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drjoker wrote:

remington79 wrote:You're suppose to apply pressure to the extractor so its easier to take the pin out. You will also need to keep pressure on it to reinsert the pin.

Thanks, but it's still kinda hard, however the AR is growing on me. I can't get over how lightweight and accurate it is. My wife hates rifles due to the weight but she picked up the AR and said, "ooh, MY gun," LOL. There is also zero recoil.

carlson1 wrote:

Abraham wrote:drjoker,

The 3 tiny pins you referenced are the pins for the trigger and hammer?

If so and you're removing them for cleaning purposes, that's (my opinion) not really necessary except once in a great while after shooting many, many rounds.

My buffer tube will easily come out without tools, but this is another item that needs to be cleaned, but rarely.

When I clean my AR, I separate it into two pieces, as this makes it less cumbersome for me to clean: The BCG and nooks and crannies inside where the BCG fits, the Charging Handle, barrel. And, that's as much as I clean.

It probably takes me an hour as I like to be very thorough. However, I don't clean my AR's after every range trip. I probably (haven't counted) clean after them every fourth or fifth range trip. I know of some guys who don't clean their AR's until a couple of thousand rounds have been fired.

No need to remove those pins. There is not much to clean on the lower to begin with.