Cleaning 'lesson learned'

[ST911]

My cleaning regimen: Field strip, knock the chunks out, brush the chamber, run a bore snake, generously relube.

I own some very nice coated cleaning rods. I’m not sure where they are.

For the carbon on the bolt tail, if it doesn’t come off with the rag I wiped it with, I ignore it.

Windage is generally adjusted via knob on the right side of the rear sight, not the front, unless you have a FS sight that allows you to do so.

Locking the bolt back does no harm, though if using a cable lock I would close the bolt as far as it would go.

[thopkins22]

@SHV

A follow up question- I wiped down the outsides of my AR with CLP, and the finish dulled on the aluminum upper and lower. I assume that is due to oil absorption into the oxide surface.

However, since the MP15 seemed shinier before- did it do anything harmful? I noticed that wherever the factory grease had touched when I first got it, the same dulling happened.

It’s fine…as you’ll see when the oil dries.

[JSantoro]

@SHV

How does one adjust windage on a front sight? Mine are off to the left.

Unless you’re shooting an M240 or the like…you don’t. Windage is adjusted on the rear sight.

Usually, there is a knob, and on that knob there is an arrow with the word “left” or “right” by it. That arrow indicates that, if you turn the knob in that direction, the strike of the round will move in the direction indicated by the word adjacent to the arrow.

[SHV]

thanks, got it… if hits are to the left. you turn the rear site windage adjustment to the right. I probably need to turn it more than I did.

what’s the best way to adjust the front site elevation, without a specific tool? Keep in mind that this is a cheap leapers/UTG, no instructions (I know, I know… let the flames begin… I had (have) high hopes for my Holosight :-))

[thopkins22]

Bullet tips usually work well, as do Glock tools.

Honestly though, as well as they work, the proper $5 tool makes everything easy.

[mrbilltoo]

Years ago when I was in BCT in the Army… I won’t go into how many years, but it was just post-Viet Nam, you do the math, we had a nimrod from LA(Not Lower Alabama) that stuck the bore brush/rod in from the muzzle end. The brush got stuck. He pushed and shoved, and couldn’t get the brush to move. He tried twisting, and suddenly it started turning easy(unscrewing the bore brush into the bore). He then went to the firing line for record fire, and fired a round into the bore brush. M16 jammed. He did immediate action and shoved another round in there and fired again. Jammed again. Immediate action again and shoved another round in there. Drill sergeant looks over and there is smoke pouring from the weapon. Drill sergeant performs immediate action on the nimrod kicking the weapon away before it had a chance to explode and proceeded to beat the crap out of the recruit. The barrel had expanded out. The upper was toast. The lower looked to be intact. Recruit paid for a new weapon.:eek: