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Posted: 9/26/2008 4:00:21 PM EDT

Every time I go to the indoor range by my house, when I hand the dude my handgun so he can log it in, he asks me if I want a squirt of oil down the barrel. My question is, why is it recommended that your AR barrel be clean and completely dry before you shoot it? If you had any lube in the barrel, wouldn't it get blasted out along with the first round? Even if lube traveled through the gas port and gas tube, it would probably end up lubing up the gas rings on the bolt, so why is this considered a no no? Explain please.

Posted: 9/26/2008 4:03:59 PM EDT

[#1]

I think the guy at your range may be gay and "a squirt of oil down the barrel" is a euphemism for gay sex.

Posted: 9/26/2008 4:04:36 PM EDT

[#2]

That's funny that you say that, cause he does talk with a little bit of a lisp.

Posted: 9/26/2008 4:09:09 PM EDT

[#3]

Any obstruction in the barrel, including a liquid, could potentially prevent the projectile and gases from escaping fast enough.

Posted: 9/26/2008 4:10:34 PM EDT

[#4]

I always heard that lube in a gas system will collect carbon and clog up, and something about oil makes the round bigger than it is and can cause over pressure, but hey I'm a noob what do I know.

Posted: 9/26/2008 4:11:22 PM EDT

[#5]

A squirt of oil down the barrel isn't going to blow up or damage your gun. It's all going to get blown out on the first show so I'm not sure why the guy at the range wants to squirt it down there in the first place.

Posted: 9/26/2008 4:12:27 PM EDT

[#6]

I don't know why they do this either but they ask everyone. I always decline.

Posted: 9/26/2008 4:26:42 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
I think the guy at your range may be gay and "a squirt of oil down the barrel" is a euphemism for gay sex.

+68 he'll do you and you'll owe him one

Posted: 9/26/2008 4:30:21 PM EDT

[#8]

He should at least ask you out to dinner first.

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