My 5.56 Bolt

I still can't believe this...I was telling Jim (BAR) and he knows that we have a Ranch that's now in my hands, but my dad took me when I was young to learn to hunt and shoot and him being in the Marine Corp taught me a lot about firearms. The Safety aspects, and the do ' s and don'ts and to clean your Rifle right after we finished Hunting and Shooting. He was a Marine until the day he passed. So I always clean my Rifle or Pistols after I finish not the next day or a week later but right after. When I enlisted in the Marine Corp I was issued a Clean Rifle and always kept it clean then after my enlistment was over I only saw dirty Rifle from friends. You can try to to get them to clean them right away, but some don't mind having to clean them up and chip away at the hardened cake, but I was embarrassed yesterday showing my Bolt to my friend. It looked like I haven't cleaned it in weeks. I still think it's that parkerize material that mixes with the powder. I just thought I would buy that bolt he had. This is why I bought the other BCG. I hadn't done what Jim recommended to do yet, but I will do it later tonight or in the morning, but you can see how it looks after I cleaned it.

In the Army our armorers would not make final inspection of fired rifles until we had cleaned them for 3 days (not always possible in the Infantry). When the Army started using Break Free the cleaning of the rifles was a little easier however most of us old timers brought our own cleaning solutions with us. Using the brass chamber brush was always good for getting the carbon fouling off and leaving the finish on.
I have found that the cheaper 5.56 ammo is also a culprit in carbon fouling. The cleanest firing 5.56 I have shot was under the Herters brand (Russian made) but I don't like steel cases. The ammo I like best is Federal/American Eagle. The fouling was similar to military ammo (I wonder why?). PMC is good ammo but it fouls the snot out my rifle, even after fewer than 30 rounds. I don't know about the other cheaper brands but I like shooting with what I'm familiar. The expensive ammo, I'm sure, is much cleaner shooting but I'm not that rich to buy the premium stuff.

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Originally Posted by BEAR

The ammo I like best is Federal/American Eagle.

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That's the ammo were shooting that day. I only like to Shoot 2 or maybe 3 types of Ammo
because when I started using these 2 types I didn't have much Fouling. I've used the M855 FMJ in the OD Green Battle Packs just to check it out and that is real nice ammo. The Fiocchi .223 Rem. is also a lot cleaner than the cheap ammo I've shot in the past. My Spike's Bolt hasn't gotten here yet, but I can't wait to see the difference. If I ever get a chance I'm on a time limit of what I can do in a few days.

Frank

We use American Eagle and Chinese, know you can't get the Chinese ammo but it works well, is a little dirty but overall not many issues. We do find the Chinese reloads start to have case issues after2 reloads so we toss them at 2 or 3 as we have lots of once fired .223/5.56.

Bought cases when both were cheap and now wish I would have bought more!

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Originally Posted by enfield303t

Bought cases when both were cheap and now wish I would have bought more!

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Is this Don ? What was the name of that Chinese Ammo ?

Frank

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Originally Posted by imntxs564

Is this Don ? What was the name of that Chinese Ammo ?

Frank

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Yes Frank its me.

Norinco, comes in 20 round white or yellow boxes, around 1,400 rds to a case. Little dirty, the odd FTF but super cheap at one time and good enough for fun.

Finally Received my Spare Spike's BCG. It's has a amazing feeling. It's so Slippery if you don't be careful you can drop it. The one I bought from Bravo I think it's defected. I'm going to call them to tell them about it and see if I can send it back for another. It's just amazing the feel of the Nickel Boron it has to work very well and to Clean it should be a breeze.

Very nice...

Our M16s would be stored dry but we would shoot them wet. Less stoppages and easier to clean. The exception to that was when operating in desert condition... the sand loved a sloppy wet action.

I like Nickel Boron coated BCGs. Clean up REALLY easy!