Smith & Wesson MP 15 Sport....feel the burn?

[Kommander]

That's good to hear, I had allot of issues with steel in my first AR so I never used allot in my second. Also got into reloading and I needed brass for that.

[Steamforger]

Spend an extra hundred and get a better rifle. I have nothing against the smith, but it really is bottom of the barrel parts and design.

MAKE SURE THE FEEDRAMPS LINE UP WITH THE CHAMBER before you buy.

I'm gonna agree w. Yogi on this. Check palmettostatearmory.com for sales (avoid their PTAC stuff). For slightly more coin, you can build a much better gun.

You can't be in a hurry though.

[toad]

I've gotten to old, stiff, and fat to crawl around on the floor with a flash light to look for fiddly bits from a firearm I'm working on.
I might put a complete upper on a complete lower when it comes to an AR. I swear even when I spread out a big white fluffy towel to capture dropped bits, some little bugger will leave the building.
One of the things I like about an AR with the collapsible stock is that when the upper and lower is separated I can carry it in a back pack when I ride the bus or if I'm having a good day, a motorcycle.

I was over at Classic Arms looking at all their low price stuff. On their add for a Bear Creek plain steel barreled AR carbine with a detachable carry handle they had a link for the warranty and owner's manual. I clicked onto it and skimmed the manual. What was fun where their instructions for cleaning. Old school to the max. Take everything apart and clean it. Use a one piece cleaning rod and run swabs, patches, bore solvent, bore oil until clean.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/ClassicFireArm ... MANUAL.pdf
(My imaginary method), take stock off of buffer tube, separate upper from lower, soak halves overnight in my version of Ed's red. Wipe of excess, run bore snake down barrel, use canned air to blow out lower. put back together.

[PawPaw]

(My imaginary method), take stock off of buffer tube, separate upper from lower, soak halves overnight in my version of Ed's red. Wipe of excess, run bore snake down barrel, use canned air to blow out lower. put back together.

We used to take ours in the shower, take the lower off the upper and run hot water through the lower until all the crud came out, then run hot water down the bore until all the crud came out, then shower ourselves. After showering, we'd take the pieces out in the sun and smoke a cigarette until they were dry. Lube and reassemble.

I've also cleaned them by submerging the whole rifle in an immersion heater filled with water ad Simple Green. Boil them till clean, then lube and reassemble.

Cleaning ARs isn't hard. They're battle rifles and water shouldn't hurt them.

[Yogimus]

Dish washer works like a boss. Blast some air through the gas tube and run a patch down the barrel after cycle is complete.

[slowpoke]

Dish washer works like a boss. Blast some air through the gas tube and run a patch down the barrel after cycle is complete.

Then enjoy eating lead styphnate on your dishes....

[Yogimus]

Technically it is a "sanitizer" and this old thing has been cleaning guns near the armory for longer than I've been in the service.

[HTRN]

Or you could go down to Horror freight, buy a parts cleaner, and fill it with Diesel/K1 Kero, and use that..

But that's just crazy talk.