How many rounds without cleaning or lubrication before a DI AR15 fails?

Someone has been watching Rob Ski's videos

Is that a 14.5 pinned an welded? An is it a bfh or just standard?

This is going to be an expensive video series haha. My prediction is 10,000 rounds before you need to clean.

I love these tests Tim, keep it up!

Why was the mid length gas system chosen to do the test? Not laying criticism because DI guns rock for most purposes. Rifle length and mid length tend to run cleaner than carbine length gas systems and it would seem the problem child when it comes to dirtyness would be the carbine length gas system.

I love my BCM MK12 Mod 0 and other flavors of rifle length setups and i find em to be just as reliable as the AK platform. Not that carbine length is unreliable but if there is a DI problem child it seems like that would be the one.

I love my lancer mags! What is the issue you had! I saw a failure to feed! Could it be a lancer mag problem?

No more P-mags for you Tim?

I just bought my third MAC shirt. Damn you for making cool shirts. 🤣

My trigger finger is tired just from watching.

if only 9mm Endomags could be this reliable lol

you had some 29rds in the sure feed mags in the 2&3 sets of 5 but picked up 1 in the last 8 it has 31, that is why the one that was supposed to be 10 had 14

See it thru brother the internet must know

If u've Do that On a full-auto AR-15. It'll meltdown. But On semi-auto AR-15 it wouldn't meltdown.

Id like to see this with PSA freedom lol. A lot of people put that rifle down because its 349$. I know it passed Robs 5k round test so I dont understand why people hate on it.

Good idea. But would it be possible to measure more things like barrel weare . Maybe with measuring the throat deaph with a tool like the Hornady Comperator tool between every 1000 shoots. And maybe measure the V0 with the labradar with 10 rounds of every 1000 shoots with ammunition from se same lot?

Thumbs down – this content has been done to death and done in much more interesting ways. Ever seen an IV meltdown? Seems like MAC is reaching for content.

You should be hitting the 1M mark really quick, keep up the good work.

My AR made it about 1,200 rounds before part of a gas ring disappeared. Didn't seem like very many rounds for that to happen.

Thanks for this Tim!

So glad you wrapped it in tape because we know there's NO WAY it could be removed to clean the rifle off camera and replaced. Okay, sarcasm over. Since we basically have to accept (without proof) that you didn't remove the tape and surreptitiously clean the gun off camera, then how about you just forget the tape and we'll take your word that you didn't clean the rifle? I have to break it to you, but we're well aware you can still clean the rifle and retape it. So on the next go-round forget the tape. Either way, we just have to take your word that you aren't cleaning it. Cheesy gimmicks don't add more credibility.

Atta girl! There's a reason BCM is my goto! That girl is damn sewing machine!

What’s the specs or link to this rifle?

Sweet, new excuse not to clean my guns.

Hey send more PATRON money to your friend with cancer…that will save him! fucking brainwashed sheep!

How can anyone prefer an ak after watching this video?

Why didn't the mags have 30 rounds in them?

400$ ammunition dump to prove these guns are good. Sounds good to me ! Hahahaha

If you watch at 2x speed you'll notice his shooting always starts off slow and picks up speed with each mag. I just though that was an interesting detail

Edit: this may just be a playback thing

Can tell you that my bcm recce 16 kmr-alpha has 8,000 minimum and still runs like a champ.

I really only want to see what happens when properly maintained. Say every 1000 rds, give it a basic cleaning. I expect that my Honda should last me 250,000 mi without major parts breaking, but not changing the oil to see it fail for the sake of abusing it, really tells me nothing.

rerun the test with C-mags and full auto lower

almost to that 1 million subs…. long deserved thanks for the content.

If I'll ever buy an AR-15, a BCM will be one of the considered.

SWAT had an article around 2012 on BCM. They run well, I think all they did was add oil between shootings.
http://www.slip2000.com/blog/s-w-a-t-magazine-filthy-14/

That tape is secure enough

I've heard if you fire an ar15 with the forward assist engaged it'll blow up. Want to test it? Not with a nice gun like that of course. Unless you want to..

Tell us again what two strips of tape is going to prevent you from doing? Because I can't think of anything two strips of masking tape would stop me from. It's okay, Tim, we trust you. You don't have to waste tape. LOL

I am more interested to see how well BCMs non pinned gas block holds up.

👍wet bolt ?

Does gun have O ring on extractor?

Hey Tim, while you're doing this, do you think that before your next 1k rounds, put a scope on it and do some group testing, say five 5-shot groups to get an average grouping with match ammo. Then every 5k rounds redo that test to see how well the barrel stays accurate?

This is gonna be a long series

I like these types of tests Tim….just so it will show that the  DR AR can go a long time before cleaning or breaking.

A bump stock would have come in handy right about now…