A couple things I have to note, also as someone that used to do gun repairs and basic gunsmithing for a shop back in the day:
They are a bitch to clean, but the right tools can make it a lot easier. Get a boresnake, proper cleaning solvent and lube, patches and brushes, both brass and regular brush. Watch a youtube video and learn how to properly clean it. Pop out the two push pins and field strip it and cleaning it is rather easy. For the upper run boresnake through with solvent and patches until clean, then run it through again with lube. EZ.
(Also learn to clean or at least do a half-ass clean if time is a problem after every range visit, we got so many firearms that looked like they hadn’t been cleaned in years and were always a real bitch to take care of. My personal favorite was someone upset that we couldn’t magically restore his “5 years in a garage in Florida humidity in a duffel bag never fired or cleaned” that was rusted and pitted to hell, and that it couldn’t be brought back to factory new for 30 bucks 😂)
I haven’t personally had this happen to me, but also range use will vary wildly from combat use so I can’t speak on this too much.
They are because aluminum is very popular for manufacturing. If taken care of properly, this won’t be an issue. See above that most people don’t clean and maintain theirs properly lmao
Skill issue. Memes aside a good quality BCG is important for this reason. More people need to learn how the parts work on their build and change out parts as necessary if they are having issues with certain parts of it.
A couple things I have to note, also as someone that used to do gun repairs and basic gunsmithing for a shop back in the day:
(Also learn to clean or at least do a half-ass clean if time is a problem after every range visit, we got so many firearms that looked like they hadn’t been cleaned in years and were always a real bitch to take care of. My personal favorite was someone upset that we couldn’t magically restore his “5 years in a garage in Florida humidity in a duffel bag never fired or cleaned” that was rusted and pitted to hell, and that it couldn’t be brought back to factory new for 30 bucks 😂)
I haven’t personally had this happen to me, but also range use will vary wildly from combat use so I can’t speak on this too much.
They are because aluminum is very popular for manufacturing. If taken care of properly, this won’t be an issue. See above that most people don’t clean and maintain theirs properly lmao
Skill issue. Memes aside a good quality BCG is important for this reason. More people need to learn how the parts work on their build and change out parts as necessary if they are having issues with certain parts of it.