Something I'm surprised nobody has hit on...use a chamber brush.
Everything else can be dirty as hell as long as it's lubed, but you really do want a relatively clean chamber.
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Something I'm surprised nobody has hit on...use a chamber brush.
Everything else can be dirty as hell as long as it's lubed, but you really do want a relatively clean chamber.
I have. But not on my ARs. I have cleaned my AR barrel after just one shot. It was a one time thing where I was just going to run a patch thru, but found that the barrel was just as dirty as if I had fired 20 rounds. You might be surprised at how dirty a single round makes an AR barrel.
He is so full of shit, I don't give much credit to anything he says/posts. You have to be negligent in your cleaning to do damage. The oldest barrel I own has been cleaned fanatically over the years, and is still quite capable of sub 2 MOA at 100 with irons.Quote:
Crowns and throats have been damaged many, many times by overcleaning. Pat Rogers says that he has found that overcleaning is worse on rifles than just shooting them.
I would think that not cleaning would have the potential to cause more damage than cleaning.
I know Pat Rogers has several guns that just get lubed and if that works for him great! I personally would rather just clean it up than store is fouled up.
Besides it give me something to do while watching tv and smoking a cigar.
I guess... I'll have to clean it after every range time then.:D
at least I get to use my JP bore guide. bought it at 30 bucks and it's just sitting in my shelf.
If I shoot it I clean it, if you shoot it YOU clean it. I clean every thing in my valt once a year, and after usage, even if I dont shoot it. I had my duty gun get rusted while in the holster, on my hip.
I do live in Oregon where it rains even when the suns out so rust is in the picture. Cleaning is a good way to know your weapon, and as has been said : "Happness is a warm gun"