Think it needs a clean

[philw]

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.

[nupe]

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.

[Paraguy]

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....

[MAUSERMAN]

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.

[LittleRed]

Please include a warning when posting such graphic images. I've been having nightmares of these. 

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[Ping]

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.