This content provides a practical guide to maintaining and lubricating AK rifles, debunking myths about their supposed invincibility and emphasizing the importance of proper care for reliability.
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hey everyone Reen with Valor Ridge and
the purpose of today's video is to talk
about the AK rifle how to maintain it
how to lubricate it and keep it going
there's a lot of myths about the AK
rifle and they float around all over the
place whether in magazines or online or
even in certain training classes uh we
get a lot of questions about the AK
rifle for example is it true that you
don't have to really clean or lubricate
it well that's actually not true you do
have to clean it and keep it lubricated
all rifles will fail it's just simply a
question of how often do you want them
to another question we'll get is is oil
sufficient to keep the AK running well
guys snow is enough to keep the AK
running although it won't do it long we
want to use a good lubrication that's
going to stay put even when the gun gets
hot and akas do get very hot just like
all the other rifles so I'm going to
show you my personal method and how I
keep my AK rifles running and reliable
each and every time you press the
trigger and this will remain true with
your shooting one round or 10,000 rounds
let's get to it all right everybody it's
your typical AK rifle so when you're
going to clean it it's not that big of a
deal it's quite simple and 12-year-olds
all over the world are taking these
apart and cleaning them every day so I'm
sure that you can do it too it's not
that difficult so we're going to clean
it take your mag out and your guns
should be loaded and if they're not you
just simply wrong so unload them cuz
there's a couple more others in the room
so don't worry about that nobody's going
to the drop on us all right let's take
it apart remove your dust cover take
your recoil spring out slide it out just
like this and of course remove your
bolt and uh you
know that's your disassembled AK rifle
these are zenet Co rails I got these
from Robi at AK operators union I bought
the top and the bottom rail both but you
can get whatever you want I'm trying
this out it's worked well for us so far
first things that I like to clean on my
AK are the moving parts the bolt carrier
the bolt those kind of things uh today
I'm goingon to be using some CLP from
Brak free although you can use hoppies n
or whatever cleaning solution that you
want I really don't care uh anything
that removes carbon spit mucus whatever
you want to use just wipe the carb as a
marine and being that it was the Marine
Corps Birthday a couple days ago I'm
using CLP why because I like the taste
and it's sterile uh while I'm cleaning
this guys what I'm also doing is that
I'm looking for things on my bolt I'm
looking for any kind of wear any cracks
in there any kind of carbon under the
extractor which is right here this is
what removes the shell casing from the
rifle this is what removes the shell
casing so make sure that's nice and
stiff that it'll move and eject it I
like to clean the bolt face as well all
right I like to remove all that and get
in there if you want to use a little
brush and you want to brush up
underneath there underneath the
extractor to make sure all the little
carbon and little giblets uh get get out
of there that's cool too so what I'll do
is I'll take a little brush and I'll
brush up underneath there and get all
that stuff out of there and check right
around the bolt face right in here make
sure that's all clear and free of carbon
because we want our round to seat flushy
all right so just brush out all that
little thing this doesn't take long guys
it takes you know 10 15 seconds to do
that I like to get underneath the lugs I
really like to do that but especially
pay attention to that bolt face that we
talked about this is the most important
part of the bolt that you're going to
want to keep clean all right next what
we're going to do is we're going to take
the bolt carrier the piston and these
are connected unless you know something
I don't know all right they're connected
so what we're going to do is we're just
going to knock off all that carbon you
can see just like around that piston
right here don't overly clean this cuz
the first round you fire again it's
going to look just like this okay so
just brush off all the excess caked on
carbon there we go jewelry polish clean
for an AK and we're just going to clean
that get all that carbon and stuff out
of there once again I'm testing stuff
I'm moving this this should Flex okay
the AK was designed to flex this this
piston attached the bolt car should Flex
a little bit rattle around a little bit
that's what it's designed to do wipe it
down with a rag just like so get up
underneath there if you look at this
channel where the bolt moves clean that
make sure that's free of Gunk and all
kinds of caked on stuff uh what I do is
also look at my bolt carrier make sure
everything's okay make sure everything
is solid that there's no cracks in there
once again cuz remember this gets beat
to crap this shoots back and beats up
against that rear trunion so we want to
be checking that for any kind of wear
also checking it for any kinds of
cracking Etc all right guys get
underneath these um notches in here in
these little grooves this is where the
bolt carrier rides on the rails make
sure those are clean just take your
little brush knock out all those carbon
deposits in there as well and then you
should be good to go it's not an
involved process we're just simply
knocking carbon off of there and we're
making sure that things are free and
clear to move around last but not least
we're going to clean the receiver uh on
an AK there is no upper receiver or
lower receiver like an AR I mean this is
what you get okay so we're going to
check inside of here make sure it's
clear make sure there's not a whole lot
of debris inside there I'm going to wipe
down the rails on the inside if you can
