How Do You Clean An M16/AR 15?
• Get a good cleaning kit designed specifically for your rifle. It should contain lubricant, cleaning rods, bore brush and cleaning clothes. It is also good to buy silicone wipes. • Empty the weapon. Take the magazine out, rack the charging handle multiple times and chamber check the barrel. • Lubricate the charging handle. Pull the charging handle back with one hand, and with your other take a cleaning cloth with a small mount of lubricant and go up and down the handle. • Separate the lower and upper receivers. Take down the back take down pin and pull the upper and lower apart. This will allow you to take another cloth with lubricant and apply a generous portion to the bottom of the bolt assembly. • Cleaning the barrel. Take the cleaning rods and your bore brush, and sweep the barrel very carefully. This will loosen some of the chalked powder. Make sure you go all the way through and outside the other end of the barrel and THEN come back through, never pull the cleaning rod backwards
