swiftak
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Well, I might consider thinking about it later. I get to it eventually, maybe.
Over cleaning is worse for them.
Over cleaning is worse for them.
How soon do you clean your guns after you shoot?
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If it was wet out, immediately. If not, a quick wipedown and then sometime in the next year or so.
Seriously, I shoot my trap gun weekly or more during the April through October timeframe and give it a quick boresnake wipe, and a outside wipe with a Remoil rag. Once a year, teardown and total clean. Rest of my stuff, other than black powder, gets an annual deep clean, if leaded, more often.
If you're shooting modern ammo, keep 'em dry, don't store in a pile lined case, you don't have to worry much. I do look 'em over every few weeks.
Seriously, I shoot my trap gun weekly or more during the April through October timeframe and give it a quick boresnake wipe, and a outside wipe with a Remoil rag. Once a year, teardown and total clean. Rest of my stuff, other than black powder, gets an annual deep clean, if leaded, more often.
If you're shooting modern ammo, keep 'em dry, don't store in a pile lined case, you don't have to worry much. I do look 'em over every few weeks.
22 bolt rifle, rarely. 22 pistol, usually every 3 range trips, or so. Centerfire handguns, depends. My blowback 9x18's don't see high volume shooting, but they get so filthy within a few shots that I tend to put them up and leave 'em alone until I start to care. My locked breech semiautos typically get cleaned right away, because it only takes a few minutes. By clean, I mean wipe off the rails and the barrel bushing. Brush out the breechface and extractor. Put a brush and a patch down the bore. Relube. Done. It's too easy to clean a barrel when you can take it out of the gun in 5 seconds.
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Gordon_Freeman
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I like to clean mine the same day after shooting. I never go more than 2 days without cleaning them no matter how many rounds fired.
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TheCracker
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For me it depends on how much it was shot. If I only shot 50 rounds out of a 9mm then I'll wait until after the next trip. For a .22 semi auto probably after 200 -300 rounds, usually every other trip. If it's a bolt gun and I only shot it 2 times during the season it might just get a little oil and a oiled patch down the bore until the next season.
I have become more lazy than when I first started shooting. I dint see the point of cleaning a barely fouled gun. A little oil and I'm happy. I certainly haven't noticed any difference at the range if I clean them every other trip.
I have become more lazy than when I first started shooting. I dint see the point of cleaning a barely fouled gun. A little oil and I'm happy. I certainly haven't noticed any difference at the range if I clean them every other trip.
LawScholar
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swiftak said:
How so? Not trying to be hostile, just curious. I use cleaning rods made of softer metal than my barrel when I brush them out, and other than that the only thing that gets used is Q-tips, patches, and cloth.
JohnFritz
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I clean anything I shoot within a couple of days if not the same evening when I'm done blasting.
Not so much because the guns need to be spotless but because I enjoy stripping/cleaning the guns as much as I do shooting them.
I clean anything I shoot within a couple of days if not the same evening when I'm done blasting.
Not so much because the guns need to be spotless but because I enjoy stripping/cleaning the guns as much as I do shooting them.
oldbear
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I was taught to never let the sun set on a dirty firearm. So I clean my guns within 1 -2 hours of shooting.
firearmnut
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I like to clean my guns it is fun for me so I like to clean them the same day ore the day after shooting know mater how many rounds I fire . I also like to wipe them down and lubricate about every 2 weeks.
Taurus 66
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Great question! .22 LRs and .22 WMRs once a year on a special day. Chrome barrels get cleaned out with a very light application of solvent/bore patches after every time at the range. Shotguns get a bore snake after every couple of times out.
Ignition Override
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For the .22 rifle, about every one-two weeks (it is used every week).
For regular non-corr. ammo in the others, within two days.
What is really strange is when people bring guns to a show and expect you to be able to check the bore's condition with a possibly dirty bore.
That's why I carry my cleaning rod and a few patches in the plastic tube.
If somebody were to object to having a clean patch pushed through a sooty bore, such a seller is trying to hide something and I would leave.
For regular non-corr. ammo in the others, within two days.
What is really strange is when people bring guns to a show and expect you to be able to check the bore's condition with a possibly dirty bore.
That's why I carry my cleaning rod and a few patches in the plastic tube.
If somebody were to object to having a clean patch pushed through a sooty bore, such a seller is trying to hide something and I would leave.
Old krow
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I typically clean mine the same day, but, it all depends. I usually shoot several hundred rounds each trip. I also shoot lead with some powder that isn't the cleanest burning powder in the world. I'll field strip my pistols and clean them pretty quickly usually. If I go after work and it's late when I get back, as is the case sometimes, I'll wait a day or two.
smince
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I shoot Glock's and AK's. I'll clean them occasionally. Don't really worry about it.
forindooruseonly
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Generally the day I shoot or, if I am particularly tired, within a couple of days.
