How and Why to Clean Your AK-47/74 Rifle

By Bob Owens | 10:36 PM | November 18, 2015

Reid Henrichs of Valor Ridge runs AKs harder than most, and fires in excess of 100,000 rounds a year. As a result, he knows how the system is best cleaned, lubricated, and inspected, and which parts of the cleaning process that are optional.

Bob Owens is the Editor of BearingArms.com. Bob is a graduate of roughly 400 hours of professional firearms training classes, including square range and force-on force work with handguns and carbines. He is a past volunteer instructor with Project Appleseed. He most recently received his Vehicle Close Quarters Combat Instructor certification from Centrifuge Training, and is the author of the short e-book, So You Want to Own a Gun. He can be found on Twitter at bob_owens.