Should you lubricate buffer tube?
Yes, the inside of the buffer tube, the outside of the buffer and the recoil action spring needs lube or grease on all AR carbines and rifles.
Should you grease castle nut?
No. Do not put grease on those threads. No need. Either stake the castle nut or apply loctite.
Should you oil an AR-15 trigger?
Lubrication. Elsewhere, trigger lubrication is important in an AR-15. I keep my competition triggers heavily lubed. I keep grease on the stressed areas, like the hammer/sear engagement, and oil on the pin areas.
Is Moly grease better than lithium?
Lithium refers to a type of soap base, moly and/or graphite are additives. As for the best, I’d recommend a lithium complex (most common) or calcium complex soap base. Moly is beneficial in many applications, not so good in others(wheel bearings).
What is the best buffer for AR 15?
Aluminum: Buffers made of this material will be significantly lighter and I don’t recommend you choose these unless you’re using very little gas and want to cut back on the
What is the purpose of the buffer in an AR-15?
Well, inside the buffer tube of every AR-15 style rifle are two important elements that help with the proper cycling of your bolt carrier group. The buffer and the recoil spring. The buffer’s main job, besides mitigating the recoil of the gun, is to act as, just as the name tells us, a buffer between the bolt carrier group and the recoil spring.
What weight buffer for AR 15?
What AR-15 buffer weight options are there? Carbine buffer weight is the standard for most AR carbines. It weighs 3 ounces and consists of a hollow aluminum tube, filled with three steel weights, separated by rubber washers which prevent the weights from slamming against each other.
What is an AR 15 buffer tube?
AR-15 Buffer Tube Assembly, Both an End and a Beginning. Some refer to this seemingly, simple tube as a buffer tube, however, it can equally be called the receiver extension. Both terms describe exactly the same part, that happens to serve more than one purpose. It does extend the lower receiver, therefore, providing a mounting point for the