I'd pay somebody to clean a surplus rifle covered with cosmoline or to have a much shot filthy gun thoroughly detail stripped and cleaned from time to time but I wouldn't pay for a field strip type of cleaning.
Would you pay to have your gun cleaned?
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Almost totally agree
However, unless you really know what you're doing don't ever, I repeat, don't ever completely disassemble a Parker Shotgun. Unless of course you like several dozen parts laying on your coffee table for about a week. That's the only firearm I have that goes to the gunsmith once about every 5 seasons for a lube and oil change.
i frequently pay someone else to clean my guns, but i'm particular about how they're oiled and i like to inspect parts so i put them back together once the pieces are clean.
that said, most of my guns don't get cleaned more than 2x / year
that said, most of my guns don't get cleaned more than 2x / year
I'd pay to have my guns cleaned if it was convenient like at the range where I shoot.
Ideally I could shoot and then drop the gun(s) off for cleaning while I look around the gun shop attached to the range.
But the cleaning would have to be good. I don't want to get my gun back dirty in spots or covered in grease, oil, Teflon or silicone Probably a good thing to ask customers how they want their guns cleaned and what products to use or not use on them too.
Ideally I could shoot and then drop the gun(s) off for cleaning while I look around the gun shop attached to the range.
But the cleaning would have to be good. I don't want to get my gun back dirty in spots or covered in grease, oil, Teflon or silicone
Probably a good thing to ask customers how they want their guns cleaned and what products to use or not use on them too.I'd definitely be willing to pay - I have more money than time right now, and the less chemicals I breathe, the better - set up a fee schedule and let me know - I'll drop them off in a batch like I do my laundry!
Makes as much sense as...
Paying someone to clean your gun makes as much sense as paying someone to pack your parachute or build your scaffold.
Paying someone to clean your gun makes as much sense as paying someone to pack your parachute or build your scaffold.
As far as routine cleaning? probably not. However, I had a gunsmith clean my badly leaded .22 revolver. He used that ultra sound deal. I'm not sure what it is called. It came out like brand new. Of course, if I were able to find a Lewis lead puller in .22, I probably would have cleaned it myself.
I'm lazy and hate cleaning my guns, but at the same time, I'm more poor than I am lazy, so I'll stick to cleaning them myself.
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No, all my guns are easy to clean. Also, I wouldn't pay to do something that I enjoy doing in my free time. In contrast, I don't enjoy grooming my dog because she's nearly uncontrollable during grooming. So, I gladly pay 40 bucks or whatever it is to get her groomed and nails clipped. I also gladly pay a lawn guy 40 bucks a month to mow my tiny strip of front lawn.
If I were wealthy, perhaps - sometimes. And I would be real picky about who did the cleaning: if I would not let someone 'smith my gun, I wouldn't want them near it with screw drivers and a cleaning kit either.
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