AR 15 cleaning tools

[cbeck36]

Want to get your opinions on the CAT outdoors cleaning tool and the Otis B.O.N.E tool. Or, any others you might fancy.

 

[Travis Bertrand]

You clean your ar-15?

Joking but not.... I’ve ran thousands of rounds through mine without cleaning. Just add lube.


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[BRTreedogs]

I take my upper off and soak with foaming bore cleaner.
Few patches down bore.
Scrub with a brush.
Strip it all out with brake cleaner.
Re oil.

 

[Rockwell]

The only thing special is a chamber brush. I have the Otis bone tool, think I've used it twice since I've bought it several years ago and it really isn't worth the cost.

 

[Leel1018]

Cleaned, oiled and ready to roll

 

[Copperhead]

Nylon brush (for bcg), plastic pick set, a bore snake and a box of rags is what I use on all of mine. Sometimes a cleaning rod with a bore brush and patches if I just drum dumped a pile of winchester white box. You can easily strip an AR down far enough that I wouldn't think you really need anything special. Just check your feed ramps and make sure there's nothing crunchy on your bcg and should run forever.

 

[Desk Jockey]

I’d agree with sentiments above. I spent hours of my youth making the internals of various M16s sparkle. These days I run my ARs wet with SLIP 2000. I will use a pick set to scour carbon when I really clean them. I have some GI type chamber brushes and a bore snake. Apart from that I don’t use anything special. The late (great) Pat Rogers of EAG Tactical was famed for running his loaner ARs Tens of thousands of rounds between cleanings with a healthy dose of SLIP.

 

[packer58]

I'll second the Slip 2000, that stuff works......

 

[11boo]

Chamber brush is the most needed item. Cheap GI cleaning rods work, but some guys prefer a one piece rod. Anything else is fluff.

 

[Titan_Bow]

I was out shooting the 6.8 this weekend. I still clean mine pretty much like I did when I was in the Army. CLP, a toothbrush,cloth, pipe cleaners, patches and cleaning rod.


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[dieselchessy]

I use a bore guide that locks into the barrel extension and the special chamber brush.
That’s all I use that’s special for the AR’s.
I use a bore guide for all my rifles.

 

[WCB]

Some picks, AR chamber brush, Cheap tooth brushes, Qtips and an old rag. other than that pull a bore snake after shooting just to nock out the carbon. Clean mine after outing. I clean to inspect.