The AK-47 is a remarkable piece of machinery, isn't it? I own a few myself, mainly because it's hard for me to pass up picking one of the work horses up when I see one at a decent price. What makes these rifles so great lies in the fact that you have to bury one in sand for two years and then beat it against a tree to get it to stop functioning. Even though the AK-47 will continue to fire under adverse conditions, that doesn't mean you can ignore the poor thing. It's time to break out supplies and clean your AK-47!
Be a good Boy Scout and check your rifle for live rounds before working on your AK-47 assault rifle. This is a very dangerous machine that can harm or kill in the flash, and you need to triple check your weapon with both your hands and your eyes before moving forward. Once triple checked, it's time to strip the rifle down to its component parts. For information on this process, please consult your owner's manual or even other online resources. This is actually something you should know by heart as a gun owner, so practice it until you have it down pat.
The tools you'll need for the first cleaning phase is a stiff toothbrush, a grease-busting solvent, patches, and a rod. This is perhaps the most time-consuming part of the cleaning process, and that varies with your own attention to detail. You can use wet patches and brushes to scrub until your knuckles bleed, if you want. If I were you, I would just get all of the conspicuous grit, carbon, and fouling. Pay close attention to the trouble areas where carbon accumulates, like the bolt carrier group and the bore.
Brake cleaner has some pretty gnarly health risks, so make sure you are wearing gloves and eye wear for this next step. Using your brake cleaner, spray down the parts you just finished cleaning to get rid of anything you may have missed, as well as any cleaner that may still be on the surfaces of the bore and chamber. This will get rid of nearly all of the grease, leaving you a nice metal finish.
It's time for lubrication! You need a good grease, like Tetra, for the rails and the contact points of the bolt. You won't need much grease, since an excessive amount will only attract grit and dirt. Use machine oil, or gun oil, on all of the interior parts. Get a good coating on everything, as a gun's biggest enemy is rust (and liberals.) You also need to use a rag wet with motor oil to get every last bit of exposed metal. A light film of oil is all that's really required here.
Believe it or not, you can also run your AK-47 through the dishwasher if you're feeling especially lazy. Once it's done, dry it in the oven at a low 250 degrees to dry it all out and then lubricate it as you reassemble everything. Compared to the cleaning process of many other guns, this is about as easy as it gets. Enjoy your fine-tuned, perfectly-firing AK-47!
Be a good Boy Scout and check your rifle for live rounds before working on your AK-47 assault rifle. This is a very dangerous machine that can harm or kill in the flash, and you need to triple check your weapon with both your hands and your eyes before moving forward. Once triple checked, it's time to strip the rifle down to its component parts. For information on this process, please consult your owner's manual or even other online resources. This is actually something you should know by heart as a gun owner, so practice it until you have it down pat.
The tools you'll need for the first cleaning phase is a stiff toothbrush, a grease-busting solvent, patches, and a rod. This is perhaps the most time-consuming part of the cleaning process, and that varies with your own attention to detail. You can use wet patches and brushes to scrub until your knuckles bleed, if you want. If I were you, I would just get all of the conspicuous grit, carbon, and fouling. Pay close attention to the trouble areas where carbon accumulates, like the bolt carrier group and the bore.
Brake cleaner has some pretty gnarly health risks, so make sure you are wearing gloves and eye wear for this next step. Using your brake cleaner, spray down the parts you just finished cleaning to get rid of anything you may have missed, as well as any cleaner that may still be on the surfaces of the bore and chamber. This will get rid of nearly all of the grease, leaving you a nice metal finish.
It's time for lubrication! You need a good grease, like Tetra, for the rails and the contact points of the bolt. You won't need much grease, since an excessive amount will only attract grit and dirt. Use machine oil, or gun oil, on all of the interior parts. Get a good coating on everything, as a gun's biggest enemy is rust (and liberals.) You also need to use a rag wet with motor oil to get every last bit of exposed metal. A light film of oil is all that's really required here.
Believe it or not, you can also run your AK-47 through the dishwasher if you're feeling especially lazy. Once it's done, dry it in the oven at a low 250 degrees to dry it all out and then lubricate it as you reassemble everything. Compared to the cleaning process of many other guns, this is about as easy as it gets. Enjoy your fine-tuned, perfectly-firing AK-47!
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