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Posted: 9/11/2012 8:00:08 AM EDT
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I am going to be getting my first AR (Bushmaster Carbon 15) and I am looking at getting some tools for it's upkeep an maintenance (or just things to make my life easier). What tools/cleaning devices/whatever do you have that you don't think you could live without? I am already planning on getting a bore snake for cleaning at the range.
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I am going to be getting my first AR (Bushmaster Carbon 15) and I am looking at getting some tools for it's upkeep an maintenance (or just things to make my life easier). What tools/cleaning devices/whatever do you have that you don't think you could live without? I am already planning on getting a bore snake for cleaning at the range. Scott Do not buy a Carbon 15. Lousy track record for reliability and durability. Get yourself some bronze and nylon bore brushes, a jag, a coated Dewey rod, a bore guide, and a chamber brush. Lots of good cleaning chemicals out there including Hoppes #9 Nitro Solvent, MPro-7 Gun Cleaner, Breakfree Bore Cleaning Foam, Breakfree CLP, Sweet's 7.62, Butch's Bore Shine, and Montana Xtreme Copper Killer. |
| Maybe my friend got lucky, but this one has been running reliably for him for quite some time with no sign of issues. Back to the main subject of the message. I have some cleaning product I like to use and lubricant I have been using other firearms to good success.. |
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Hoppe's Boresnake. Cleaner and oil of your choice. If you ever plan on working on the gun I would suggest a nice set of roll pin punches, regular and/or brass punches, a receiver vice block set, and a nice barrel wrench.
Just a partial list. A few things that I use frequently. Edited to add:... A Carbon 15 would have to be below dirt cheap for me to purchase one. Just my opinion. I can guarantee when I say dirt cheap I'm thinking a lot cheaper than you are. A decent used budget AR would be in the $400-$550 dollar range. A Bushmaster Carbon 15 would be worth considerably less. Once again, my opinion. My limits on what I would pay will vary from yours and other people. Best of luck. |
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for basic use
front sight tool. for maintenance punches upper receiver block barrel block USGI armorers wrench torque wrench basic screw driver set. at least a headspace field gauge TM there are a billion different ways to clean one of these things and they are all just as wrong as the next so pick your poison and go. |
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JB Weld.  That's just the kind of nonsense I was expecting to see here on ARFCOM, let's be serious, a hot glue gun would work much better!  n00b. In the field and/or during the Zombiepocalypse, you won't have access to electricity for your hot glue gun. JB Weld "KwikWeld" sets in about five minutes.
OP, we're only half-joking about this. Do not buy a Carbon 15. |
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You don't need anything more than a cleaning kit with a chamber brush if you're not planing on changing things.
If you want to change or replace minor receiver or BCG parts for preference or breakage a set of punches will do you well, there are several AR oriented multi-tools that can handle many common issues. If you want to change buffer tubes, barrels, handguards, and muzzle devices, you'll need a vise and barrel and reciever blocks, an armorer's wrench, a torque wrench, and a long allen for the grip screw. |
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