Lubricating the Beloved AR-15?????

If there are so many varying opinions,that usually means it's not that important.
Personally good old 10w30 does the trick for me.
The bolt gets a wipe down with an oily rag,and the fcg gets a couple drops
If your buffer spring is not chrome silicon,pull it now and then and give it a wipe too,otherwise it will rust
 
(Ronin) said:
If there are so many varying opinions,that usually means it's not that important.
Personally good old 10w30 does the trick for me.
The bolt gets a wipe down with an oily rag,and the fcg gets a couple drops
If your buffer spring is not chrome silicon,pull it now and then and give it a wipe too,otherwise it will rust
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+1....
These firearms were designed to run 'wet'...
They have proven to be very reliable, even when full of crud, as long as lubricity is still present.
Grease provides the best lubrication, simply because it doesn't run off.....
In combat conditions, where is is difficult to clean on a regular basis, troopers carry oil to add around the cam pin and bolt.....
 
I use either CLP or synthetic motor oil... which ever I have on hand at the time. Both work well, Mobil 1 5/30 works a little better IMO.
 
Depends on the environment and ambient temp you're operating in. I only lube the bolt carrier lightly. The rest i keep dry. Over lubing will cake the mechanism with carbon/sand... ect creating problems. Than again, most don't carry ARs in the field! Right? Just don't put anything into the gas tube.
 
You would figure that running an AR wet with lubricant over in an area like Afganistan with dust and sand blowing all the time would be a disaster. By midday the crud would just build up and stoppages would result. I would have guessed a dry lube or no lube would be much better and last longer in that kind of enviornment.
 
The M16FOW is pretty much a closed system - so lube will not attract that much dirt interior to the weapon other than what gets in anyway -- and dirt and not lube = stoppages -- when it is wet - the lube can transfer the crap away from the area it may bind in.

I was told lots of lube by some folks in 1993 while deployed - however I did not listen and had assumed they where f'ing with me, took me over 10 years to realize they had it nailed back then.
 
light clp (or simular) in anything over a constant -0, anything under a constant -0 clean all oil and graese and use graphite powder.
 
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