[FLAMING DEATH]

I had Silver Bear hang up in my chamber as well. But, when I did this test, I was using Tula (well, it was Herter’s from Cabelas, but if you read the box, it is Tula).

Before I mixed in the brass, I couldn’t get 50 rounds through the gun without a stoppage that required tools to fix.

I think there’s a lot of variation from gun to gun, esp. considering that many “homemade” AR’s are pieced together from parts originating from many different sources and it is hard to tell what parts have what effects on the feeding/firing/extracting process. It’s good to have a resource like AR15.com to use as a starting point for your own experimentation to see what works best in your gun.

Anything that gives me a reason to shoot more is a good thing.

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The method of having a brass cased round inserted at a specific interval with the steel cased ammo to 'clean' the chamber of the fouling build-up in a Direct Impingement AR is a unique idea, if you can quantify the method effectively with your gun and ammo(s).

With the fall-back of a chamber-brush cleaning as needed.