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Posted: 12/23/2007 3:29:33 AM EDT
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What is your cleaning routine for your ARs? What about your semi-auto pistols? |
I field strip and clean my weapons after they are fired.Simple routine.That includes the pistols as well.I was raised with the saying "the sun never sets on a dirty weapon" and I follow it to this day. Weapons that are carried but not fired get a simple wipe down before they go back into the locker.Frequently carried weapons like a CCW will get a strip and relube once a week.This is mainly to remove sweat,lint,dust,dead skin and tater chip crumbs etc. from the bore and action that are common from wearing the pistola everyday. |
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I clean whether I fire 10 rds or 300 rds. If I fire only 10 rds then that simply means I’ll have a bit of an easier time cleaning. But it doesn’t mean I do not clean at all. I personally get just as much pleasure out of cleaning and maintaining my weapons as I do shooting them. I was taught at an early age that with the responsibility of firearms ownership comes the responsibility of properly maintaining them. And that ideology gets passed on to my teenage son and my daughter as well. |
Yep. I’ve had buddies like that too. We’ll go shooting together, then not get the chance again for a month or so because of different schedules. Next time we do get together they’ll say........ “Hey, you bring some oil?” I’ll say......... “Of course I did, let me see your weapon, I’ll lube it up for you.” I’ll pull their bolt out and the rifle is filthy! "Did you clean this thing?!" "Na, no time." After the last range session, the weapon gets thrown in the case exactly as it was after the last round was fired. Then, 6 months later I get a phone call....... “Hey, how much you think my rifle is worth?” “Why? Do you want to sell it?” “Yea, AR’s are too hard to clean. You wanna buy it?” |
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1- Fieldstrip 2- Brake cleaner on the bolt/bcg 3- Bore snake wet w/ CLP down the barrel 4- Dump CLP on everything 5- Reassemble 6- Hands in the air like I just hog-tied a calf! Actually, I'm far more compulsive and actually have q-tips, toothbrushes, toothpicks, patches, etc. on the cleaning table. The above is just the quick & dirty clean if I've only fired a mag or two. |
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1. field strip 2. wipe down inside of upper with t-shirt material rag (check chamber, lug area) 3. wipe down bolt, carrier, and associated parts with rag 4. coat bolt, cam pin, cam pin hole, carrier contact points with lubricant 5. wet patch bore twice, brush bore twice, wet patch twice, dry patch before range 6. reassemble, function check No need for white glove inspection cleanliness unless that is your thing, you are in garrison, or match shooting. |
Huge +1 here. When I shoot my SIG, Take it down, take the grips off, HOSE it out with synthetic-safe gun-scrubber, toothbrush it, dry it, hose with CLP b/c SIG's are rust magnets and CLP keeps it safe, clean barrel with FBC and brush and patches, coat outside of barrel and frame-rails with RIG+P grease, put Weapon Shield CLP on trigger components, re-assemble and wipe down again to get the CLP off that has weeped out. Wipe down a few more times. The weapon is then cleaner than when I first held it NIB. When my AR arrives (ordered from Robert at Talon Arms yesterday--probably the most positive buying experience I have had so far, btw. full review to come when the rifle and my Smoked PMAG's arrive (they should hit the market in a few weeks)) I plan on treating it much the same way as far as the level of cleanlyness I expect it to be kept at. I have been practicing much on my Dad's various AR platforms. |
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