Cleaning & Disassembling an AR-15 Rifle : Reassembling the Bolt Carrier of an AR-15 Rifle

[Armory52]

Thanks caleb. When inebriated very helpful. Also helpful when not

[BraveUlysses59]

Nice comment about the rings at the end...Thanks. I never really thought about the friction between the bolt and carrier caused by the rings. It was my assumption that the more free the movement between the bolt and carrier the better. That one comment at the end taught me something. Thanks.

[HondaSeth1500]

Today I cleaned my xm15 and for the longest time I didn't know how to separate the upper and lower. Anyway, I cleaned everything in the carrier group with break free, then wiped it down really well, then I stuck my finger tip into some lubricant and rubbed it sparingly all over everything so there was a very fine coat of it on all the pieces. Does this sound like I cleaned my bolt carrier group correctly?

[boboriginal]

@tacticalsheepdog NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! by god we lost another one...

[sorarock1221]

Firing pin = Primer?

[arandomperson3]

I'm stil confused as to why the bolt has to rotate and exactly how the extractor on the bolt works.

[SNIFFCOKE]

thats the best bolt carrier video ive seen

[JulioCHernandez]

Chris Costa has a good vid on this too, its on the Magpul Dynamics - Art of the Tactical Carbine Volume 1 Disk 3.

[seakrakken]

Thanks for posting this video.

It was very helpfull. The little booklet that comes with an AR15 does not specify important issues like proper bolt orientation with extractor on the right.

I did not reassemble my bolt incorrectly but, I can see how it could be done if some one had never reassembled one.

[FS2K4Pilot]

Try assembling the bolt carrier incorrectly. The cam and the matching hole in th bolt are tapered slightly so that it can't be reassembled incorrectly.

[ericr530]

Forgive, I mean't that I wouldn't call a weapon designed to kill at more than twice the RANGE.....

[drewd1987]

Replace this, put this pin here, yeah yeah..

The AK is definatly a SHTF weapon. The AR platform should only be used by law enforcement, not the military.

You can tell it's Mattell!

[ericr530]

I wouldn't call a weapon designed to kill at more than twice that of the AK-47 a toy by any means. Do you have an AK47 and have shot the AR-15 or vice versa or are you just a poser pussy!?????????? Are you a subscriber to paranoid apocalypse theory? If the gov. wants to seize your weapons they will roll over you with 7.62x51, M240, .50 cal.

[drewd1987]

You must be a "poser pussy" for getting so upset over my personal convictions of the weapon..

Have you ever been in combat?

[ericr530]

You answer a question with a question???! No I haven't been in the millitary or combat- have you? Even so, how much experience do you have with both weapons???

[ericr530]

All you have done is avoid my question. There really is no such thing as an "assault" weapon but I would say that the AK47 comes close to this vague term,because it does well at shorter ranges, whereas the M16/AR15 is a battle rifle because it is more accurate and much more accurate at ranges far exceeding that of the AK.

[karinosai]

@drewd1987 2 years later... Dumbass.

[cabbymak]

the word "assault" was not supposed to be in the title. i have contacted the company (expert village/demand media) multiple times and they have yet to fix this huge error. i apologize. had i known it would be titled this way, i would not have done the videos. - Caleb Kelly (the guy in the videos)

[RacerXGTO]

ASSAULT IS A BEHAVIOR, not a firearm.

[shaunseverson13]

@RacerXGTO a fire is something that burns, not an arm.

[MrSkaramanga]

Excellent tip about the gas rings, thanks. 5 stars for that alone. The more details the better, remember that. Some peoples LIVES are gonna depend on this stuff.

[Erron2007]

well lubing a rifle with vagicil i guess would work, pretty much anything petrolium based will work in an emergency....

[tonytigger567]

i hate that we cant have 30rd magazines in california :(

a bit random lol

[ArbalestRaptor]

Move out of that stupid state then.

[tonytigger567]

nah i love cali lol, just have to stick to 10 rnd magazines and top loading my ar-15 hehe

[ArbalestRaptor]

Lol, too each his own i guess. theres no way i'd ever live there.

[tonytigger567]

ya, i despise our gun laws in cali....i guess its suppose to make us "Safer"....yeah right lol, i feel less safe without my ar-15 30 rnd mag hehe

[RightsForWhites2008]

We have 100 round mags for now, until the 200 round box mags finally hit the market.

Enjoy Kommiefornia!

[orion1497]

The cam only fits one way inside the bolt so the extractor cannot be pointing in the wrong way, otherwise the cam will not fit. At least on my A2 it's that way.

[SOLDERBOY69]

extractor goes on the left side.

[pluntnersrevenge]

If it's a left handed rifle.

[pin0yb0y916]

Thanks for the tip on the rings, need more videos!!! How about Freefloat upper assembly?

[korn1536]

Thanks for the tip about checking for bad gas rings.