How to clean sand out of AR

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Originally Posted by drift_g35

So my buddy didnt believe me that if I covered my AR in sand that it would still fire. $20 later and I was right he was wrong. But now i have a problem. How do I get all this sand out! All the sand is stuck to the oil. I soaked it in the bathtub with some dawn dish soap, completely field stripped. Charging it feel less gritty now but id like to get all the sand out... Suggestions?

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Really??

[ROFL1][ROFL3][fail][facepalm]

Never tried with an AR, but I used brake cleaner with great success cleaning shit out of my 240L. Worked really well.

I've cleaned tools and AR's in the dishwasher before. Lots of oil after the cleaning.

...don't forget to disassemble and clean the magazine, as well.

If my "buddy" challenged me to that I would tell him to fuck himself. He can go buy his own damn AR and find out.
It's one thing to get some sand in it from the range, a class or fighting the Zombie Apocalypse but to purposely put sand in a weapon is daft.

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Originally Posted by BPTactical

If my "buddy" challenged me to that I would tell him to fuck himself. He can go buy his own damn AR and find out.
It's one thing to get some sand in it from the range, a class or fighting the Zombie Apocalypse but to purposely put sand in a weapon is daft.

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My thoughts exactly

Did the microwave thing work?

Dishwasher

Non-chlorinated brake cleaner. All over. Every part EXCEPToptics.

let dry.

compressed air to blow out the rest.

re-lube.

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Originally Posted by cfortune

Did the microwave thing work?

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I tired that and it works awesome, sand pops out of all the crevices.