7mmsavage
Member
I am asking specifically about the M1 because of all of the parts affected when the gun is fired, and because of the corrosive surplus ammo available for them. Something I read said not to fully disassemble the rifle everytime it is fired, in order to maintain point of aim. Instead only clean the barrel and chamber unless a large number of rounds had been fired. One week ago I fired 48 rounds through my rifle. When I came home, I ran a couple patches of Windex through the barrel, a few with Hoppes #9, a few dry and finally a little oil. This morning I took it out to check the barrel and give it a more thorough cleaning. Well, I almost puked when I pulled it out of the safe, there was rust on my op rod!!! So needless to say the rifle was completely taken down, cleaned, oiled, and greased. I scrubbed the rust off of the op rod with some hoppes soaked patches. there was also rust on the barrel under the gas cylinder along with a lot of fouling. The ammo I used was Korean surplus. Do you all think the rust was from the ammo or the Windex? I guess I am not asking so much for cleaning procedures, what I really want to know is if you guys strip your rifles everytime you shoot them.