal-2-metal contact points.
I have used weapon shield and plenty of other CLPs. I choose the EWL50 because it is thicker and tends to stay put better then most others. WS, BF, and others tend to always drain toward the stock during storage. EWL50 does this as well, but not as bad.
I clean the chamber with the standard chamber brush, etc and I run the bore brush through the barrel 3 - 4 times. Then run 5 - 6 patches with Slip2000 cleaner/degreaser. Then run dry patches till fully clean.
Once fully clean, I will run a patch with a liberal amount of EWL50 through the barrel 2 - 3 times.
I have been considering grease, however, I am nervous about grease as I fear it would only decrease reliability with a high round count.
Any thoughts on this?
I use a standard issue cleaning kit. First I use Slip2000 cleaner/degreaser to clean all the parts. A scribe to remove carbon in tough to reach places. Then I use steel wool to clean the bolt tail and the inside of the carrier. Then I use Slip2000 EWL50 on front half of the BC and a not too thin, not too thick layer of lube on the bolt. Then a thin layer of lube on all metal-2-metal contact points.
I have used weapon shield and plenty of other CLPs. I choose the EWL50 because it is thicker and tends to stay put better then most others. WS, BF, and others tend to always drain toward the stock during storage. EWL50 does this as well, but not as bad.
I clean the chamber with the standard chamber brush, etc and I run the bore brush through the barrel 3 - 4 times. Then run 5 - 6 patches with Slip2000 cleaner/degreaser. Then run dry patches till fully clean.
Once fully clean, I will run a patch with a liberal amount of EWL50 through the barrel 2 - 3 times.
I have been considering grease, however, I am nervous about grease as I fear it would only decrease reliability with a high round count.
Any thoughts on this?