Troglodyte Maintenance for the AR-15/M-16

**dail621** · 09-05-10, 10:12

Anal ease... hahahaahaha

**Killjoy** · 09-05-10, 21:23

Excellent article!

**St. Dark** · 09-17-10, 12:36

Now, see, it's stuff like this I would be less likely to run across "in the wild."

Years ago, when my shooting friends drug me off to the gunstore to get the mini-14 they insisted was "totally me", they instilled in me "if you shoot it, might as well shoot it a lot since if you shoot it, you gotta clean it."* My wife will tell you that while I don't always have that attitude with other things

, I did with the mini and do now with my SporterII in the year and a half or so that I've had it.
Nice to be able to get SOLID info from qualified sources.

*in their defense, none of them owned AR's; and the anal retentive school of gun maintenance was probably a GOOD thing with the mini.

**barrelwrench** · 09-23-10, 21:07

Good quick refresher guide. I haven't re certified in the last few years.
Question on gas ports? Do you have some info on specific manufacturer, carbine length and rifle length gas port diameters.
Another question? I heard that Colt has redesigned or improved the locking lugs last year. Any truth to that?