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Member Section => Tactical Rifle & Carbine => Topic started by: philw on June 10, 2010, 08:04:00 AM
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(http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e106/Captains1911/paper%20punchers/px1.jpg)
(http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e106/Captains1911/paper%20punchers/px2.jpg)
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2010/06/09/a-clean-wouldnt-hurt/
These photos were taken in 2005 by MisterPX of his custom AR-15 after 15,000 rounds of Wolf ammunition. He had lubed it every 1000 rounds but not cleaned it. A thousand rounds later a bolt lug sheared off and two magazines after that a second lug was lost and at that point he decided to terminate the experiment before something disastrous happened.
Those are my pics. I took those around the 15K mark. Broke a bolt lug around 16K, second lug broke after another mag or two, then I terminated my experiment. Interestingly enough, the bolt release broke in that 15-16 range as well.
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... barrel was Bushy, BCG was M1S, think upper rec. was as well. Lower was a RRA, do not recall who's LPK.
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All I can say is wow. I remember reading an article about an AR that was ran for 24,000 rounds before cleaning. It was at a training facility and they had a bolt lug that cracked at about the 15,000 round mark. But they replaced the bolt and continued to 24k.
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The dirtiest cheapest ammo would be what $.33/round? That is $5000 worth of ammo minimum, pretty pricey experiment! I would rather shoot 6,000 rounds of quality ammo through my 3 brand new ARs or 2 new Sig 556s. Just a thought, nothing wrong with shooting a lot of rounds, I'm just saying....
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First of all i use wolf in my Bushmaster all the time, its seems to prefer the stuff. My Dpms was hit or miss until i changed the hammer spring. Wolf is cheap and dirty, but i always clean my firearms from front to back leaving nothing to chance. I need to practice and i'll continue to use the stuff. One thing is clear i will never go that long with out cleaning. Good thing no one was hurt.
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Please include a warning when posting such graphic images. I've been having nightmares of these. ;D
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Must say I have never seen an AR that filthy. Impressed that it still worked. I tend to stay clear from Wolf ammo though I had an SKS that loved it.