I wonder how the barrels are doing.![]()
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I wonder how the barrels are doing.![]()
We miss you, AC.
We miss you, ToddG.
Boys, when it comes to cleaning, those old Marine Corps lessons/habits do not die easily.
As a side note though. I do appreciate when our S3 puts Former Marines on 240B and 249 teams!Makes my job a hell of alot more pleasant.
S/F
Al
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I don't clean to "white glove" inspection anymore, either, but I still keep my weapons in acceptable condition.
Speaking of Pat, and not trying to speak for him....but the extensive round counts without cleaning is not supposed to be something people are doing with duty weapons. His specific end goal is to INDUCE failure in a weapon. It doesn't mean anyone here relying on their weapon should be intentionally not cleaning their guns out because Pat ran a gun to 26k without cleaning it.
And no "white glove" cleaning is not necessary, and that (in a mil sense) has more to do with ingrained maintenance on new recruits, teaching them attention to detail, and importantly eating time than anything. For most of us who have served we can all remember that shit especially with a new q-tip, and if there was any black on that ****er after going over the entire weapon you were sent back for more cleaning. That is "too much" cleaning, and is not needed to keep a gun running reliably. Now I spend 15-20 minutes per gun every 1k-2k rounds, and even still some people claim that is too much.
That is truly impressive. But I too would like to see how long one lasts that is just "wiped off" now and then.
This. Exactly.
I can't say for sure but I think the point of this experiment was to see how long the rifle would run on the dirtiest ammo out there.
I am interested to hear how many stuck cases and other malfunctions there were.
But as said before, this is kind of a slap in the face to the keep em' spotless or it's a jam-o-matic crowd.
BTW: I have about the same cleaning regiment as you. Never had a single problem.
True dat. Pat even says that he would never treat a work gun like his personal guns and especially his T&E guns, and nor would I.
The most rounds I ran through a gun without cleaning was around 4,000 rounds, 2,000 of which were in back to back carbine courses a month apart from each other, with my BCM 11.5" URX II SBR with Triple Tap Brake. After being "brainwashed" lol in boot camp about weapons maintenance, I had to prove it to myself that a carbine could run extremely well without cleaning it and only adding good quality lube (in my case Slip 2000 EWL and also a little EWL 30). I came away from that pretty impressed.
S/F
Paul
All I can say is WOWthat is crazy... not going to do something like this myself... but I really would like to know how many Malfunctions... Makes me not feel as abad about using wolf as I used to .
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Exactly!!! As a rule if I plan on shooting for a day or "X number" of hours I also factor time spent afterward for cleaning.
And it does on occasion happen that something occurs that I can't clean when I get home and it weirds me out until I get it done.
Yeah its an unconscious response to MANY years in the Army.. But 'm ok with it and embrace it.![]()
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