Rings Too Tight?

[Milspec78]

I have been putting a couple of drops of oil on the same set of rings for at least 5,000-6,000 rounds,I am still impressed by the seal they provide given the round count,but i’m Not the torture test type...my guns are coddled(meaning they are cleaned and lubed after every trip out)

[MistWolf]

What is the difference between putting oil directly on the rings or putting the oil in the exhaust ports where it contacts the rings anyway?

None.

[26 Inf]

Our armorers would walk by and ask us to pull the bolt carrier back about an inch and then spray CLP out of a big squirt bottle multiple times directly on to the rings.

We all died because our weapons malfunctioned.

Well, sure that's because lubing the rings was from an Army TM, and it is bad juju for a Marine to do anything IAW Army instructions. I know this because I've been in both branches. For instance, during jump school they taught us the Army way to do PLF's. Eff that, I'm a Marine, got the tat and everything, I just closed my eyes and waited until I stopped moving.

Unlike you, I'm still alive and posting here. Why? Because I did things the Marine way.

In fact, the only Army training that I ever did everything the way they (the Army) said to do it was the Pathfinder Course. And that was only because we made these way cool maps with plastic on them and they let us color on them. As you and the lady from HK know, Marines love to color. We used pens that if you got outside the lines, you just used alcohol to make the bo bo disappear. It was fun.

It was like Marine Heaven, only with Army guys running the show.

[Iraqgunz]

True story. I put lube on my gas rings once and I was almost killt in a firefight from the bolt having excess lube. Shit starting slipping on me like the tranny of a 1959 F-100.

[Dr. Bullseye]

Here is an Army film about cleaning an lubing the M16 A2. Go to the 11:47 mark and see how they recommend lubing the BCG and then the bolt. They spray CLP on them and then wipe them off. The residual oil left on there is all the lube you need in their opinion (at least at that time).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HXFobzhJdo

[Dr. Bullseye]

True story. I put lube on my gas rings once and I was almost killt in a firefight from the bolt having excess lube. Shit starting slipping on me like the tranny of a 1959 F-100.

So you are saying directly lubricating the rings results in over lubrication which can lead to malfunction, right?

[hk_shootr]

Here is an Army film about cleaning an lubing the M16 A2. Go to the 11:47 mark and see how they recommend lubing the BCG and then the bolt. They spray CLP on them and then wipe them off. The residual oil left on there is all the lube you need in their opinion (at least at that time).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HXFobzhJdo

Is a 7+ year old CATM video even relevant?

Oh, and its a AIR FORCE film

[flenna]

I thought ARs were self-lubricating?

[arptsprt]

Um, I’m pretty certain IG is employing a technique called sarcasm.

So you are saying directly lubricating the rings results in over lubrication which can lead to malfunction, right?

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[Eurodriver]

True story. I put lube on my gas rings once and I was almost killt in a firefight from the bolt having excess lube. Shit starting slipping on me like the tranny of a 1959 F-100.

Heh.

You said....

Tranny.