How to Clean Your AR15: Fast + Simple Step by Step

This guide emphasizes the critical role of regular firearm maintenance in preventing malfunctions and ensuring performance. It highlights how wear and carbon buildup can drastically affect a firearm's operation, while proper lubrication is key to smooth cycling. The information also touches on the reliability differences between standard AR-15s and those equipped with suppressors, noting potential malfunction points at lower round counts for the latter.

This guide details a basic cleaning procedure for an AR-15, recommended every 500 rounds. It covers field stripping the upper receiver, cleaning the barrel with a bore snake, cleaning the bolt carrier group (BCG), and proper lubrication of key contact points. The process emphasizes not over-lubricating to prevent carbon buildup. The video is presented by Justin from Palmetto State Armory.

This guide details the essential steps for lubricating a new AR-style rifle before its initial firing, as demonstrated by an experienced instructor. It covers proper disassembly, specific lubrication points on the bolt carrier group and trigger mechanism, and reassembly. The video emphasizes the importance of lubrication for new firearms, drawing a parallel to car maintenance, and highlights the performance of the We The Pieu MX1 lubricant in hot conditions like those found in Utah.

This expert-level guide synthesizes insights on the Glock 19's enduring dominance, focusing on its intentional design, 'Goldilocks' size for carry, and consistent mechanics. It highlights the impact of law enforcement standardization and the extensive aftermarket support. The video emphasizes the Glock 19's reliability, user-friendliness, and practical advantages over other platforms like revolvers, making it a top recommendation for various applications.

This video provides a detailed review of the One Horse Express AR-15, which comes standard with the ATRIS FRS (Force Reset Trigger). The instructor demonstrates basic shooting techniques for FRT-equipped firearms, emphasizing proper stance, recoil management, and the difference between controlled bursts for accuracy and mag dumping for fun. The review also covers the rifle's specifications, performance with various accessories, and its unique position as the first factory-offered AR with an FRT.

This guide explains the function of the buffer tube in an AR-15 or AR-pattern rifle, as demonstrated by Jared from GUNBROS. The buffer tube is a critical component of the operating system, housing a buffer and spring. Upon firing, the bolt carrier group compresses this spring and buffer assembly as it moves rearward, and the subsequent expansion of the spring drives the BCG forward to chamber the next round. This process is essential for the semi-automatic function of AR-pattern firearms.

This guide details the operation of the Genesis Gen12 shotgun, a 12 Gauge short-recoil semi-automatic firearm. It covers equipment preparation, loading with high-capacity magazines, and engaging targets with a rapid-fire sequence. The instruction emphasizes smooth magazine transitions and proficient recoil management, highlighting the platform's AR-15 style controls. The video showcases the Gen12's cycling speed and effectiveness on steel targets.

This video showcases an advanced 3-Gun shoot house drill, demonstrating rapid target acquisition, efficient weapon transitions, and controlled movement through a complex environment. The drill emphasizes proficiency with both rifle and pistol platforms in a dynamic setting. Instruction is provided by Farewell Firearms Training, highlighting professional-level competitive shooting techniques.

This video demonstrates an advanced firearms training drill at West Orlando Firearms Training (WOFT), focusing on high-speed steel target engagement and rapid reloads. The instruction, provided by a professional firearms instructor, highlights techniques such as rapid target acquisition, sub-second reloads using extended baseplates, and proficient use of a Trijicon SRO red dot sight on a custom Glock-style pistol. The drill emphasizes advanced recoil management and target transition skills essential for competitive shooting.

This video showcases the G9 Defense External Hollow Point (EHP) .45 ACP ammunition. It highlights the unique solid copper, fluted projectile design, emphasizing its potential for effective defensive performance. The presenter, from Farewell Firearms Training, focuses on the projectile's construction and the ammunition's specifications, including its 117-grain weight and 1400 FPS velocity.