How often should I clean my AR after shooting?

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Alfonso

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How often should/do you clean your AR after a day at the range? Every time, after a few times, etc? When I go, I usually only go through 40 to 100 rounds.

Thanks.
 
I'll go 500 rounds before a cleaning, easily. That doesn't mean I do not keep it well lubed, but I do believe that excessive cleaning wears out our investments quicker in this regard.

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Sometimes I just do a quick wipe of the old lube and put on new lube. Very rarely will I run a brush through the bore. The only time I run a brush through the bore is for winter storage. I usually run a oiled patch through the bore after shooting.

The only time I do a detailed job is if the rifle starts to have stoppages.
 
I never clean unless accuracy go south, but i do oil very well, mine is a Benelli MR-1, it is no AR but it is a very good alternative... JP.
 
Keep it well lubricated and clean it when you can't stand the dirtiness anymore or foreign debris starts to induce stoppages. Firearms instructor Pat Rogers has an AR named "Filthy 14," which has gone tens of thousands of rounds with lubrication only; no cleaning. If the gun won't run dirty, there is something wrong.

Cleaning to a "white glove" standard every time you use the rifle is silly and obsessive compulsive.
 
After every shoot...I'll put hundreds of rounds downrange then it's just a fairly quick wipedown/relube. No heavy brushing or anything like that...
 
Depends...

My precision Alberta Tactical upper with a stainless barrel gets gently but thoroughly cleaned after every session. Pretty easy because it never sees many rounds and the barrel never gets hot.

My chrome lined barrel AR15 upper can go 500+ rounds easy without being cleaned. No stoppages to date after 5000+ rounds. The barrel is still hot when I get home from the average range trip.
 
I don't get these threads. It takes very little time to give your AR a proper field cleaning. I take a few minutes after my range session and clean my rifle at the range so I don't have to do it at home when there are too many distractions.

Do the basic stuff and remember to give the chamber a good scrub, don't neglect the locking lug recesses, bolt and carrier. Scrape/brush off as much filth and carbon from those components as you can.

Then lube the s**t out of it and slap it all back together. 10 minutes to save a bunch of malfunctions and premature wear down the road. This should be part of the discipline of shooting your rifle.
 
Clobbersauras said:
I don't get these threads. It takes very little time to give your AR a proper field cleaning. I take a few minutes after my range session and clean my rifle at the range so I don't have to do it at home when there are too many distractions.

Do the basic stuff and remember to give the chamber a good scrub, don't neglect the locking lug recesses, bolt and carrier, scrape/brush off as much filth and carbon as you can.

Then lube the s**t out of it and slap it all back together. 10 minutes to save a bunch of problems down the road. This should be part of the discipline of shooting your rifle.
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His post count is low. He's likely new to the AR game and looking for advice from experienced AR owners like you and myself.

What’s not to understand or "get"? :confused:
 
smak_daddy said:
His post count is low. He's likely new to the AR game and looking for advice from experienced AR owners like you and myself.

What’s not to understand or "get"? :confused:
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I didn't mean to come across as flippant.

I wasn't specifically directing my comments to the OP. Actually, most members in this thread have stated they don't clean their rifle very often. It so easy to do, I don't understand not cleaning it, especially when you use a rifle that s**ts where it eats.
 
Clobbersauras said:
I didn't mean to come across as flippant.

I wasn't specifically directing my comments to the OP. Actually, most members in this thread have stated they don't clean their rifle very often. It so easy to do, I don't understand it, especially when you use a rifle that s**ts where it eats.
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My bad then. I always like to be as welcoming as possible.

It's funny you used the "sh*t where it eats" phrase in your post. I am cleaning my AR right now. I saw how dirty the firing pin was after only 100 rounds and said to myself (not 1 minute ago) "Yep she sh*ts where she eats alright".
 
Farmboy said:
I spray mine with Gunzilla every now and then and that's it.
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I don't use gunzilla, but pretty much bang on. I relube after each outing, but I don't touch the bore unless accuracy fades. I believe Jack Krieger when he said that more barrels are damaged cleaning then shooting.

About once a year, I strip the bolt, and carrier, and put it in a tub of odourless mineral spirits, and breakfree, and clean the upper, and extension area.

I think I am about 3K into this barrel this way. No jams, still handily outshoots me.
 
While I don't exactly shoot a lot anymore (I've been to the outdoor range once this year), I usually snake the barrels on my ARs every few range trips, and give them a spray of g96 before the range to make sure they're good to go.
 
Just keep the BCG well lubed, wet that is, and don't worry too much about the barrel. I clean the chamber every 2000 to 2500 rounds. If you happen to shoot a piston AR, even that is not that necessary but all variants need to be ran with wet BCG.
 
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