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Thread: Cleaning AR Dillemma

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    Something I'm surprised nobody has hit on...use a chamber brush.

    Everything else can be dirty as hell as long as it's lubed, but you really do want a relatively clean chamber.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Littlelebowski View Post
    I guess you track your cold bore shots then, right? And do you know exactly how the rifle will shoot until the bore is fouled enough that it is consistent?
    I have. But not on my ARs. I have cleaned my AR barrel after just one shot. It was a one time thing where I was just going to run a patch thru, but found that the barrel was just as dirty as if I had fired 20 rounds. You might be surprised at how dirty a single round makes an AR barrel.

    Crowns and throats have been damaged many, many times by overcleaning. Pat Rogers says that he has found that overcleaning is worse on rifles than just shooting them.
    He is so full of shit, I don't give much credit to anything he says/posts. You have to be negligent in your cleaning to do damage. The oldest barrel I own has been cleaned fanatically over the years, and is still quite capable of sub 2 MOA at 100 with irons.
    Last edited by markm; 05-26-09 at 09:57.

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    I would think that not cleaning would have the potential to cause more damage than cleaning.

    I know Pat Rogers has several guns that just get lubed and if that works for him great! I personally would rather just clean it up than store is fouled up.

    Besides it give me something to do while watching tv and smoking a cigar.
    Only hits count......you can not miss fast enough to catch up

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    I guess... I'll have to clean it after every range time then.

    at least I get to use my JP bore guide. bought it at 30 bucks and it's just sitting in my shelf.
    Last edited by lanceriley; 05-29-09 at 20:27.
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    Just snake it

    If I shoot it I clean it, if you shoot it YOU clean it. I clean every thing in my valt once a year, and after usage, even if I dont shoot it. I had my duty gun get rusted while in the holster, on my hip.
    I do live in Oregon where it rains even when the suns out so rust is in the picture. Cleaning is a good way to know your weapon, and as has been said : "Happness is a warm gun"
    Rob L

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