I aint that brave 
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That would tell you right away if any of the parts were aluminum.
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Huxwrx I believe makes a cleaning solution just for cleaning cans. They also make a grease to lube the can threads to lesson carbon lock problems. Haven’t bought/used them yet though.
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I use simple green pro HD in the cleaner, do not use regular simple green. pro HD is safe for aluminum. The breakthrough brand cleaner is awesome and works good without smell. but that crap is ridiculously priced. Haven’t tried the Huxwrx cleaner, i have two of their suppressors. but if it’s priced like their muzzle devices then it’s way overpriced too.
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Not entirely true, there’s also the Stoner method of oiling the bolt at only the contact points of the carrier and the rails. You can run wet if you need to, but the Stoner oiling method is my preferred. If you live in a very dusty or desert environment, run wet, otherwise the Stoner method is fine.
Also when using a direct impingement AR, regardless of type of AR, it’s always best to inspect the bolt and clean it after a few hundred rounds to ensure functionality.
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I learned after experience in the Military is far off distant lands that running the bolt wet kept it working…we all do it different or have opinion of what is best, I go with what I know works.
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No i get it, but there’s also something to be said when the designer himself mentioned how it should be properly oiled.
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I run mine wet especially 308AR’s. i never run anything dry. never.
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Remember it was not initially a success and I believe BCG fitment was the primary problem, these days there are a lot of excellent BCG options, low-mass, slick coatings, space age lubes/materials etc that make us old timers and our oil cans about obsolete
Look, I thought we were done talking about your personal problems?
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I dont use oil cans anymore either Dorthy.
I am sure the tinman had not complaints with her sticking that nozzle anywhere she wanted to 
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Hey at least we’re not still using LSA to oil our rifles!
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Nope, i use mobil 1
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This is one of those beat to death subjects, Semiauto 22’s are a perfect example for me that will run way better/longer wet, and clean up way easier especially if you run a Suppressor, I would guess 99.9% of AR15 owners have never run their rifle so much it would fail anyway. I just do what works for me. Cleaning is way easier for AR style rifles if you keep them wet, less carbon sticks on anything, mostly a wipe down/re-oil and your done.
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Yeah that’s always a classic, what weight works best for you?
Personally I just use breakfree CLP, if it works for the military, should work just fine for me and i’m not stressing the rifles out like the military is.
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I like CLP just dont like how it smells
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Weird because I like how CLP smells, i guess it’s all up to preference isn’t it?
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Sort of my experience, pushed a 300 BO past 1000 rounds before the firing pin channel was too full for a strike. When it would get sluggish I would add a few drops of fresh oil, hand cycle a few times and carry on. Cleaning AR’s is overrated. I don’t recall the round count for these pictures but it was approaching the failure point.
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I was gonna say they look fried
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Most of the ammo was Seller & Beloit that had what looked like corn meal as a filler so it would really have the breaded and fried look until the oil soaked into the fresh fillers. It did get to be a hassle to shoot past 500 rounds spitting chunks of black greasy carbon stuff that stained everything in the blast radius.
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umm, a fuck of a lot?
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