I'm sort of restarting my Fireclean test. When I first tried it, I did not remove all of the carbon from the bolt tails. Last night, I cleaned up two bolts, removing all carbon build up and reapplied the Fireclean. Usually, I'd just lube it up and go shoot. This time around, I'm going to apply a few light coats, wiping off and reapplying as prescribed, just to see if it actually makes a difference. I don't really expect it to eliminate carbon sticking to the bolt tail, but I'm going to at least give it a shot.
I would like to see this as well but compared to a bolt prepared the exact same way with Mobil 1. I owns several wonder lubes and still occasionally get suckered into buying one. This despite the fact that in 99% of the cases I've found their claims to be BS....especially the ones promoted by well respected/sponsored SME's. As far a lubrication Im in the "almost anything will work" camp.
But if something could assist in clean up I may be interested.
I am HIGHLY skeptical that ANY lube can help in this application considering the extreme heat and pressure involved here. I would need to see video evidence and then I would still question if the rifle had actually been fired with the advertised round count.
Otherwise I will stick to red bearing grease and Mobil 1 for the AR and deal with the carbon
Last edited by OldState; 03-17-14 at 15:05.
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