First Strip and Clean of My MWS

[77Bronc]

Sorry, no pictures, my wife had the tied up with her stuff she was working on.

I just completed my first detail strip down and clean of the MWS after 300 rounds and it looked great. No issues, no signs of abnormal wear, no signs of any flaking on the carrier.

In addition, the buffer tube looks like the carrier is reciprocating back and forth even, no signs of bottom wear as noted in other members postings.

Cleaning the bolt was easy, a lot of carbon build up, I used Slip Carbon Cutter, for the first time, and let me say it took the carbon build off.

Stood the bolt up on the end, face down, put some of the Slip CC on the build up area, let set for about 15 min, keep adding CC during the 15 min. Then took some very worn Scotch Brite (worn after years of use, but keep it in the cleaning box) and the carbon came right off with very light rubbing.

The barrel cleaned up real easy, no issues there. Lubed up the lower and upper using a combination of Slip and Wilson products. I cant settle on just one. Use the Slip on the upper and Wilson on the trigger group.

Put it back together and ready for range this weekend...After 300 rounds I am satisfied, no problems to report.

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[Conrad101st]

Re: First Strip and Clean of My MWS

Make sure you push the firing pin ALL the way in to seat it before sliding the "captive" retaining pin behind it.

 

[judgedelta]

Re: First Strip and Clean of My MWS

You're having better luck than myself. My carrier is boxed and ready to send back tomorrow. The coating is flaking off in several places. Gene, the tech guy said that they have changed the coating on the carriers since I got mine (April or May). No questions, just send it back...

 

[77Bronc]

Re: First Strip and Clean of My MWS

Also learned something else, while I had it apart and inspecting the parts, the cam will only go into one side of the bolt. Not sure if it is like that on all AR rifles, especially LMT's, never tried it on my 5.56 MRP's.

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[jlow]

Re: First Strip and Clean of My MWS

It's that way to prevent you from putting the cam in when the extractor is on the wrong side - safety feature in all ARs - thank God!

 

[bravojmc]

Re: First Strip and Clean of My MWS

Congrats! I know that scotch brite is very used, But is it taking any finish off the carrier?

 

[judgedelta]

Re: First Strip and Clean of My MWS

I have tried the cam in backwards on my Bushmaster; it won't go but one way. Apparently they knew I was coming when they designed the rifle...

 

[77Bronc]

Re: First Strip and Clean of My MWS

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Bravojmc</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Congrats! I know that scotch brite is very used, But is it taking any finish off the carrier?

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No, I am only using it on the end of the bolt, where the carbon is built up. It is so used, that it really has no heavy removal capability. I soaked it with the Slip CC, did not really press that hard. On the carrier I used just a regular nylon cleaning brush.

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