Ar15 rant & range report, r u thinkin about buying one? READ

[drjoker]

No, I am not talking about the trigger group pins. Please see my post on Sept 26, 11:53 AM:

firing pin retaining pin, extractor pin, bolt cam pin.

These are the pins in the bolt.

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.

Agreed.

An occasional flush with a volatile gun scrubber type spray easily gets the trigger group squeaky clean without disassembling anything beyond the field strip.

[Beiruty]

Get a SIG556 and the issue of the cleaning would be as bad as anAK. SIG M400 has the same badness of any AR, the bolt and the rd whereabout would get dark soot in 60 rds+

[remington79]

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.

[drjoker]

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.

[Excaliber]

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.

Brownells sells specialized tools for this. They're a bit pricey but work great and last a lifetime or two.

[tXfactor]

Normally I just wipe down the outside so it doesn't get my safe dirty. If they're especially dirty then I hit them with some brake cleaner to completely degrease them, then soak 'em down in Ballistol. That's about all I do with mine and they run 100%. There is no need to detail strip an AR15 at the range. If you're having problems where you need to remove the extractor from the bolt, then you may as well just swap with a spare bolt or BCG. If you're not having problems with it, you should not be detail stripping the bolt, especially at the range.

[ghostrider]

My wife hates rifles due to the weight but she picked up the AR and said, "ooh, MY gun," LOL.

that's reason enough to buy (build) another :-)