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I usually sit these threads out, but this ongoing conflagration about ARs jamming when one just glances at the them is pure horsefeathers. Like you, I've subjected the M16 to mud baths, swimming events, sand traps, the whole nine yards.

Never had a jam until the remfs sent us out this new fangled oil some dude from Caleefornia had thought up and sold somebody in the higher eschalon the idea it was a cure all for all that vietnamese jungle rot that happened to our gear...

Well Hell Yeah! I tried it, and it shore nuff kept that Black beauty a sparklin! Made the rain skeen off like water offa ducks ass, and made the action SNAP like there was no tommorow! Then came 'ol Sir charles acallin on a late night date in thee 'ol Ashua dancin valley!

Well Sombeach! I had no longer fed two 30 mags through my baby tradin volleys with Charley when the Band demanded to be paid! I'm here to tell, there is nothing worse than tryin to dance when you Baby has choked on some brass! in the middle of a moonless night!

NEVER...EVAH...AGAIN will I ever put WD=40 on a Gawdamned thing agin!

Well up to that point fellas, I nevah had a jam with that fine tool! And trust me boys, afgter THAT night, I never had another one!

Agree......Yeah WD40 sucks for weapons ........great for drying out a distributor cap that gets flooded or removing a bumper sticker and that’s about it shy of a squeeky hinge er three.......

Militech 1 oil and grease is lone PM POL products I personally use shy of a rustpruffe rag carried with other cleaning tools.

There have been sooooooooooo many recipes for panther piss cleaning products that I can not count em. But for field cleaning and maintenance I use the products above. When back in safe areas I will detail clean with ultrasonic cleaners, boiling water baths etc to swab it surgical clean and then reapply the militec 1 per directions.

That stuff worked for me in the wet and dry regions I was deployed to later in my career. Prior to that I kept it as dry as possible using very little teflon based lube after cleaning. Albeit I never had the bad luck to have to go full auto with my rifle through more than a mag or two with a AR series. It was reliable and I would not hesitate to use such a method for PM again if Militec 1 products were not available.

Stay safe !

Late to the party, guys, but let me add my name to the list of folks who've put ARs through their paces without disappointment. Probably the best test I've ever put an AR through (without realizing it at the time) was when I brought my old Colt SP-1 down to the Everglades for three days. I put at least 2,000 rounds through it without anything more than occasionally giving it a shot of LSA (CLP wasn't around then), without a single hiccup.

My friends with their fancy bolt-guns (one had a nice Sako in .220 Swift) were oiling their babies down three times a day just to keep the barrels from rusting in the open air.