I broke down and cleaned her today. For the most part, the grime wiped right off with a rag/toothbrush/q-tip (and a few drops of Slip 2000 carbon killer). I was pretty surprised with how easily it cleaned up.
The cam pin showed a lot of wear and was replaced with a BCM piece I had on hand (rifle has ~6300 rounds on it total, so it was time). The bolt got a liberal dose of Slip 2000 oil and she’s ready to roll once again.
Thanks for tracking, this was a cool experiment. And a tip-o-the-hat to Noveske, they build great rifles!
According to the so called experts on many of the Television Firearms shows this just cannot be true… AR’s are finicky, malfunction easily and must be kept immaculate to ensure proper running. Therefore one should buy an AK if they want a Firearm that is dependable at the expense of accuracy.
Please note the sarcasm dripping from the above post.
I’d never even heard of Noveske until I joined this forum a few days ago. It seems they make an excellent rifle. Thanks for taking the time to do the test and post the results.
Great pics, great data. This goes a long way to putting real numbers on what really goes on.
The chamber pic is really interesting, as the majority of that deposit has to have come from around the case during extraction. The gas tube doesn’t point down there, it’s directing any gas back onto the key.
Point being, someone who does this with a piston gun would see about the same amount of deposit. My old HK sure got dirty.
there is truly something to say about quality components.
Congrats on your test and thanks for the data/pics.
I havent done this since my Sig 556P, if you were really compelled, I would love to see how this would fare with Wolf.
this is great to hear as I have a standard Noveske N4 bacis coming to my dealer next week that I ordered from Noveske last week. This is great to hear, thanks for the “torture” test.
