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    I was told to clean very often with chamber and bore brushes. I stopped doing that, well I never really did it.

    This is my regimen which I find most reasonable for me, and works: clean every 800-1,000 rounds. Last time I fired around 900 rounds in a camping trip, the weapon was filthy because I put a bit too much drops of EWL on it. When out in the desert there though, more lube the better, sandish little rock dirt, whatever it is out there, got into the mags like no other, from prone, they still operated fine. They were not dirty compared to the soldiers in Iraq, however. The bolt was gritty as hell, you had to slam the charging handle forward, or have it lock back and use the bolt release else it would lose momentum and jam the gun. Next I will try "enough" lube, not more the better philosophy, due to gritty dirty experiences there. Though the fine rocks in the moving parts of the gun could have been responsible for feeding issues. I could work the gun, but my friend found it difficult not knowing.


    Most of my not cleaning my gun to get it dirty as hell is to know and understand its workings in that condition, for I know how it operates clean. And as I always hear: "You do not get into gun fights in sunny weather with raindows and stuff, etc." So knowing how the gun runs dirty, just if I am ever in that situation for some reason, is good knowledge. Same with when I ran until the lube dried. It is also like when my offroad trucking friends like when they see their truck all muddy: they know they just had fun and that is the result. So when can visibly see my gun filthy, I know I just worked hard all weekend trying to improve myself, I also, very strangely, enjoy the smell of it when its back in my room reeking up the place,

    When I do clean my rifle, I am usually coming back from a weekend of training- just drills I do myself no carbine classes yet- and its filthy, in my standards, over lubed with dirt stuck,and carbon and lube spewing out of the dust cover, the rifle is tan and the carbon outside the gun and lubing coming out is noticeable. So I put on the Bellator fights I missed that Friday, and get everything spotless with q-tips, I use no metal to clean my rifle.

    Yes, you can say I over clean it, it does not *need* to be spotless and the BCG does not need to be lit up with a light to less every last spot, but its more of a relaxing experience to me than it is fearing it not operating.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Swstock View Post
    Wow, talk about missing the sarcasm in the op
    Wow, talk about missing the rest of the thread.

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    There's nothing a q-tip can clean or reach that brake cleaner can't do better and faster. The white glove and "so and so taught me X amount of years ago so that is the ONLY way to do it" crowd are free to practice their peculiar form of weapons worship while ignoring thefact that there are indeed better and faster ways to do things though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Littlelebowski View Post
    Spray entire weapon including all internals out with non chrlorinated brake cleaner (outdoors). Relube heavily all wear points and where carbon accumulates. Punch bore with 2-6 patches of carbon solvent, then the same of copper solvent. Don't do this any more frequently than every 500 rounds, preferably double that. Replace springs and gas rings at recommended intervals. Enjoy your newfound free time and lessened exposure to chemicals.

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    This is what I do. I tend to run the internals a little wet with lube after cleaning.

    Looking back to my military days, I believe I caused more wear and tear on my rifle by the way I cleaned it than I ever did by firing it.

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    While MAYBE a little off topic, it's very interesting to see all the different responses and I'd like to hear more. While my desire is to have a 'spotless' rifle at all times, I'm just too danged lazy to spend more time cleaning than shooting.

    Actually, it gets in the way of having fun, as I'll have this internal debate..."If I shoot this, I'm gonna have to clean the dang thing when I get home"...

    Yeah, I've read the TM plenty of times, but I served long enough to know that the Army way isn't necessarily the "only" or "right" way..
    "Those who do can't explain; those who don't can't understand"...

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    why you were taught ti clean for 3 days....


    As primers were corrosive up to about 1952ish....and hot soapy water is also used to clean after using corrosive primers, this also may explain your showers....

    In defense of cleaning your AR once in blue moon, if not after every range trip, it does give you the opportunity to check for such things as damaged/cracked parts, loose carrier keys, etc.

    Maintenance does not only mean cleaning, it also means inspecting for wear and damage.

    Or you can just shoot it until it breaks....

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    I clean my rifle after every use but not obsessively.

    1. Use chamber brush to clean chamber(twirl for 20 seconds), followed bu a chamber mop to clean up.
    2. Wipe out upper with rag.
    3. Run bore snake down bore 2-3 times with lube on the brass brushes.
    4. Use small string part of borsnake to loop around gas tube and clean it.
    5. Completely wipe down BCG with rag and scrub the tail with a GI toothbrush lubed up for 20 seconds.
    6. Take Cat M-4 and put a 2x2" patch on end to clean inside of Bolt carrier.
    7. Wipe downCH.
    8. Remove buffer and spring, wipe them down with a rag.
    9. Use my rag to wipe down lower including FCG.
    10. Relube everything and reasseble.
    11. For the barrel iuse the tail end of the boresnake to wipe it off, and past the gandguards I use a rag, then relube for rust prevention.


    All in all takes no time and this gets my gun perfectly clean without doing harm.
    Quote Originally Posted by C4IGrant View Post
    Colt builds War Horses, not show ponies.
    Quote Originally Posted by Iraqgunz View Post
    This is 2012. The world is going to end this December and people are still trying to debate the merits of piece of shit, cost cutting crap AR's. Really?

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    Quote Originally Posted by easyv View Post

    As primers were corrosive up to about 1952ish....and hot soapy water is also used to clean after using corrosive primers, this also may explain your showers....

    In defense of cleaning your AR once in blue moon, if not after every range trip, it does give you the opportunity to check for such things as damaged/cracked parts, loose carrier keys, etc.

    Maintenance does not only mean cleaning, it also means inspecting for wear and damage.

    Or you can just shoot it until it breaks....
    Chrome lining wasn't a characteristic of most firearms produced during that era, either, hence the 'pitting' and 3 days of cleaning BS. The carry over of that information by people in charge from that era & Vietnam was passed from one NCO/Officer to another, adnauseum. Funny how 'hearsay & BS' throughout the ages, is more regulatory in nature to this day, rather than the information that's actually current in the operator's manual for that weapon. It's called being to ****in lazy to read up and keep current and following the dogma/mantra/BS of previous lazy inept leaders.

    It's like applying non-current info that doesn't apply from the first aircraft I ever flew 27 years ago, and trying to apply it to what I'm flying today. Not only would it would be completely incompetent, stupid and foolish, but I'd get my pilot's license cut in half by the Feds and fired by my company.
    For God and the soldier we adore, In time of danger, not before! The danger passed, and all things righted, God is forgotten and the soldier slighted." - Rudyard Kipling

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    That defines obsessive to me. Not talking shit.

    Quote Originally Posted by sinlessorrow View Post
    I clean my rifle after every use but not obsessively.

    1. Use chamber brush to clean chamber(twirl for 20 seconds), followed bu a chamber mop to clean up.
    2. Wipe out upper with rag.
    3. Run bore snake down bore 2-3 times with lube on the brass brushes.
    4. Use small string part of borsnake to loop around gas tube and clean it.
    5. Completely wipe down BCG with rag and scrub the tail with a GI toothbrush lubed up for 20 seconds.
    6. Take Cat M-4 and put a 2x2" patch on end to clean inside of Bolt carrier.
    7. Wipe downCH.
    8. Remove buffer and spring, wipe them down with a rag.
    9. Use my rag to wipe down lower including FCG.
    10. Relube everything and reasseble.
    11. For the barrel iuse the tail end of the boresnake to wipe it off, and past the gandguards I use a rag, then relube for rust prevention.


    All in all takes no time and this gets my gun perfectly clean without doing harm.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Littlelebowski View Post
    That defines obsessive to me. Not talking shit.
    How so? no scraping, no scrubbing and takes 15-20 minutes.
    Quote Originally Posted by C4IGrant View Post
    Colt builds War Horses, not show ponies.
    Quote Originally Posted by Iraqgunz View Post
    This is 2012. The world is going to end this December and people are still trying to debate the merits of piece of shit, cost cutting crap AR's. Really?

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