Mini 14, folding stock pistol grip 40rd clip in pouch and standerd 20rd, Glock 30s 45cal 48rd mag my ccw of choice obviously not with that mag, and my nvg digital scope for my trusty mini :) I love my country

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Yet another first build post. Super excited to test it out.

Nice

Looks good man

This is the pistol I just built, 7.5 inch barrel. 40 rd pmag

No brace?

@Sage Ive worked as a maintenance tech and machinist too long to believe that man.

@Ironman I work in a related field, and have been using grease over oil on my guns for almost 10 years now. Try it - it's way better.

And I work as a part time gunsmith. Grease = carbon. Might as well use cosmoline.

Nope. Everybody who I've told to try this thought I was crazy, then I lubed their rifle. All believers.

@Sage never used one, I still need to figure out what sights to use, it's different on the pistols

Grease = really thick oil.

Ill stick with my light machine oil. The name of the game in tight tolerance is viscosity

ehh, not always

Oil is often petrolium based, whereas grease is usually lithium hydroxide based

Yup

The clearances on your bolt group aren't that tight.

And oil is a hydrocarbon. Oh no carbon. BTW, ignore carbon. Carbon hurts nothing.

It also depends on the type of stuff you use

Carbon buildup is what causes the majority of malfunctions in AR rifles.

@longdickerson Nah, same sights work.

Some grease is nice and thin, and sticks well to components

> Carbon buildup is what causes the majority of malfunctions in AR rifles.
@Ironman I strongly disagree.

Red dot?

Red dot, yes.

Interesting

Disagree all you want, I know better

Operator error, bad ammo, bad magazines, out of tolerance parts... there is a LONG list of things that cause failures way way before you get to carbon build up.

If its operator err, mags, ammo, etc, then someone should probably seek training. SPORTS is a thing.

Grease loves sand. Sand loves jams

LOL, are you gonna tell ME to seek training? Dude, slow your roll.

If the boot fits

Grease can be used far more sparingly, and doesn't creep like oil. Grease, SPEAKING FROM LONG EXPERIENCE, attracts less fouling and sand.

Capillary attraction. Probably want to google that.

Creep is a good thing.

Not if you want to keep dirt off. The surfaces inside the AR aren't going to corrode, so you don't NEED creep.

Apologies for the messy bench, but this is what 1500ish rounds look like on grease. All weather, rain or shine (Texas, so mostly shine) blowing dirt, pushing through cedar stands... It's got some gunk on it, but no sand, no foreign materials. And it runs the same as if I'd just cleaned it yesterday.