see me doing this right up here I'm
going to wipe down those rails I'm going
to check down there by the chamber in
the feed ramps right inside here this is
where the bullet feeds into the chamber
we want to make sure that's especially
clear so we want to wipe that down nice
and good and make sure that it's nice
and clear around the chamber and around
these areas where the bolt slides in
there and pushes up against that Barrel
because that we want to make sure that
the bolt is seated properly clear out
all that carbon and all that Gunk from
out here all right once again I'm
looking down here I'm looking inside
here I'm looking underneath the hammer
you know if you want to open that up and
look inside the hammer okay it's clear
it's nice nice and clean inside there
little bit of those red Speckles from
all that quality wolf match Grade ammo
that you know everyone says you can't
hit anything past 200 with an
AK this may surprise you guys but this
past weekend we had dudes with AKs
hitting at 600 yards so you can do it
even with or without wolf or without
that premium match Grade ammo out of
there but no all joking aside just make
sure it's nice and clear inside the
trigger group and nice and clear around
the hammer and it doesn't take much
often times people say well how often
should I take this out how often should
I take the gas tube out and clean inside
there I'll tell you a little secret guys
I never have I never have this rifle's
got 40,000 rounds through it
and I haven't done it yet and it runs
fine and it works if you want to reach
inside the trunion with a cloth or a
patch and you just want to kind of poke
around inside there and pull all a
little bit of the extra stuff in there
you can but as far as cleaning the gas
tube guys I I just haven't done it and
I've shot corrosive ammo I've shot
non-corrosive ammo I live in Tennessee
so it's humid and hot so if anything's
going to rust it's going to be here and
it hasn't yet so that brings us to
lubrication all right lubrication is
important for an AK just like it is on
any other rifle the first place that I
put lubrication is on the bolt carrier
uh you can see there's silver you can see
see
exactly the spots where it's wearing
from running into the rifle so what I do
is I'll put some grease there and I use
grease that's what I use I do not use
oil on any of my guns because it runs
off and burns off grease stays put Works
in any conditions guys and it's cheap
and so what we're going to do is we're
going to put the grease here notice how
I'm keeping the Piston dry all I put it
on is this bolt carrier right here if
you want to hit a little bit of these
rails right here that's cool too all
right leave it be just put a little bit
on there and if you ask how much grease
should I put on there uh my answer is
that you can't put too much of it on
there because the rifle is going to
throw off the excess but I would put a
visible coat and I hope you can see in
detail what this looks like on mine so
guys you can see how much lubrication I
put on mine it's a visible coat of
grease and it doesn't matter what color
grease you use red white green purple
black they they all work the same all
right I use red because it's a communist
gun why not use the color of world
oppression so when we look at all this
here guys when we're looking at the
grease it's all right here and it's a
visible layer of lube and that's how we
Lube the bolt carrier let's go to the
bolt so what I like to do is put a
little bit on the stem you can see the
silver marks that means there's friction
so I want to try to keep as much
friction off there as possible not only
for the smooth running of the gun but
the parts will last longer although if
you wear out an AK bullet you're doing a
lot more shooting than I do and and I
average six figures a year in ammunition
so you're doing something right keep
going if you want to put a little bit on
the lugs that's cool too going do that
just a little bit you don't need a lot
on there just enough to have it slide
into the to the to the chamber or the
the lock into the barrel not much so
that's what we do for Lube guys once
again just drop it in there like this I
like to drop mine in
up like so rotate it
clockwise pull it out that is your
Assemble bolt and bolt carrier
group you may want to check your recoil
spring as well I just look at it make
sure that there's no cracks once again
I'm looking at it make sure it's it's
pretty pretty good it is what um if you
want to if you want to take a little bit
of CLP like right here and if you want
to spray a little bit on there to keep
it lubricated that's cool you don't have
to I like this it just makes it a little
bit more smooth so go ahead and just put
some CLP on there brake free you could
use these Rim oil wipes too these are
like six bucks at Walmart but they're
great when we go put this back together
guys go and put your rifle up like so
take your bolt make sure it's extended
just like this and what we're going to
do is we're going to put our bolt
carrier right in make sure it's all the
way to the rear push
down push forward that's in take
your recoil spring shove it in the bolt
carrier put it back in the notch
just like so this is the hardest part of
the whole process your dust cover shove
it all the way in the
notches and then the
obligatory slap how do I test to make
sure my AK is working on the bolt press
the trigger hold it to the rear run the
bolt Again release your trigger press it
again run it release it safety
on it is good to go and of course the
most important part of this entire process
process
is rocket
racket loaded rifle that's cleaned good
for another 3,000 rounds so you notice
that I didn't clean the board on my
rifle I have it in 40,000 rounds and I
haven't cleaned it on any of my rifles
in years they continue to get better
they continue to shoot tighter they
continue to work end of story if you
want to clean it cool I don't hope you
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