by Lascivious1
Frank wrote:I second a synthetic oil or lube. For cleaning, push out the rear pin, open the gun, clean the barrel as any other gun, remove the charging handle and bolt,clean the bolt, wipe down,clean and lube the rest as you would any other gun. Midway sells an AR cleaning station for $50-60, I use one and it works very well making cleaning much easier. Complete field stripping and gas tube cleaning, are only needed occasionally, depending on the number of rounds run through the AR. After a year and a half, and over 1000 rounds, I ran a gas tube cleaner (like a long pipe cleaner) through mine, and it came out nearly clean. I would also invest in an AR cleaning rod guide, remove the charging handle and bolt, insert the guide and clean the barrel from the chamber end, Cleaning from the barrel end can damage the barrel crown, effecting accuracy. One more thought, get an Ar chamber cleaning brush and clean the chamber before inserting the rod guide. With a chrome lined barrel, you can go 200 rounds or so without barrel cleaning (according to one manufactor's instructions) same for break in. Target barrels sans chrome linings, require more frequent cleaning.I would love to see your cleaning process of your AR15 if you could post a vid?