I went by experience, and my rifle does get all kinds of crap on the outside of the cylinder which ends up in the receiver. All depends on how one plays vs another in the end. Mine would collect all I pointed out above, including burlap hairs, little peices of tree crap and such, and if I went the route you did with duct tape, I'd have to keep it on all the time. I prefer either clean and dry (because I have some play on mine, maybe that's why your method is different than mine, VSR vs. M24), or sprayed with dry lube such as graphite or teflon. Disagreement is fine, both of us have covered both ends of the spectrum enough that other can try out what might work for them or not.
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