Reeder Custom Guns - Gary, how “lubed” is correct on an ar-15?

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Thats all you need.

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all it does is attract dust, debris and blondes with big kazoombas. I very very seldom put any oil on my ARs. It put a tiny bit of grease with a toothpick on the locking lugs. Nothing more.

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This is from a manufacturer's website.

https://www.cherrybalmz.com/post/how-to-lube-an-ar-for-maximum-reliability

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can follow his advice if you like. But he is full of shit. All that oil just collects dust, sand and unburned powder and causes malfunctions. Your gas tube get fouled up and jams start.

For years I shot Auto Mags. They have the same type bolt as the AR with locking lugs. At first I oiled it a lot thinking it needed it. Then somehow common sense clicked in. I noticed a lot of built up gunk on the locking lugs and I was getting a lot of failure to go into battery, the same as an AR will. I started cleaning them off good and putting a tiny bit of a clear grease that Lee Jurras sent me and no more problems.

So do as you like. But I keep my ARs almost totally dry with a tiny bit of grease (never any oil) on the locking lugs.

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Me of the shampoo directions wash rinse repeat. I use half as much and seem as clean as the next guy?

I think 22LR shows this pretty good, they get nasty, but mine only seem to cause problems with too much lube and get caked up stays soft and mushy slows the action, if dry, carbon buildup kinds just chips away.

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all those years without gooping all that on my rifle. I've never seen anyone do it that way.

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Gary, how “lubed” is correct on an ar-15?

Just a little of any oil in the holes on the bolt.

Thank you.

and that is a TINY bit. I hate oil in any gun

Another lube input

that guy is just another internet "expert", you

That's also from the company selling it, kinda reminds

I don't know how I lasted