P5 Guy
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If you think cleaning AR15s bad, tedious &c, try an M1 Garand.
LOL...I got a good chuckle out of that! I can sympathize.? You mean ... we're supposed to clean our ARs?
Shooting them? That's not a problem at all. Getting them clean, to include the carbon build-up? I'm behind on that for sure.
Because I want it to be clean.Not only no, but **** no!
Why in the name of all that is holy would you want to subject your rifle to this type of medieval torture.
ARs and AKs and Uzis are the three easiest to clean platforms. Take down an AR7 completely, detail clean it, and put it back together... tell me how that goes for you.
I learned to clean guns in ROTC and the Army. I simply can't do a half-Schumered cleaning job on a good gun.
I love how easy the AKs in particular makes it. Pop the dust cover, pull the bolt carrier out, rotate the bolt free. You've just disassembled the gun as far you'll ever need to in about 20 seconds. Now I don't love how AKs shoot, but you can't ask for easier maintenance.
The only problem with the ARs IMO is that you have to remove a cotter pin to really get to the bolt, which kind of annoys me.
...unless you want a clean gun. Anything else is unacceptable to me.Not necessary for civilian use.
I had to clean obsessively in the USMC. Not because it was needed, but because poor leadership figured it was busy work to keep junior Marines out of trouble.
...unless you want a clean gun. Anything else is unacceptable to me.