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4/24/2005 3:57:41 PM EDT
I use CLP to clean and oil my AR.  I usually shoot about 400-500 rounds per range visit.

I clean everything with CLP, then I wipe it down with a new layer of CLP.  But it seems as if the carbon fouling (or whatever it is) that forms around the bolt area and inside the upper by the time I'm halfway done shooting has absorbed the CLP and it's running dry.  Is that OK?

I would put more oil on, keep it wet, but I don't know what is too wet.

Anyone else notice this drying effect while shooting?  How wet do you make your internals?
4/24/2005 4:28:16 PM EDT
[#1]
coatted with oil but not dripping wet. just wet patch on all moving parts. no problems yet.
4/24/2005 4:30:02 PM EDT
[#2]
I can only speak from my own routine, but it's close to yours. I use CLP for both cleaning and lubing, going on 5000 rounds throuhg one of my AR's now, without a problem. After cleaning, I throughly spray down the bolt/carrier assy, and lube up the inside of upper. Yeah...it's wet!  I usually only shoot about 200 rounds at a time, but it seems to have a dry look after 100 rounds. I believe that the CLP has a lubricating quality long after the "wet" look is gone.
4/24/2005 4:40:31 PM EDT
[#3]

Quoted:
I believe that the CLP has a lubricating quality long after the "wet" look is gone.

That's what I was looking for, can anyone confirm this?
5/2/2005 7:21:02 PM EDT
[#4]
Now that I,m thru testing out my new ar for reliability I'll pull my bolt every 150 rns. or so while shooting and flush it out with clp, doesn't take long and makes me feel better.
5/3/2005 2:17:11 AM EDT
[#5]
there is no need to re lube after 150 rounds. As long as the BC looks wet there is more than enough oil there for the rifle to function. By over oiling as you are doing you are just making more of an oil and carbon mess that you will have to clean up later.
5/3/2005 5:58:19 AM EDT
[#6]
Correct me if I'm wrong but the whole idea of shaking CLP is that it has a teflon addative that acts a lube even when the liquid is gone.  That's what I heard anyway... I'm not an authority so I'll wait to hear as well.
5/3/2005 11:31:12 AM EDT
[#7]
newer clp the teflon (if its there) is verry well suspended in the oil mixture to where you do not have to shake it. It is nothing like the older style where the teflon would fall out to the bottom of the  bottle.
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