Safety & Maintenance Instructions

FREEDOM. PASSION. PRECISION.
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WARNING: CLEANING FIREARMS, DISCHARGING FIREARMS IN POORLY
VENTILATED AREAS, OR HANDLING AMMUNITION MAY RESULT IN EXPOSURE
TO LEAD AND OTHER HARMFUL SUBSTANCES WHICH ARE KNOWN TO THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS, REPRODUCTIVE HARM,
AND OTHER SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY. HAVE ADEQUATE VENTILATION
AT ALL TIMES. BE SURE TO ALWAYS WASH HANDS THOROUGHLY AFTER
POSSIBLE EXPOSURE.
1. Strip for cleaning as previously described.
NOTE: Avoid contact between the cleaning rod and the muzzle as
resultant wear will greatly reduce accuracy.
2. Attach a cotton annel patch to end of the cleaning rod, insert it in the
chamber and pass the rod and patch down through the barrel and out the
muzzle. Remove used patches at muzzle to avoid pulling it back through the
bore. Repeat, changing patches with each pass through the barrel, until the
last patch comes out clean.
NOTE: Avoid pulling dirty patches back through the barrel.
3. Visually inspect the barrel; if it is clean, proceed directly with step 8, but if it
remains dirty, continue with step 4.
NOTE: Items 4 & 5 should be applicable only after ring.
4. Attach nylon wire-bristle bore-cleaning brush to cleaning rod and dip brush in
rearm-cleaning solution. Thoroughly scrub out barrel, passing the brush all
the way through before reversing the movement. If you try to change direction
with the brush in barrel, the brush can get stuck and cause damage to barrel.
5. Attach the larger chamber-cleaning brush to the cleaning rod, dip the brush in
bore-cleaning solution, and clean the chamber. Use a minimum of ve plunge
strokes and three 360° clockwise rotational strokes.
6. Repeat steps 2 and 3 above.
7. Use an all-purpose nylon cleaning brush and rearm-cleaning solution to clean
all carbon and powder residue from around the gas tube in the upper receiver,
bolt locking lugs, bolt rings, ring pin, bolt cam pin, lip of the extractor, and
inside the bolt carrier group.
IMPORTANT: DO NOT USE A WIRE BRUSH ON ALUMINUM SURFACES
SUCH AS THE UPPER AND LOWER RECEIVERS AND THE HANDGUARDS.
IF CLEANING IS NECESSARY, AVOID SCRATCHES AND WEAR BY USING
A SMALL NYLON BRUSH OR FLANNEL PATCH.
8. Wipe all components clean and dry and inspect them for excessive wear,
corrosion or mechanical damage. If any of these conditions are discovered, have
them corrected before ring again. (See Servicing and Repair later in this section.)