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AR15 LUBE POINTS (Page 3 of 4)
| These charts are great, but I heard that you can put too much lube on these, that it will cause it to attract residue. Do you think that lubing these areas will cause residue to stick more on these parts any more than they do already? I have used lube on the rails and it my M4 worked great. Thank you for time. |
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Originally Posted By Willz: Guys if you're going to shoot it, a few drops of lube won't hurt. A little lube prevents many problems cause by lack of cleaning. There are plenty of people here posting how many rounds their rifle runs without lube and cleaning. That's all really impressive but why subject your rifle to that kind of abuse? Clean it, lube it frequently and it will not fail you. IF you are in a world of shit and cannot find lube, ANY lube will do, running it dry will only lead to pre-mature wear and tear. So why do it deliberately? Follow the above manual, and always lube, if you can't clean, lube. Now it's pretty common knowledge the ar will run when dripping with nasty shit and carbon baked to everything for thousands of rounds as long as it gets a few drops of lube every once i n a while |
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Originally Posted By QUIB:
Glad to hear you guys find these useful.  
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| Just purchased my first AR15, and haven't worked on one since I was in the Army 20 years ago. Have to say that this is one of the best things I have found for cleaning. Thanks for putting these together, will have to get them printed on some nice stock and laminated to put into my case. |
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Thanks a TON for posting this. I made copies of the pictures to my computer for quick and easy access to it and will be making a printout for my personal reference. I will NOT post the pictures anywhere and no else should either (unless you get permission to do so first). I would like to continue to get great information like this and if people do that then we won't be seeing these very useful posts. I just wanted to say that to try and prevent people from doing something that would prevent people from posting such helpful information.   If you want to help other people out with this information, just provide them with a link to it. 
I just received my Aero Precision X15 Lower yesterday with a lpk. This information is a huge help. I've been researching information for about 2 months and this is the best information about lubing my AR that I have seen. I really appreciate all of the help this forum has given me, which is why I am now a gold member. As this forum has thousands of people that have built their own AR's, I have found it to be the BEST place to get help from knowledgeable people. While everyone may not agree on everything, I can still get great recommendations and then decide for myself which product (or in the case method) to use. |
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Originally Posted By crissguinn:
I agree, this is very useful. I do have a question though. Why do the operator manuals from the USMC and Army say "generously lube inside parts of lower receiver and extension assembly"? I don't like that idea but i have a coworker that's hell bent on "hosing it down". To me, a lot of lube would cause a ton of gunk build up and cause problems. Can anyone explain this? Some people will tell you that the drowning of an AR in oil is necessary so some of the oil can be absorbed into the barrel and other porous metal surfaces. This was in response to reports that rifles were experiencing rust issues. The issue is that with some of today's nitride coated barrels they do not absorb the oil and as you raised the oil either slings out of the muzzle or becomes gummed up causing issues with operation. As shown in the posters would be the proper lubrication practices. |
| Good chart. Used to use Wilson ultra lube on my 1911's when I shot IPSC. Times have changed of course. As a matter of fact, that's when you couldn't buy high-cap mags, one or two came with my P14 with a coupon that by one more, I think. High-caps mags we're as srare as someone in Macon with a job. What the best lube, or combination to minimize wear? Thanks by the way. |
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Originally Posted By EMT-4607:
Good chart. Used to use Wilson ultra lube on my 1911's when I shot IPSC. Times have changed of course. As a matter of fact, that's when you couldn't buy high-cap mags, one or two came with my P14 with a coupon that by one more, I think. High-caps mags we're as srare as someone in Macon with a job. What the best lube, or combination to minimize wear? Thanks by the way. |
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Best practice is to completely field strip it, detail strip the bolt, wipe everything down very well, clean the bore with cleaning patches, relubricate everything with the oil of your choice according to the guide in this post, and reassemble.
At a bare minimum, run a patch down the bore before first shots. |
I'm pretty sure I over oil just about everything. Sure makes for some nice smoke once you get the barrel heated up after running a few mags full of ammo through it. 
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