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    Quote Originally Posted by Jewell View Post
    You clean it less with froglube. At least I do. Before I used froglube, I'd clean and re-lube my guns after every range visit. Sure I probably didn't need to, but that's the Marine in me. Anyhow, this would take me quite awhile. With the froglube, when I get back from the range, I just wipe everything down. That saves me time. I have to do that initial treatment again every once in awhile, but that probably still takes less time then actually cleaning them took me before. Use whatever works for you.
    I guess "less" is relative. For me, that could be somewhere between 500-2000 rounds on average. Either way, the regimen that you guys are describing would be a step backwards for me. My process is simple. When the gun is really nasty and I have some downtime, I'll clean it. That entails a quick wipe down with a paper towel, swipe the bore with a boresnake, patch & rod or whatever is handy, clean the chamber, wipe out the receiver, relube & carry on. Very similar to FL, right? Except it's simpler. No fudging with a hair dryer or heat gun & no concerns over whether I did it right. Plus, if I don't feel like cleaning it or don't have time, can give it a few drops of lube and keep on trucking. The benefit is that I can continually add lube, whether it's Fireclean or something else and the gun keeps running, without concerns of over doing it and without having to clean the gun out of fear that I'll hit some unknown failure point. Bottom line is, I don't want to think that hard about lubricant. I want to apply & shoot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mtdawg169 View Post
    I guess "less" is relative. For me, that could be somewhere between 500-2000 rounds on average. Either way, the regimen that you guys are describing would be a step backwards for me. My process is simple. When the gun is really nasty and I have some downtime, I'll clean it. That entails a quick wipe down with a paper towel, swipe the bore with a boresnake, patch & rod or whatever is handy, clean the chamber, wipe out the receiver, relube & carry on. Very similar to FL, right? Except it's simpler. No fudging with a hair dryer or heat gun & no concerns over whether I did it right. Plus, if I don't feel like cleaning it or don't have time, can give it a few drops of lube and keep on trucking. The benefit is that I can continually add lube, whether it's Fireclean or something else and the gun keeps running, without concerns of over doing it and without having to clean the gun out of fear that I'll hit some unknown failure point. Bottom line is, I don't want to think that hard about lubricant. I want to apply & shoot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mtdawg169 View Post
    I guess "less" is relative. For me, that could be somewhere between 500-2000 rounds on average. Either way, the regimen that you guys are describing would be a step backwards for me. My process is simple. When the gun is really nasty and I have some downtime, I'll clean it. That entails a quick wipe down with a paper towel, swipe the bore with a boresnake, patch & rod or whatever is handy, clean the chamber, wipe out the receiver, relube & carry on. Very similar to FL, right? Except it's simpler. No fudging with a hair dryer or heat gun & no concerns over whether I did it right. Plus, if I don't feel like cleaning it or don't have time, can give it a few drops of lube and keep on trucking. The benefit is that I can continually add lube, whether it's Fireclean or something else and the gun keeps running, without concerns of over doing it and without having to clean the gun out of fear that I'll hit some unknown failure point. Bottom line is, I don't want to think that hard about lubricant. I want to apply & shoot.
    It is relative, good point!

    You are cleaning every 500-2000 rnds now, because the gun is "really nasty", right? With FL the gun won't get that nasty that quickly, you can shoot longer between cleanings without worry. And the clean will involve everything you are doing now, even the relube (if you want to) BUT you will only need to use a few drops to lube everything, not a few drops here and a few there and a few more over here. Fudging with the hairdryer is a once a year event for me, could be longer but I enjoy doing it.

    You mention if you don't feel like cleaning you can add a few drops of lube and keep on trucking with the benefit being, you can continually add lube without fear of hitting some unknown failure point, I used to think the same way when I was hooked on oil based lubes. With FL, if the BCG looks dirty just pop it out and wipe it down on your shirt and go back to shooting or story it away.

    That being said, if you're shooting corrosive ammo I would strip it, heat it and lube after each shooting session. I don't have experience with corrosive ammo and FL because I stopped shooting it in the 90's.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mtdawg169 View Post
    So here's a question. If someone followed that line of thinking, what would they do when the gun got so dirty that it started to malfunction? Normally, you would squirt some lube into the BCG and keep shooting. In order to follow the procedure you describe and maintain minimal frog lube application, you would have to clean the gun and then reapply as described. Otherwise, you would be overlubing according to your theory. Screw that. I don't ever want to have to worry about "too much" lube in an AR. No one has time for that.
    I don't think you have to worry about too much lube.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Warp View Post
    I don't think you have to worry about too much lube.
    I dunno, that's what people keep telling me when I talk about it turning into glue on three different guns. I mean, I *must* have done something wrong, because it couldn't possibly be the Froglube, right?

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    I followed the instructions as written after reading all the grandiose reviews on it, wiped off all the excess after treating the parts. It worked fine until the cold weather came. My weapon stays in a safe in the back of a vehicle. It gummed up quickly and slowed the actions down enough to be concerned as to why.

    Then my partners weapon started having the same issues.

    We cleaned/stripped all weapons of it and threw the rest out. It was not the savior it was made out to be.

    For me, to use something like this after what I witnessed just to spare myself from having to clean my own weapon after firing it or to spare my senses of some oily smells or spots on my jeans just doesn't fit for me.

    Getting dirty together and then spending time cleaning it and caring for it after each round of fire is all part of the rifle to me. It's what I know and how I was trained.

    I won't buy it again and advise against it for my friends around my parts.

    Respectfully.

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