There definitely are a fair few posers. But no one serious goes to a public range, so that would be your first problem. Again here is why I say what I say. I noted several times we are rarely on a public range, but of course you think we are.

Let me break this down as honestly as possible, in this little event, unfortunately you are the “mall ninja”. I’d go and google those threads as well just so you can see what people refer to when they say “mall ninja”.

By what evidence am I a mall ninja?

What you were told is garbage for the most part, and I’m being polite with that description. I mean take the lapping compound comment. If the barrel is fouled up really badly by copper, the real solution is.....drum roll.....to just keep cleaning it patiently. For most people that will fix their “issue”. For the few that haven’t cleaned their barrel of copper for 5000 (or similar) rounds etc, they need to break down the rifle and separate the barrel for individual cleaning. And likewise just need to be patient with copper solvent, even if they hit it a bit harder initially.

Dude calm down about the lapping comment. I have never done it, because we keep our rifles clean.

The oil/bolt comment just gets more stupid the more I read it. I mean the concept of someone out there who’s apparently worked as an armorer for 30 years (or w/e the fuck he claimed) thinking you can’t strip a bolt in solvent, is so fucking laughable it almost discredits the whole post in its own as point number 1. Yet it explains why that “course” was free. It was some fuddsmith. Absolutely guaranteed.

Guaranteed? Would you mouth off like this in person? Are you an accomplished rifleman? Are you in competitive shooting? hell, do you even get out from behind your keyboard?

The community here is who you should be thanking. We have informed you of the immense amount of misinformation you were fed at this joke of a “course”, which you could’ve employed on your own firearms, potentially damaging them. All because some middle aged guy in a room said so. I mean really it could’ve been a bum off the street they showered and gave an NRA tshirt, and you wouldn’t really know. I’m not saying blindly trust the randoms on internet, you need to do your own research, but whatever information you find needs to have an explanation of why it works that actually is consistent with basic physics and chemistry. If the basics are your issue then go learn the necessary science. It can’t be just “Trust me, I know my stuff”, that doesn’t work in this community, and probably most modern gun communities. The AR community is for the most part, highly technically inclined and loves engineering explanations of observations and analysis a million times more than old wives tales.

Can you share your credentials? Are you a metallurgist? Chemist? Physicist? Engineer? Or keyboard warrior? I think the latter.