Cleaning an M&P 15 Sport...

[Sydtoosic]

i used the search option but came up empty... my question is should i clean my rifle straight out of the box or put some rounds through her first and then clean. thanx for any advice and i am wearing my flame suit...

 

[uncledoggle]

Clean it, and clean it well. There will be metal particles from the milling processes left in the action, chamber, and barrel. Get all that **** out of there along with the factory rust prohibitive gunk. Once that is done lube everything up and put a few rounds down range. Then clean the barrel again and put a few more rounds down range.

There should have been cleaning/lube instructions with the rifle. Read them. There are a lot of good cleaning/lubing YouTube videos. There are also a lot of break in vids and opinions on barrel break in requirements available on various AR forums.

Enjoy your new friend, and keep your credit card handy.

 

[JaPes]

It is always advisable to give a new or used firearm a field strip, clean, and lube. It also provides the opportunity to give the firearm a visual inspection and function check.

 

[ThePhantom]

It is the same as cleaning any standard AR. Make sure bolt and trigger are "moist" with oil. You don't want it wet, this will create a carbon, oil, lead pudding that will just do more harm than good. But as you would imagine running the gun dry isn't good either. I would HIGHLY recommend Frog Lube for you tactical firearms. I run it on my M&P and it makes the gun look great, function great and smell great!