MachIVshooter
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I was really fighting my inner neat freak, trying to let my Armalite M15A2C go until it wouldn't run, just giving the bolt carrier a wipe down and a shot of CLP after each range session. But between that nagging feeling and the fact that I literally couldn't handle the rifle without getting black stains on myself, I finally couldn't leave it be any longer.
After today, I figure it was somewhere around 3,000 rounds since the last cleaning, 90% Wolf & Tula. It still hadn't hiccupped even once.
What's the longest any of you have gone without cleaning your AR or another gun?
As an aside, today was the first time running it with the UTG quad rails, Troy Claymore muzzle brake and Sightmark Mini Shot. With all the accessories, it tips the scales at 9.02 lbs empty, and it is an amazingly soft shooting rifle with almost no muzzle rise. At 50 yards off hand, I was able to empty a 30 round mag into 6.3" in 17 seconds.
It's the top rifle:
I know 9 lbs sounds heavy, but also consider that includes everything you see here, plus 3 CR123 batteries in the VFG, a 2032 battery, allen wrench and small flat head screwdriver in the grip, and a spare extractor and a couple of allen wrenches in the stock, and 4 pieces of rail cover added post photo.
The Mini Shot was obviously installed after the picture was taken. It's no Trijicon RMR, but considering that I got it for $48 shipped, I'm pretty happy with it. It holds zero just fine, and is very user friendly. Only complaint is the distortion in low light, but it's tolerable. The dot is advertised as 3 MOA, but it's closer to 6 or 7 when installed at a normal eye relief. At 120 yards, it pretty much obscures the 8" black zone of the targets I was using.
After today, I figure it was somewhere around 3,000 rounds since the last cleaning, 90% Wolf & Tula. It still hadn't hiccupped even once.
What's the longest any of you have gone without cleaning your AR or another gun?
As an aside, today was the first time running it with the UTG quad rails, Troy Claymore muzzle brake and Sightmark Mini Shot. With all the accessories, it tips the scales at 9.02 lbs empty, and it is an amazingly soft shooting rifle with almost no muzzle rise. At 50 yards off hand, I was able to empty a 30 round mag into 6.3" in 17 seconds.
It's the top rifle:
I know 9 lbs sounds heavy, but also consider that includes everything you see here, plus 3 CR123 batteries in the VFG, a 2032 battery, allen wrench and small flat head screwdriver in the grip, and a spare extractor and a couple of allen wrenches in the stock, and 4 pieces of rail cover added post photo.
The Mini Shot was obviously installed after the picture was taken. It's no Trijicon RMR, but considering that I got it for $48 shipped, I'm pretty happy with it. It holds zero just fine, and is very user friendly. Only complaint is the distortion in low light, but it's tolerable. The dot is advertised as 3 MOA, but it's closer to 6 or 7 when installed at a normal eye relief. At 120 yards, it pretty much obscures the 8" black zone of the targets I was using.
