Sorta clean AR

[FlSwampRat]

Well, had an AR (Okay, M&P 15) come out and I started looking it over and thought, gee, it's just dusty. Bore's clean. Cool.
Then I field stripped it and apparently, he'd cleaned everything but the bolt carrier. This desk detritus is what remained after I cleaned just the bolt carrier. Yuck.

 

[Tommygunn]

I've seen worse ....

 

[herrwalther]

I've seen worse ....

Same. One of my first issue rifles had me looking for a dunk tank after I ran out of patches. I started with a bag of 100.

 

[Bama59]

Now you need to shoot and get it really dirty. One of my favorite You Tubers gunblue490 uses mineral spirits and LSA

 

[FlSwampRat]

I've seen worse ....

Oh yeah, me too. My point was the gun came out of pawn in original box, outside merely dusty. Same for the barrel and I thought, "Huh, either didn't shoot it much or cleaned it really well." Then I dropped the bolt carrier out. All of that is just from cleaning the bolt carrier, the rest of the rifle was fine. Must not have stripped it down to clean it or something, although the barrel was well scrubbed.

 

[luzyfuerza]

Previous owner swapped BCGs with a gun that had been shot a bit??

 

[entropy]

Oh yeah, me too. My point was the gun came out of pawn in original box, outside merely dusty. Same for the barrel and I thought, "Huh, either didn't shoot it much or cleaned it really well." Then I dropped the bolt carrier out. All of that is just from cleaning the bolt carrier, the rest of the rifle was fine. Must not have stripped it down to clean it or something, although the barrel was well scrubbed.

Owner obviously didn't have military experience.

 

[FlSwampRat]

Previous owner swapped BCGs with a gun that had been shot a bit??

Thought crossed my mind. Not sure why, though, it cleaned up and all parts move freely. A headscratcher if that's the case, for sure.

 

[FlSwampRat]

Owner obviously didn't have military experience.

Had one guy in basic who didn't clean his M-16 very well at all (First time I ever heard someone say that you could grow potatoes in the dirty barrel) and had to do 20 with the 16 across the back of his hands and kiss it when down and apologize to it when back up.

Drill actually asked him if he was a soldier or a farmer and did he plan on growing potatoes.....

 

[herrwalther]

Clean barrel, dirty bolt? Maybe the previous owner just locked the bolt back and ran patches down the barrel? On most long guns barrel cleaning is the most important so it would have to be a new AR owner.

Had one guy in basic who didn't clean his M-16 very well at all

More than one person in my platoon would forget to put the buffer and buffer spring back in. Happened often enough I had a system for getting the bolt carrier out of the butt stock.

 

[Charlie Horse]

More than one person in my platoon would forget to put the buffer and buffer spring back in. Happened often enough I had a system for getting the bolt carrier out of the butt stock.

Oh, does that bring back memories. Our system involved a lot of swearing and the occasional threat to end that soldier's life...

 

[FROGO207]

Yeah l was thinking it was a swap job myself. But the why escapes me though.

 

[SilentStalker]

You clean rifles? Wow. As long as it functions, I roll on.

 

[<*(((><]

Run them wet and keep on keeping on!

 

[FlSwampRat]

You clean rifles? Wow. As long as it functions, I roll on.

Problem is old Murphy. Hope, just when you need it doesn't fail to function.

 

[SilentStalker]

Problem is old Murphy. Hope, just when you need it doesn't fail to function.

Now if the bolt is super gunky then yeah by all means clean it, but a super thorough cleaning and scrubbing of the barrel just isn’t needed for quite a few rounds with modern ammo. In fact, some carbon is actually a good thing. I know, I know, in basic they can ride you like stupid crazy about not cleaning but that’s to build character and discipline, not necessarily because the weapon needs it. Modern ARs function pretty well in most environments without the need for heavy cleaning all the time. I usually go 1000 rds or so before I clean, maybe more.

 

[FlSwampRat]

The point was that the original owner who pawned the gun in the first place cleaned a lot of it but didn't touch the BCG. Seems if you're going to clean it at all, why not do it all?

 

[SilentStalker]

The point was that the original owner who pawned the gun in the first place cleaned a lot of it but didn't touch the BCG. Seems if you're going to clean it at all, why not do it all?

I agree, a bit odd. Have you checked the headspace on this thing? Maybe said owner didn’t know how to disassemble the bolt carrier and do a thorough cleaning?