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Posted: 4/24/2003 7:55:54 PM EDT
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Do I have an excessive cleaning problem? After every shoot I run a bore snake through once... I completely strip the bolt, use pipe cleaners to reach every speck of dirt in every hole imaginable... I clean the trigger group to a pristine shine. I dissasemble the buffer tube assembly, imspect the spring and polish the buffer. I hand polish all portions of the bolt and carrier that slide against metal. I run a chamber brush through in a vain attempt to clean the lugs "seams" I make my rifle spotless. I even hand polish the charging handle. Then I CLP it. Everything is so smooth. Its like gloss, magic... slides so nice... if it werent for the spring making that crunch noise you would not hear me pull the bolt back. Too much cleaning? I cherish this thing, and the freedom it helps maintain. Why not make it a machine worthy of being used by michael the archangel? I know im weird. |
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In the immortal words of Frank Zappa... "keep it greasy so it, goes down easy..." And just think of the cha-ching of that bad motha' spring as the sound of the freedom you mention, and that we all hold so dearly... The springs in my '81 Dodge Diplomat (sweeeet) have nothing on the spring in my Armalite... in fact, if the Dodge ever breaks I could... ahhh, no... I'll walk... And just because it sorta' relates to your obsessive compulsive but all too reasonable cleaning endeavors (and / or because it's just a hair over the top), a regurg of a recent post from montanaman... The Creed (sorry for the CAPS but I just cut and paste...) THIS IS MY RIFLE. THERE ARE MANY LIKE IT, BUT THIS ONE IS MINE. MY RIFLE IS MY BEST FRIEND. IT IS MY LIFE. I MUST MASTER IT AS I MASTER MY LIFE. MY RIFLE, WITHOUT ME IS USELESS. WITHOUT MY RIFLE, I AM USELESS. I MUST FIRE MY RIFLE TRUE. I MUST SHOOT STRAIGHTER THAN MY ENEMY WHO IS TRYING TO KILL ME. I MUST SHOOT HIM BEFORE HE SHOOTS ME. I WILL... MY RIFLE AND MYSELF KNOW THAT WHAT COUNTS IN THIS WAR IS NOT THE ROUNDS WE FIRE, THE NOISE OF OUR BURST, NOR THE SMOKE WE MAKE. WE KNOW THAT IT IS THE HITS THAT COUNT. WE WILL HIT... MY RIFLE IS HUMAN, EVEN AS I, BECAUSE IT IS MY LIFE. THUS, I WILL LEARN IT AS A BROTHER. I WILL LEARN ITS WEAKNESS, ITS STRENGTH, ITS PARTS, ITS ACCESSORIES, ITS SIGHTS AND BARREL. I WILL KEEP MY RIFLE CLEAN AND READY, EVEN AS I AM CLEAN AND READY. WE WILL BECOME PART OF EACH OTHER. WE WILL... BEFORE GOD I SWEAR THIS CREED. MY RIFLE AND MYSELF ARE THE DEFENDERS OF MY COUNTRY. WE ARE THE MASTERS OF OUR ENEMY. WE ARE THE SAVIORS OF MY LIFE. SO BE IT, UNTIL VICTORY IS AMERICA'S AND THERE IS NO ENEMY, BUT PEACE. |
| Greasing the buffer spring makes the Ar action amazingly quiet. Moly grease or Tetra grease works well. Squeeze an amount about as much as you would shampoo your hair with in your hand and give your spring a nice even coating. Very quiet and no more spring noise in your ear during cycling. |
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It's better than some people (myself included) who, a couple of weeks after shooting the sh*t out of the thing are sitting there picking their noses with their $700-$1500 firearm sitting in its own excretement. (forgive me blackie, I'm sorry!) [:D] You're okay as long as it doesn't lie next to you (in your bed) while you sleep. |
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Just a little "Token of My Extreme" "Eh errr, eh uh...this is, eh, the central scrutinizer again... And so mary was enticed away from Joe by an evil barbarian with a wrench in his pocket... Lured into a life of sleazery with the entire road crew of some famous rock group (I don't know whether it was really Toto or not... I don't know... I'll check it out...) Again we see music causing big trouble!" STP. |
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Quoted: I heard something about adding gobs of grease to the rear spring assembly to shut it up, maybe. I have been considering that lately, as it sure is noisy. I did this on my Bushy, It didn't take gobs, just coat the spring. Works like a charm, no noise at all. |
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