well my buddy told me that alcohol works great for cleaning.  well i just got a bottle and am using it now.  cleans great!

Just remember  almost all alcohol(even everclear, its 95% alcohol 5% benzine, water and other junk) contains some water.  So you might have a rusting problem on ferrous parts.

ya.  i plan on lubing every thing super well once im done cleaning it

K just make sure you let it set to dry for a while before you lube.
Don't wanna trap any water underneath oil or grease.

check. let all the parts sit out in the sun for a few hours

I use it to clean case lube off of cases before loading.  I have found that there is usually two types available in the drig stores.  There is the regular 70/30 alcohol and water and there is also 100% which I think is much better.

Hoppy

Alcohol mixs with water, thus making it good way to chase out excess water from threads etc. after one uses a water based cleaner.

Even if you get the 100%, the alcohol will pick up a little water vapor from the air while you are using it (side note Everclear is 190 proof or 95% as this is about lowest boiling point for water and grain alcohol  ... also better to drink vs cleaning optics etc. due to the residue which it leaves ...;-).

While alcohol will burn, is is safer than many other solvents (i.e. brake cleaner with acetone).

I like warming parts (at work we bake the lab equipment to drive off the last of the solvent) and if one is in a hurry can also chase the alcohol with another solvent to speed the process (alcohols tend to dry a little slower than many other solvents).

Regards
John

I use alcohol after every session at the range and you know what?  I don't really care about how clean the AR is after I use it.

I find it very effective...