They always get wiped down immediately afterwards, however. I don't have any polymer guns, nearly all mine are blued and there is nothing worse than a rusted blue finish. Heat and humidity here in Oklahoma plus sweat equals rust...
They always get wiped down immediately afterwards, however. I don't have any polymer guns, nearly all mine are blued and there is nothing worse than a rusted blue finish. Heat and humidity here in Oklahoma plus sweat equals rust...
CHEVELLE427
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i hate cleaning my 44 navy
but it must be done
I try to clean mine within a year of shooting them. Sometimes less. The ones I carry the most probaby get a brush and solvent patches thru them a couple times a year.
Went well over a year on the Smith 29 a couple times when I was living out in the hills a lot and nomading. Always worked fine.
Winchester 94's are about indestructible. Came into a 1927 carbine that looked like it hadn't been cleaned in 30 years or more. Still worked fine, but not as crisply as after I cleaned it.
And no, I'm not kidding
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Went well over a year on the Smith 29 a couple times when I was living out in the hills a lot and nomading. Always worked fine.
Winchester 94's are about indestructible. Came into a 1927 carbine that looked like it hadn't been cleaned in 30 years or more. Still worked fine, but not as crisply as after I cleaned it.
And no, I'm not kidding
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Dr.Zubrato
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Kinda funny how one of the many many reasons I bought the glock was low maintenance, and I clean it immediately when I return home, until its spotless. However, I dont shoot that often, and when I do I can sometimes put 300 rounds downrange.
Now that I'm away at school, and my dad's having fun with it, it hasnt been cleaned in say, oh, 700 rounds. It's fine that way, but not how I tend to handle things.
I'll keep doing what I'm doing, so far no malfunctions of any kind and I intend to keep it that way both on the range and at home
Now that I'm away at school, and my dad's having fun with it, it hasnt been cleaned in say, oh, 700 rounds. It's fine that way, but not how I tend to handle things.
I'll keep doing what I'm doing, so far no malfunctions of any kind and I intend to keep it that way both on the range and at home
Flash!
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OH MY! you mean I'm supposed to actually clean these things?????
I clean them when I'm bored........ or using corrosive ammo...... except for my carry guns which get cleaned every week or so.....
I clean them when I'm bored........ or using corrosive ammo...... except for my carry guns which get cleaned every week or so.....
gamestalker
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If it's a handgun, I clean it right away. Not because I'm worried about copper fouling becomeing a problem or damaging anything. I claen my handguns because if something were to happen while I'm out and about I would want my firearm to come under suspision of having been used in a shooting. The city I live in has shootings all the time, probably daily to be honest. I developed this approach after my firearm was taken off me at my front door as I opened it, by LE minutes after a shooting in my neighborhood to which a neighbor told LE that, it sounded like the shots came from my house. My next door neighbor has the mentality that it has to be the guy who wears a gun 24/7. After a quick look at my firearm the officers were certain it wasn't my firearm that was responsible for the shooting. First and foremost, it was clean. Secondly, it had not been recently cleaned thus didn't have that distinctive odor of cleaning solvent. Other than being very upset with LE for their over powering and unconstitutional approach at my front door, after climbing over my locked gate, they appologized and handed me my firearm back with a few minutes of first contact with me. It could have been a totally different scene if they would have thrown me to the ground or other wise gotten physical with me, lawyers and such.
Now to anser your question with regard to my rifles and shotguns, yes and no. I don't get too worried if they go a few days without cleaning. But generally speaking, I clean them with 2 or 3 days and it's always a maticulous job.
Now to anser your question with regard to my rifles and shotguns, yes and no. I don't get too worried if they go a few days without cleaning. But generally speaking, I clean them with 2 or 3 days and it's always a maticulous job.
"I clean my handguns because if something were to happen while I'm out and about I wouldn't want my firearm to come under suspision of having been used in a shooting....it had not been recently cleaned thus didn't have that distinctive odor of cleaning solvent."
That's my theory also, There's no mistaking that my guns havent been used recently with the dust in the bore and all over them.
That's my theory also, There's no mistaking that my guns havent been used recently with the dust in the bore and all over them.
I used to be anal. Now I'm just a realist. There was a time when every gun would get a detail strip and thorough cleaning the evening after a range trip. Now they just get a bore snake and a wipedown with an oily rag within a few days of shooting. The interesting thing is, they shoot just as well now as they did then.
teumessian_fox
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Within one or two days. Usually as soon as I get back from the range. It's an old habit.
Another ex-military puke here, all guns are cleaned as soon as firing stops. Over the years I also found that if you clean it while it's still hot from firing the fouling comes out MUCH easier than if you let it set. You would be amazed at the difference. Most of the powder fouling will wipe off with just a rag. I usually tear my guns down at the range (luckily at my home now) and soak them with CLP. The longer you let them sit the more work you'll have to do. If you shoot a lot of copper slugs you have a whole 'nother issue.
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