The foreign material that is found under the barrel nut and in action/barrel threads

[fgw_in_fla]

Here in the south it's called "spooge". Southern dialect makes it too difficult to say "schmutz", especially with regional spellings like "schmootz", etc.

[thomae]

Here in the south it's called "spooge". Southern dialect makes it too difficult to say "schmutz", especially with regional spellings like "schmootz", etc.

I used to live below the Mason-Dixon line also. I would suggest that, at least the way I understand it, "spooge" is simply the same as liquid (and more than likely, slimy) schmutz.