With all of the lube threads we have had lately on this forum, I started asking myself some questions. Now, I've shot AR's tens of thousands of rounds, but I rarely shoot more than 300 rounds a session and run my rifles wet with ballistol. But I don't think I have ever had a lube related failure.
So....
What part is it that tends to run dry and have problems? The bolt I would imagine, but what part of the bolt? The tail behind the gas rings? That's the only part that I have ever seen dry after shooting. How many rounds does it normally take to start having problems? And finally, just what type of problems do you start experiencing when you run out of lube?
I know this seems like a noob question, and maybe it is, maybe I have never run my guns hard enough to experience these problems, but I would like to know from those that have.


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