just wanted to pass along a cleaning tip. after cleaning the gas block area i sprayed it with lite coat of rem oil which is a dry teflon lube. my usual method of cleaning is to spry it down with syn safe gunscrubber. well after 100 rounds it only took 2 short blasts of gunscrubber to clean it...

Anyone have any time saving tips for cleaning around the piston/gas block area on the Mini? I ran only 100 rds or so through it the other day, and it took some time to get all that crap off! Is there anything that you do after or before you shoot to cut down on the cleaning time? Appreciate...

Finally got my new to me Mini-30 Ranch to the range. It did OK. Did get a few random light strikes (Actually closer to "no strikes). Figure cleaning it might be a good idea?:blink: LOTS of videos on YouTube for disassembling the Mini-14. Nothing on the Mini-30. Are there any major differences I...