Cleaning

[Deleted member 38641]

Army Habits, gets cleaned after every outing, and occasionally for no reason at all. Clean them and they will take care of you. Those new habits of not cleaning a gun is just plain lazy is all.

 

[polaris30144]

improper cleaning is a good way to tear up your barrel. on rifles you wait for the accuracy to degrade from copper fouling. not sure why that would be different for pistols. i will typically go 500-1000 rds on a pistol before i strip it down and do my thing. it often takes me a year or more to get through that much ammo in a pistol. i like long guns.

I have never heard of that except match grade barrels which are typically more accurate with a fouled barrel.. If it were true that cleaning a gun wears out the barrel, the warning would be in every gun manufactures literature to limit how often you clean your gun and it isn't so I don't believe it. I never put away a dirty gun. If you don't clean your guns because you are afraid of losing parts, you should take up another hobby or get a different gun. IMO, people that don't keep their guns clean are just looking for an excuse to vindicate their laziness. I don't completely strip a gun to clean it every time, but I do a good cleaning of the major components every time they are fired.

 

[JBKnifeworks]

Pistols get cleaned often just because I enjoy the process. Rifles just wiped down. The only time I clean a rifle barrel is when accuracy drops.

 

[JBKnifeworks]

I have never heard of that except match grade barrels which are typically more accurate with a fouled barrel.. If it were true that cleaning a gun wears out the barrel, the warning would be in every gun manufactures literature to limit how often you clean your gun and it isn't so I don't believe it. I never put away a dirty gun. If you don't clean your guns because you are afraid of losing parts, you should take up another hobby or get a different gun. IMO, people that don't keep their guns clean are just looking for an excuse to vindicate their laziness. I don't completely strip a gun to clean it every time, but I do a good cleaning of the major components every time they are fired.

Precision shooters, long range shooters, don't clean their barrels till accuracy drops. Sometimes going 500 or more rounds between cleanings. Are they lazy?

 

[DinkyDau]

Wipe down and bore snake Twice, Once for residue and once for oil..

 

[Hayata]

I used to clean every gun after every range trip.

Now that's only when I shoot corrosive ammo.

All but a couple of mine are range toys and so if there's a failure due to being dirty then I'll clean when I get home.

I've turned into a slacker...

 

[SheldorOfAzeroth]

Unless you are shooting corrosive ammo, there is no need to clean your guns so much. Over cleaning can cause finish to wear off, for tolerances to get looser as you disassemble and assemble constantly. Don't clean them unless they need cleaning. In the military it is more likely your guns will need cleaning to do running around in the mud and dirt.

It's just like hair. Shampooing it everyday will just cause damage.

 

[heavyd]

Why clean a gun after every range session when it would function just as well after 3,000 rounds between cleanings? It would be a waste of time. Wipe it down and move on.

 

[armedplinkster89]

Generally I try to clean my guns after every range trip. There are some guns that get neglected every once in awhile.

 

[mikey357]

Unless you are shooting corrosive ammo, there is no need to clean your guns so much. Over cleaning can cause finish to wear off, for tolerances to get looser as you disassemble and assemble constantly. Don't clean them unless they need cleaning. In the military it is more likely your guns will need cleaning to do running around in the mud and dirt.

It's just like hair. Shampooing it everyday will just cause damage.

Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner!... ....mikey357