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    I just want to make a little clarification for those who think that some of us don't clean our weapons. That isn't the case.

    I do clean my AR. I just don't bust out dozens of silly cleaners, and other stuff. I do a wipe down of the BCG, I look for obvious issues, firing pin hole, extractor, FP retainer pin, etc.. I then punch the barrel quickly, re-lube and shoot. It's about a 10-15 minute process and not the hours long anal probing with white gloves like the .MIL.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Arctic1 View Post
    What is the rationale behind not cleaning the gun regularly here?
    A lot of it comes from people realizing that the myths about the AR FOW needing to be completely clean to have any hopes of working are just plain wrong. Combine that with the fact that more military weapons are worn-out due to cleaning effort instead of actual shooting, and it becomes a little annoying to hear people insist that the weapon need to be detail cleaned any time a speck of dust falls upon it or ammunition comes anywhere near it.

    If anyone is saying, "Never clean your AR", then they should be considered a poor source of information, just like those that insist on the opposite.

    It is completely reasonable to follow simple cleaning procedures as outlined by IG above, following use.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sinlessorrow View Post
    i clean my rifle after every range trip generally 300-1000 rounds

    i wipe it off with a rag because when im done shooting nothing is caked on. i put enough lube on the BCG that even after 500rnds its still wet.

    you have to remember i use 5W30 synthetic Mobil 1 motor oil mixed with automatic transmission fluid. this concoction makes for a lube that works in both extreme heat and cold and resists heat much better than most lubes.

    so a quick wipe down is all the BCG needs, when i re-assemble the BCG i put 2 drops of oil on the area the cam pin slides in, and 2 drops of oil in each hole of the BCG to make sure it gets on the gas rings, you have to remember i run DI rifles and they can be completely lubed when fully assembled

    see how shiny the parts are? thats from 4 drops of my mix and a few hand cycles of the bolt


    also that blog posted was designed to kind of show the nay sayers who preach that carbon build up is the reason why DI is a horrible system, that its not, that post was designed to show that carbon buildup is not as big of a deal as people make it out to be and that lubing is the key to keeping the AR-15 running
    I want to try this type of mixture, as I have the materials on hand (do a lot of automotive projects), but don't know the ratio that works well. What amount of trans oil do you add to say a qt. of the M1 oil?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Terminator2003 View Post
    I want to try this type of mixture, as I have the materials on hand (do a lot of automotive projects), but don't know the ratio that works well. What amount of trans oil do you add to say a qt. of the M1 oil?
    i do a 50/50 mixture. what ive found best is to get you a little bottle that will fit in your pistol grip and fill it half way with oil and the other half with ATF, doing this will make 1 quart of each last you years, ive been on the same quarts for 1yr now and they still have over 3/4th the quarts left. it should look like this

    Last edited by sinlessorrow; 02-07-12 at 11:52.

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    When we issued the Afghan National Army NATO (US) weapons the CLP never made it, so they mixed diesel with used motor oil; and it worked.
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    Since my range is in my yard I often shoot many days in a row. A thorough cleaning after each session would be a pain in the ass and a waste of time for me. I clean when I need to, not because of adherence to archaic cleaning "rules" or shooter's myth and lore.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Failure2Stop View Post
    A lot of it comes from people realizing that the myths about the AR FOW needing to be completely clean to have any hopes of working are just plain wrong. Combine that with the fact that more military weapons are worn-out due to cleaning effort instead of actual shooting, and it becomes a little annoying to hear people insist that the weapon need to be detail cleaned any time a speck of dust falls upon it or ammunition comes anywhere near it.

    If anyone is saying, "Never clean your AR", then they should be considered a poor source of information, just like those that insist on the opposite.

    It is completely reasonable to follow simple cleaning procedures as outlined by IG above, following use.
    I agree with and acknowledge that the AR FOW does not need to be spotless to work.

    And I also know that the white glove/q-tip level of inspection is stupid and causes excessive wear. What also causes excessive wear are retarded cleaning methods, like the one mentioned above with inserting a cleaning rod into a drill and using it on the bore, using steel wool, cleaning the weapon with hot water etc. Stunts commonly used by Private Schmuckatelli.

    Like you say, a reasonable cleaning regimen is a preferred method.

    I am not a fan of the round count interval though, and will clean my rifle regardless of having shot 200 rds or 1000 rds.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arctic1 View Post
    cleaning the weapon with hot water.
    Nothing wrong with that. I've got an AR with over 20k rounds that gets rinsed with water after each time I shoot it. Lots of folks here have seen it. It's my 5.45. Pics on the blog.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arctic1 View Post
    Stunts commonly used by Private Schmuckatelli.
    Totally off topic, but I want to express my happiness to hear that the Schmuckatelli family extends to Norway.
    Ours is a LCpl though. . .
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    I keep my guns clean but never run brushes through my barrels. I clean the clamber with a chamber brush soaked on Barnes CR-10 and then run a Wet Patch of Barnes CR-10 down the bore with a jag on a Dewey coated rod. I let that sit for 5 minutes while the BCG soaks in simple green. I clean the lower with Birchwood Casey gun scrubber and blow out any shit with air from my compressor. I then run a clean patch or two down the bore and then a patch of KanoKroil. I use either Slip-2000 EWL or Mobil-1 synthetic 5w30 on the BCG and lower trigger group ect.

    I'm a bit OCD and like to tinker and try different shit. I actually like Eezox.
    Last edited by Tzoid; 02-07-12 at 19:24.
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