I've been watching the antics on another board regarding cleaning proceedures/methods. There is the 'old school' method, taught by generations of arms room tyrants that says white glove or q-tip is the only way to go, vs. some that say "spray it with break cleaner every 2000 rounds and plenty of lube" method. I've always been one of the "if I can't eat off it, it's not clean enough" people - just the way "I was raised" but I suspect I'm causing more damage scrubbing it spotless than just wiping it down and keeping it lubed well.
I'm just curious to hear what/how our members clean. There has got to be a better way than 3 hours of scrubbing w/CLP so you can eat off it. I actually have this internal debate about "you know, if you shoot it, you are gonna have to CLEAN it" and that gets in the way of all the fun.
Since we have some new AR owners, and some AR owners with new rifles, I thought this might be helpful.
I'm just curious to hear what/how our members clean. There has got to be a better way than 3 hours of scrubbing w/CLP so you can eat off it. I actually have this internal debate about "you know, if you shoot it, you are gonna have to CLEAN it" and that gets in the way of all the fun.
Since we have some new AR owners, and some AR owners with new rifles, I thought this might be helpful.