XCross
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Duggan,
How often do you break down the barrel and clean out the BCG & trigger pack?
TIA
Get a 12 gauge boresnake, some type of solvent/oil or CLP, and do the basic stuff.The m4 doesn't need to be babied ... a smoothbore shotgun has no rifling to clean that affects accuracy, so it isn't really important to clean the bore. Just use some solvent from time to time to clean up the fouling, most of the time a few passes with a boresnake and some CLP will be more than enough.
Cleaning the BCG is very easy, just wipe off wherever you see carbon/dirt.
I may be in the minority here, but I would say that keeping your M4 lubed is more important than keeping it super clean ... the gun will run just fine dirty, but if it is not oiled you will wear down your anodizing and parts much faster.
I have switched to using only Machine Gunners Lube, but there are plenty of oils on the market that will work.
Oh, and keep the barrel wet with some oil or clp from time to time, it's the only thing on the gun that is prone to rust, and it actually rusts pretty easily if you neglect it.
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If you're going to use any red-dot, the red-dot is your primary and the irons are backups. In the case in which your red-dot failed, you would completely remove your red-dot and use only the irons.
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I'm not sure how you would find a mount low enough to even make the sights usable.
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Duggan, thank you. Those links are exactly what I wanted. It's also good to know that I made a wise choice in picking this up.
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kingarmory, nice job on salvaging the barrel. However, for my own knowledge, does the addition of the breacher satisfy the BATF's minimal length requirements? Is this the same as having a permanently attached flash hider to an AR?
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Mr.Mac,
Thanks for responding back. I somewhat expected that there shouldn't be any harm with slamming the bolt carrier on an empty chamber, but I'd rather be cautious than sorry.
I think you answered my question regarding the function of the shotgun. I'm more concerned with any actions that may damage or hurt the bolt carrier group and internals be it through the improper cycling of the bolt, failure to engage the carrier button, etc. Btw, the manual that came with the shotgun leaves much to be desired.
Also, if I understand things correctly, I should be able to shoot either slugs or steel shot through the modified choke, but using a cylinder choke should give me better performance with slugs? Most of my experience with shotguns comes from an old 870 Remington pump - robust and idiot proof.
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First off, I want to let you guys know that I've lurked on this forum for a while, and I finally decided to pick up a M4 based off your reviews and friends reviews. So, since I'm still cutting my teeth on semi-autos, I've got a few questions (maybe some rudimentary ones so please entertain my questions).
First, is it bad to slam the bolt carrier group on an empty chamber? I know some 1911s do not like having the slide slammed on an empty chamber and this can eventually knock the sear out of alignment.
Second, to my understanding, the carrier button is used to help engage the cartridge drop lever. So, does it cause any damage to cycle the bolt w/out having the cartridge drop lever engaged (i.e. red-dot showing) and w/out depressing the carrier button?
Finally, I'm looking forward to getting outdoors to properly break mine in so any break-in procedures would be welcomed.
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