Considering the way my kids blow through ammo, I was considering getting some cheap surplus ammo for the AK.

I was told that all you need to do is mop the barrel with warm soapy water to remove the residue from the corrosive primers. It that it? What about everything else that gets combustion byproducts in/on it: gas tube, piston, BCG, inside the receiver, etc.? It seems like just about everything gets dirty on an AK. Do I have to give it a complete bath or is it just the barrel?

 

Thanks

found this on youtube..

 

I would suggest cleaning pretty much the whole thing. Aka - barrel, bolt assembly, gas tube, receiver, etc.

 

A forum member (Glenn) on here has a nice method. He basically fills his sink with warm soap water, strips his gun, then tosses it right in and cleans it while giving it a bath. I would suggest adding one prior step in there, which is at the range after shooting, spraying water inside the rifle to rinse it out that way you don't have to rush home to clean it.

i use a scunci steamer. i got it for 20 and it works great

Seems simple enough. Thanks for the tips.