AR-15 Deep Clean Part 2 - Cleaning Bolt Carrier Group and Gas Block

In this video, I continue with the cleaning process of my AR-15. Now tht the barrel is clean, I will be moving on to cleaning the rest of the parts of the rifle.

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I enjoy cleaning my rifles, but that seems like overkill unless you had thousands of rounds through it without a cleaning. Once you fire ten rounds, it’s filthy again. Just the nature of the beast.

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This particular rifle had not been cleaned for a few years with a few thousand rounds through it. With having to do a deep clean, which was needed at the time, I figured it was a good opportunity to get it back to like new.

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@@mattsreloadingbench then I would have done the same, maybe not take off the barrel, wouldn’t trust myself

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It is not as hard as you think. Just make sure that you have the right tools for the job.

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Why do you have a spring on your bolt?

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The upper is from a Huldra Mark IV. It was a premiere line that was offered by Fleet Farm years back. This is just part of the design for their piston system. They specifically designed interacting components for 1/2" of travel and then added this spring to the bolt to assist with keeping the bolt in a centered travel back and forth. In return, they claim that this is to produce an end result of making the rifle more accurate and reducing wear and it is a much cleaner system than your standard AR-15.
Does it do what it claims? I don't know. BUT, it is an accurate rifle for sure. I am happy with it and it has proven to be one of the most reliable AR-15's that I have