How often do you clean your EDC besides after shooting it?

[BSA1]

Your post may be misleading. The only clean gun I reclean is black powder three days after the first time. I do check my guns from time to time to make sure they are still properly oiled but I don't reclean them.

 

[Bobson]

Never. Clean it at the range, shoot it again (function test), and go home.

 

[19-3Ben]

When I'm carrying I examine the gun at least once. I clean it when the examination shows that it needs attention. A fixed schedule is unnecessary.

^^^^^This. Let's use some common sense here, people.

 

[CoRoMo]

The 'Never' category for me.

 

[beag_nut]

When it's my revolver, never, outside of after-shooting.
If I get a semi-auto, once a month.
Another vote for the reliability of a wheelgun.

 

[Spartacus]

I voted once a month. Not what I consider a cleaning though... Just wiping the lint off.

 

[Drail]

I believe that cleaning a gun every time it is used is worthwhile simply because you should be be carefully inspecting every part of it while you're cleaning it. A lot of problems if caught early can be remedied instead of waiting for the gun to completely fail (or worse). When I was working on guns for a living customers always seemed shocked when I told them to bring the gun to me dirty and not to clean it first. You can tell a lot about a gun's working condition by looking at the "tracks" a cartridge makes through the fouling. Especially with a feed problem. After working on their gun it would be returned in 100% cleaned condition.

 

[Girodin]

I'll answer for two guns. My primary I never feel the need to clean more often than after heavy use.

For my BUG/deep concealment gun I sometimes clean the lint off it more often than that. This typically isn't a full cleaning but if I notice much lint I'll clean it out of the nooks and crannies it gets in.

 

[Mr.510]

Every Friday at the end of my workday I field strip my XD45C on my welding bench and blow it out thoroughly with an air nozzle. I also empty and disassemble both mags, blow off all the parts and rounds with air, and then wipe down all the rounds as well. It's amazing how much lint/dust/skin gets inside with a week of daily carry in an IWB. My XD is carried completely dry, there is a very light film of oil in the barrel to prevent corrosion but there is nothing else to attract or retain grit.

 

[Ehtereon11B]

I do a quick run through about once a week to clean out large pieces of pocket lint out of my EDCs. Usually do it while watching a movie or something at my desk.

 

[357 Terms]

My 1911? ..every time. (after range time)

My sp101?....hmmm...maybe August? (a few range trips)

 

[dprice3844444]

had my glock 26 since 97,rides in my pocket.sent it back to factory with 2 other glocks to remove serated trigger and install smooth one.they cleaned it.

 

[GCBurner]

I usually shoot it at least a couple of times a month, and clean it then, but if I haven't shot it in a month, I'll at least field strip it and check for rust or pocket lint from carring it in a pocket holster.

 

[B1gGr33n]

Once a month, more for my peace-of-mind more than it actually needing it. When I first got my TCP, I carried in a pocket holster as a backup for a month before ever cleaning it, took it to the range, fired a full box, took it home, picked out the lint, spot of oil on the rails, and stuck it back in my pocket, repeated procedure. Been that way for 6 months, except that now it's my primary carry. I purposely didn't clean it before firing it because I wanted to be sure it would function as-drawn if needed.

 

[Patrice]

Hhmmm....I clean any weapon, when I determine that it needs to be cleaned. Regardless of whether I've shot the gun or not, I clean it when I determine that it needs to be cleaned.--Patrice

 

[Deltaboy1984]

I unload and wipe down my ED and cycle it a few times with dummies then reload and put back in pocket holster.

 

[coalman]

I voted never other than after shooting. My current EDC does not go more than a month without being shot. It's cleaned after.

p.s. The correct and complete question is in the post title. The poll question is incomplete.

 

[Rexster]

Unless I shoot and/or carry a weapon, it does not get dirty, and does not need cleaning, unless it is stored in the open, allowing dust to settle. Re-application of a protectant, and lubricating, does not constitute cleaning. If a weapon is carried, but not fired, I will clean it to the extent needed to remove dust and lint, but there are NO set intervals for this. A handgun carried inside a pocket may need atention quite often. A gun worn in an ankle rig, by an active person, may need daily attention, as lint from the clothing, body hair, and dust and grit kicked-up from the ground, will ne deposited on the gun.

As your poll did not offer a "none of the above" option, I did not participate.

 

[Sport45]

I clean my EDC with the same frequency as all my other guns: when it needs cleaning.

Same here.