First time

[Jackattack 0]

Hey all,

 

I am going to pick up my .223 today, and I was wondering if there is any initial maintenance that you all recommend before the first shots are fired? I know to read the users manual, is there anything else I should do? Should I do an initial cleaning?

 

Thanks

[RangerM9 1]

Hey all,

 

I am going to pick up my .223 today, and I was wondering if there is any initial maintenance that you all recommend before the first shots are fired? I know to read the users manual, is there anything else I should do? Should I do an initial cleaning?

 

Thanks

 

welcome!

 

Glad you asked!

 

 

1) clean up extra packing oil, check barrel for grease/obstructions, clear as needed

2) lightly oil if you feel like it...hell its an AK...its gonna work!

3) shoot...

4) repeat step three until your fingers hurt from loading mags.

5) put gun away

6) have a beer....repeat as desired

 

enjoy

[pogy 5]

Ranger is goofing around somewhat but he is right.

Clean it as if you have shot a bunch of rounds through it already. You want to make sure that the barrel is totally unobstructed by

anything applied at the factory.

[Bad Bob 0]

And for God's sake, wash your hands after touching the anti-corrosion paper the Saiga came packed in! From the sound of the English-translation-of-the-original-Russian-language-warning, our friends at Izhmash must have got that brown-colored paper surplus, from the old Soviet chemical warfare folks...

 

;>)

[Jackattack 0]

LOL thanks for the great advice! Definitely going to do a lot of #6 after the first shoot, and I will be sure to dispose of the paper properly.

 

Thanks again

Edited March 22, 2007 by JackAttack

[Jackattack 0]

So do you all recommend breaking down/cleaning past the "field stripping?" I was going to, but I had some trouble getting the fore end off. I took the sling ring off, but it still would not slide forward.

 

Also, from what I understood in the owners manual, all that was needed for lubrication was to wipe the parts with a break free rag. It didnt say anything about using any more oil then that, do you all recommend using drops of oil anywhere?

 

Thanks

[vjor 2]

On the AK keep the receiver dry and the bolt dry, no oil

is not and AR15 no need for lube on receiver or bolt or bolt carrier

just make sure your firing pin is free and the barrel has no obstructions

the pin on your .223 is not free floating like on the 7.62x 39 that mean

the firing pin must of the time will sit back on the bolt, it has a small spring

on it, at list must of Saigas .223 I have seen.

 

After firing look for powder residue on piston, front of bolt carrier

face of bolt, and off course the barrel and gas tube, clean it with

any powder solvent you choose to use, I use hoopes number 9

must of the time, by the way the burn powder will cake on face of piston

you can use a little wire brush like copper wire brush if you want

to really clean it, use a 12G brush to clean and make it easy to clean

gas tube.

 

Just my 2 cents worth of nothing.

[wiharu 0]

Yeah, those instructions that came with mine were um.. ominous.

 

Wash hands, face, butt, anyone who you looked at and the roof of the house after you've touched the paper...

 

Then burn the paper near a person who you don't like, but not near a POW, due to it breaking Geneva Convention...

 

I mean ominous... I think I'll wrap my Mom-In-Law's Christmas gift in the stuff....