How do YOU clean your AR15?

[edittman1]

A friend of mine uses brake cleaner on his, then lubricates it with mobil1. Seems to work quite well actually.

I have been using my Otis bore snake with pads and a copper wire brush. I clean the internals with brake cleaner, since it certainly will degrease it. I've been using Break Free to lubricate it.

Your turn!

[PolishMike]

Clean and ar15, in the same sentence? Thats blasphemy.

That being said i focus on the chamber. Thats the only area ive ever had a problem. Cleaning internals is useless unless your in a sandbox type environment and even then is pretty minimal.

Drop of lube on the carrier, thats it.

[stphnman20]

I use Break Free CLP to Clean, Lube and Preserve the rifle!

[serkerone]

run a shoelace with slip2000 through the barrel to clean and then put some on the carrier group

[edittman1]

Clean and ar15, in the same sentence? Thats blasphemy.

That being said i focus on the chamber. Thats the only area ive ever had a problem. Cleaning internals is useless unless your in a sandbox type environment and even then is pretty minimal.

Drop of lube on the carrier, thats it.

A drop? Wow. I've heard that you should be a little more liberal with lube than that.

[rayra]

jesus, doesn't anybody use the proper tools and solutions?

/nylon clad one-piece rod, .22 brush, chamber brush, old toothbrushers, CLP and patches.

[Santa Cruz Armory]

I take a bath with mine

[frigginchi]

I pressure wash mine then spray wd40.

[FMJBT]

I use brake or carb cleaner to blast out the gas tube. Bore snake with whatever bore solvent I happen to have for the barrel, followed by a soak with foaming copper solvent. Clean and lube carrier with CLP.

[s10rick]

jesus, doesn't anybody use the proper tools and solutions?

/nylon clad one-piece rod, .22 brush, chamber brush, old toothbrushers, CLP and patches.

+1
I guess we're just Old Fashioned

[rix]

CLP.

[ocabj]

Solvents: Montana Xtreme and Montana Xtreme 50BMG



I use a 20cal jag/rod with 1-1/8" patches.
22cal nylon brush initially to loosen up powder fouling.
22cal bronze brush after powder/carbon fouling is removed to loosen up surface copper fouling.

Works for me.

[X-NewYawker]

Wait-wait-wait -- you're supposed to clean your AR-15??
I thought they were perfect, ran like Swiss watches on steroids with crappy Wolf ammo in sand or snow, and a blast of "gunscrubber" in the ejection port was all that was necessary.

[X-NewYawker]

What is going on? Hit "post" once and double posted -- doing that a lot lately. Seriously, the bench rest boys have it right with solvents and dewey one piece rods. Tact boys can spray carb cleaner and use boresnakes just fine.

[windsheer]

A friend of mine uses brake cleaner on his, then lubricates it with mobil1. Seems to work quite well actually.

I have been using my Otis bore snake with pads and a copper wire brush. I clean the internals with brake cleaner, since it certainly will degrease it. I've been using Break Free to lubricate it.

Your turn!

I'm a huge fan of moble 1 never bakes dry . As far as clean , I keep my ar clean really clean I take the bolt apart usually every other time or if I go out for lots of shooting , scrub the inner upper use a chamber brush do the barrel with a jag and brushes wheen it looks brand new I'm done. clp for most of the cleaning & wiping but clp dries up with heat during a lot of shootng .