Just bought a DPMS A-15 5.56/.223 1/9 twist-16" barrel ?

[doninva]

FINALLY made up my mind, money driven mostly . Got the DPMS A-15 5.56/.223 1/9 twist and a 16" barrel. The one on display and the one I got, at Gander Mountain, didn't have a sling attachment at the hand guard but had one at the butt stock. Since I'm totally ignorant about ARs , do I have to buy a sling attachment or am I missing something. Figured how to take the upper off so I could clean the barrel. Getting ready to put a Leupold  3 X 9 VX-1 on it. Should I use Miltech grease or oil to lube everything. Thanks, Don

[tacklebury]

Little lube goes a long way.  Use a little oil on the recoil buffer head and some on the bolt.  Disassemble the bolt and make sure there's a bit on the firing pin and the rotating bolt head shaft.  Reassemble and that's all you need to lube. 

[Larry L]

The AR and the M16 are close enough that you can use the field manual for the M16. Maintenance is about half way down the page.
http://larcpistolandrifleclub.com/pdfs/army_tm_9_1005_319_10.pdf

[SharonAnne]

way back in the early 80s when I shot the Soldier of Fortune match there was a Springfield Armory gunsmith working on rifles.  One guy kept asking questions. He had oiled his M1A and it did not function well. The gunsmith said " you grease an M1 and M1A".
The guy said "yeah, I keep hearing that". The gunsmith said "well, are you finally getting it?". 

He went on to say, 'you grease the M1/M1A action, you oil the M16/AR15. Don't confuse the two'.  I have ever since not confused the two. Not that I ever did.