Fun Gun Reviews Presents: Complete AR 15 / M4 Cleaning & Lubrication. This is a continuation of our AR-15 "How To" series. Windham Weaponry MPC Carbine Thanks for watching~ Sootch00
I'm very new to the AR platform. Bought my first M4 the other day and used your video to learn how to break it down and clean it for the first time. Very helpful and informative. Thanks.
Thanks Sootch. Every AR owner should watch this at least once. Excellent and practical advice. I appreciate all you put into putting this together for us.
Sootch00 Thank you so much for this series of videos. Yes I have put together and cleaned my own AR but I have been self taught & it always helps to watch someone else do it to too see if I am missing anything. Complete novices to experts need to watch this series. If you are novice watch and learn ; a expert please add your comments so all us guys in the middle can learn!!
Sootch, a useful suggestion for those who have the inclination is to use a sonicator (vibratory cleaner) bath. Lyman makes one, as do several other makers. The device consists of a small bath with a temperature control, timer and on/off for sonication. Simply fill the bath to the fill line with warm-hot water, add a small amount of grease cutter, and then place your dirty parts in the basket and lower the basket into the bath. Hit the control buttons to start and the machine does the rest. Obviously, this machine is a luxury and doesn't not replace your method in the field or when by-hand cleaning is needed, but a sonicator is a real labor-saver if you have a lot of dirty gun parts to clean. More-stubborn deposits can be left to soak overnight as needed. Cabela's and other retailers offer environmentally-safe grease cleaners which may be safely washed down the drain and do not require haz-mat storage/pick-up.
This is the third video on this subject I've watched. I am picking up my first AR this week, and glad that I watched them before operating it. I'll probably watch several more.
I picked up my Colt M4 about a month ago, I was a little leery about a complete breakdown and cleaning until I watched this video. It was very helpful and the cleaning turned out to be a piece of cake, thanks
Every now and then I check out AR cleaning videos just to see if I can pick up a new tip or trick and I gotta say your video is by far still the most in-depth and up close video on how to clean and lube an AR-15. A Big Thumbs Up Sootch..🇺🇸👍👍👍👍👊
Sooch00 after watching numerous vids on cleaning and reassembling a AR you are the only one showing how the bolt goes back in the ejector at the 4-5 o'clock position and the extractor roughly 11o'clock position thanks for the detail
APatriot Yeah...He recommended that I take the upper off… “It would make it much easier” he said. I tried to do it with the upper on and it took me almost 6 months to clean : o
Dear Sir, thank you so much for your Excellent, Clear and Simple Explanation. It has been 48 years since my Drill Seargents (sp) taught us how to clean our weapons. " Life is but a vapor." Thanks again for all of your hard Work. Sic Semper Tyrannis.
Great video! Regarding lube however, I've seen a lot of guns choke from being too dry, but I've never seen one choke from being too wet. One tool that's nice to have is an Iosso Complete AR-15 Cleaning Kit. It has the proper brushes to clean every part of the rifle. It's not a have to have, but it's sure nice to have! That and a bore snake and you've pretty much got it covered for most cleaning. Add in a good 1-piece rod, jag & brush set and some patches for heavy bore cleaning, and you're set!
Excellent video Sir. Thank you very much. This is stuff that was already familiar to me, but it's always nice to see an excellent review/demo/refresher.
Holy hell! Great video. I never knew about these Tapco Star Patches! I've spent countless hours, throughout all stages of my military career, sitting there fingering that star chamber, wiping, and repeating over and over hoping that the arms room will say it's clean enough to turn my weapon back in. I just bought some of these patches and I'll keep em in my car for the next time we draw weapons.
The last few videos that you have done on the AR 15 have been very helpful to me since I'm new to the AR platform, thanks for all the great videos and keep up the good work.
sootch00: This is one of the BEST vids on cleaning of an AR that is around...I still come back to it to refresh my mind! Well done..keep up the great work!
This is the only video we need for cleaning this and variants. No fancy intro no E begging no 12 min story before the video. Just clean the rifle. This guy was ahead of the game
Now that is one squared away AR15! Great video Sootch, love the bloopers at the end, if I had a dollar for everytime I spilt my hoppes 9 jar, lol. Keep up the great work brother.
Tutorial eccezionale,ho acquistato da qualche mese il mio diamond back e di conseguenza ho visto tanti video sullo smontaggio, ce ne sono molti ben fatti, ma questo è il più completo.Fantastico!
Just wanted to say thanks for all these recent AR specific vids. My first is on its way and I can't wait to tear it all down! ... Oh, and run it too. Good job on your other vids as well. Looking forward to more.
One tool I use is a portable Hawk air compressor used for driving finish nails for interior construction. A high pressure air nozzle works great especially in the upper receiver.
Excellent video. Appreciate the detailed explanations. The close camera work was outstanding. Your production skills put your channel way ahead of the pack. Most others just do disassembly and assembly very quickly without explaining why & what they are doing. Thanks for your quality work. 😷😷🤔😁
Very very outstanding video. Great job. One of the best. True: No oil in the chamber. Period. Keep up the good work. Thanks a lot friend. SC Navy vet. 🇺🇸😊
You have some first class videos young man. I like the burlap and camouflage, nice touch. I bet you are underground in your Militia sniper bunker made from a shipping container? 🤓
Didn’t learn anything new because carried one about every day I was in especially in Nam ,I carried a pistol some times but I still enjoyed watching thanks.
I prefer "wet". During extended engagements the carbon will act as a graphite like substance when combined with a generous amount of applied lubricant. The dry method may lead to premature binding/failure during high heat cycling for extended periods due to carbon fouling and wear without the added lubricity. Excellent and thorough information on proper cleaning and maintenance regardless.
I was looking for a video representation of what the instructions for my sig m400 said, because I wasn't sure about what to lubricate around the trigger. This was pretty spot on for everything except the firing pin. My instructions didn't say to lube the firing pin, infact mine was very nasty when I cleaned it because I put lube on it last time.
