I've always given my guns a thorough cleaning, but it usually takes me several hours per gun. I normally use Wipe Out's Patch Out (not the foaming version) and try to remove most if not all of the copper from the bore. I then usually disassemble the action and remove as much crud as I can. The problem is it takes a ton of patches for it to start coming out completely clean. Then if I let it soak for an hour or two (or overnight) and come back, I often can get more copper out if it. I do this until patches come out completely clean and the action is as close to perfect as I can get it. I then leave a light coat of oil on it.
With my current job, I'm finding it hard to spend the time cleaning guns after I shoot them. So I've found it taking months after a range day to get them clean. It made me start wondering if I'm just going too far overboard. I have co workers telling me they were able to clean their gun in 30 minutes, I see Dicks Sporting Goods advertise gun cleaning for $35, etc. It's just no way I could do it that fast or that anyone would clean them the way I do for $35. Am I going overboard? Should I just run a couple of patches down the bore of CLP and give the action a quick wipe down? Or how far do you take it when it comes to cleaning the bore?
With my current job, I'm finding it hard to spend the time cleaning guns after I shoot them. So I've found it taking months after a range day to get them clean. It made me start wondering if I'm just going too far overboard. I have co workers telling me they were able to clean their gun in 30 minutes, I see Dicks Sporting Goods advertise gun cleaning for $35, etc. It's just no way I could do it that fast or that anyone would clean them the way I do for $35. Am I going overboard? Should I just run a couple of patches down the bore of CLP and give the action a quick wipe down? Or how far do you take it when it comes to cleaning the bore?