How long does it take you..

[Friday]

..to clean an AR15?

 

[skiles]

Depends on how detailed I get. At least 30-45 minutes I would guess.

 

[Pinky787]

10 minutes to an hour, depending how detailed, and if I'm doing it to just get away, chill in the shop drink a beer n listen to music

 

[DrScaryGuy]

no idea. i don't do it ... ever
a few minutes to strip it, then a minute or two to just wipe an oily rag inside the receivers. another minute or two to run a brush and a patch down the barrel. or a boresnake if i'm being lazy. it's mostly aluminum and doesn't need to be spotless to be reliable.

 

[AR10ShooterinNC]

Unless I'm doing a deep clean, it's around 10 to 15 minutes. I spray it down with brake clean, then wipe it CLP, a bore snake down the barrel a few times and I'm done.

 

[GoWolfpack]

Pins out, fold open, bolt out, blast with brake cleaner, compressed air and CLP, everything back together. 10 minutes if I'm in a terrible hurry. But I would rather just not clean it than do a rush job.

 

[Squanchy]

Wait, y'all are cleaning your rifles?

 

[BlackGun]

Maybe 15 minutes.

 

[Friday]

Depends on how detailed I get. At least 30-45 minutes I would guess.

That's about where I am with the thorough deep clean.
30-45 minutes with a good de-crusting of the bolt and face along with the q-tip belly dance around the guts.
After a range day I usually just bore snake a couple of times and silicone cloth the outside.
If I don't do a good cleaning when it needs it the bolt gets slow and sticky, and end up just slathering oil all over it so it will keep running.

 

[Burt Gummer]

hose it down with brake kleen, blow it off, re-lube.

 

[Cole_McD]

1 second to apply more lube.

That's about it.

 

[pinkbunny]

1 day, then 15 minutes.

 

[Snal~]

This thread is working under the assumption that I actually shoot my AR's.

I was under the impression that these were to be built, and then put in the safe.

 

[MrBitey]

I've got three to clean tomorrow. I'm thinking 20-30 minutes each. I just bought a new cleaning tool to try out, the Real Avid bore guide.

SMART LOCK™ BORE GUIDE

AR15 PIVOT LOCKING BORE CLEANING GUIDE This clever design combines the ability to lock the AR15 upper open while perfectly aligning cleaning rods inside the barrel. The industry-first pivot-locking arm securely holds the upper open at an optimum angle for cleaning the bore. The Smart Lock Bore...

www.realavid.com

 

[Car0linab0y]

Quick clean 15 minutes.

Detail clean 45 - 1 hour ( very nit-picky)

Worst ever - range day in Air Force. All ammo was tracers because ammo was in short supply. It looked like someone poured a batch of JB weld into the works. It took 10 minutes to get the bolt apart...

After 1:45 the armory guys were hovering, like "what's taking so.long?" I showed them the pile of crud I had chipped out so far and the bolt carrier still had crap caked on it... after another 10 minutes they said good enough; we will finish it tomorrow...

 

[fieldgrade]

I quit shooting mine I hate cleaning them so much.

Pistols, not so much.

 

[B00ger]

5 minutes. Break it open, wipe everything down, run a boresnake, then put back together. I don’t use mine enough to get them too funky..

 

[Ben Jefferson]

Half hour to do a decent job.