Newbie question - what to do after first time at range with new ar15

GunGuy34 said:
lets see a pic of the girlfriend and forget what i was saying :D


I just cleaned mine after every range use, im no expert like yourself though.
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OK now you are making feel like an a**hole. :redface:

At the end of the day, we are on the same page.

I think the only thing I disagreed you with was "checking the barrel for safety"

I'll happily post a pic of my girl. I love her, let me find one.
 
smak_daddy said:
OK now you are making feel like an a**hole. :redface:

At the end of the day, we are on the same page.

I think the only thing I disagreed you with was "checking the barrel for safety"

I'll happily post a pic of my girl. I love her, let me find one.
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There was a thread for that somewhere, guys posting pics of their girls, dunno where it is now.
 
FrankieT said:
Cleaning an AR is more about carbon fouling than corrosion. The carbon fouling will result in failures.
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If you run your AR-15 well lubed, and I mean quite wet, carbon fouling will not cause problems but wiping the BCG occasionally is a good idea and it's a good practice. The carbon fouling of DI AR-15's is more of an urban myth that has its roots in inadequate lubrication or wrong lubrication for the conditions. In any case, the OP was specifically concerned about rust. Generally, people over clean their AR-15's and I believe that has more to do with psychological need of the owner than mechanical need of the gun :)
 
Is this not a new rifle though? Are there not proper break in procedures for a new barrel?
I thought it was clean every round for 25 than every 10 for 50?
 
Common wisdom among the pros at this point in time is to run it and keep it well lubed. Most guys do a field strip and run a jag down the barrel every 1000-2000 rounds. There is one rifle in the hands of Pat Rogers owner of EAG Tactical that has not had much love in over 40,000 rounds since the last update (one field strip and clean and a few parts replaced, but usually rode hard and put away wet). He has stated that there is a zone of filth that extends down the rifle rack to the brackets on either side of the rifle now...
 
Klemmy31 said:
Is this not a new rifle though? Are there not proper break in procedures for a new barrel?
I thought it was clean every round for 25 than every 10 for 50?
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Proper procedure to break in an AR barrel is to collect as much ammo as you possibly can, gather as many mags as you can beg, steal, or borrow. Get to the range as early as possible, load the mags and fired every damned round until the grin will not wipe off your face. Repeat as often as possible. :D Oh yeah and if you've done it right, and have assembled an outrageous supply of ammo (2,000 rounds or so) get yourself a spray can of CLP, so when it starts to feel rough you can spray it in the E-port and open the top and spray it in the trigger group. Then get back to shooting.
 
Thanks for all of the responses guys.

I regret not bringing more ammo...

60 rounds was a very bad idea because it taught me one thing, this is a hobby which I think can only morph into an addiction, treatable only by one thing....MORE SHOOTING.

my LMT so far is one sweet machine, well worth the cash. I'll post some #### once I have the opportunity to take her for another ride.
 
Do you have a DI or piston LMT???

The LMT piston shoots very clean, no fouling in lower receiver, BCG had minimal fouling, easily wiped off. The piston itself is easy to clean, a shot of wipeout foam or MPRO7, wipe clean.

Barrel, MPRO7 and brush and few patches to get rid of carbon.
Wipeout to eat the copper.
 
TDIGZ said:
Thanks for all of the responses guys.

I regret not bringing more ammo...

60 rounds was a very bad idea because it taught me one thing, this is a hobby which I think can only morph into an addiction, treatable only by one thing....MORE SHOOTING.

my LMT so far is one sweet machine, well worth the cash. I'll post some #### once I have the opportunity to take her for another ride.
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Your next major purchase should be reloading gear, otherwise you'll be poor - but with a really cool rifle :D
 
If you think plinking at the range is fun you really need to make it out to a few competitions.
Positional shooting, fire with movement and being scored make it interesting.
 
Gundoggy said:
Do you have a DI or piston LMT???

The LMT piston shoots very clean, no fouling in lower receiver, BCG had minimal fouling, easily wiped off. The piston itself is easy to clean, a shot of wipeout foam or MPRO7, wipe clean.

Barrel, MPRO7 and brush and few patches to get rid of carbon.
Wipeout to eat the copper.
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Thanks for your reply.

I have the 16" DI Export variant...(export variant meaning basically no flash hider, recessed target crown, and I had to change the extension tube to have the adjustable butt work as intended).
 
I spray mine with a little gunzilla when it looks a little dry and that's it.

20 to 60rds through and then clean?!?!? It's an AR. I'd spend more time cleaning than shooting.
 
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