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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: Doublelunger on October 10, 2013, 02:12:36 PM

Title: How often do you clean your gun?
Post by: Doublelunger on October 10, 2013, 02:12:36 PM: Just curious. I was raised to clean a gun every time you shot it. No matter what. No exceptions. A gun will last forever if you treat it right.
Title: Re: How often do you clean your gun?
Post by: Skyvalhunter on October 10, 2013, 02:19:03 PM: Are we talking deep cleaning with copper remover etc? Or run a rod and patch thru? As I do a deep cleaning about once every year depending on how much shooting. But I clean with a patch after every shooting then tape the end of the barrel.
Title: Re: How often do you clean your gun?
Post by: Rick on October 10, 2013, 02:19:44 PM: More barrels are ruined by improper cleaning than by not cleaning enough.

I don't clean until the accuracy I know they're capable of goes south.

I have a few rifles that haven't been cleaned in years.
Title: Re: How often do you clean your gun?
Post by: Old Man Yager on October 10, 2013, 02:21:37 PM: Not often enough, I've been told by a few friends!! :chuckle:
Title: Re: How often do you clean your gun?
Post by: BULLBLASTER on October 10, 2013, 02:32:37 PM: Quote from: Rick on October 10, 2013, 02:19:44 PM
More barrels are ruined by improper cleaning than by not cleaning enough.

I don't clean until the accuracy I know they're capable of goes south.

I have a few rifles that haven't been cleaned in years.
:yeah: ill clean when accuracy falls off or if I am switching bullet brand or type. I usually wipe down the outside with oil after a day in the field tho.
Title: Re: How often do you clean your gun?
Post by: snowpack on October 10, 2013, 02:47:58 PM: stainless/synthetic--clean before bear season and after elk season
wood/chrome-moly---almost daily when used
Title: Re: How often do you clean your gun?
Post by: sirmissalot on October 10, 2013, 02:51:48 PM: I clean my gun every morning and every night. I'm weird like that.

I clean my rifle when I feel I need to, sometimes after 20 rounds, sometimes after a wet hunt. I have gone entire seasons without cleaning... usually once I get it dialed for hunting season I leave it alone unless it gets soaked or real dirty.
Title: Re: How often do you clean your gun?
Post by: CP on October 10, 2013, 02:54:09 PM: Depends on the gun. 2 shots max on my muzzle loader before cleaning but I'll put a couple hundred rounds or more through my trap guns before I clean them.
Title: Re: How often do you clean your gun?
Post by: coachcw on October 10, 2013, 02:55:17 PM: clean the bore and remove copper before the season , breech to muzzle only , then one foul shot before hunting , clean at the end of season .
Title: Re: How often do you clean your gun?
Post by: JPhelps on October 10, 2013, 03:25:21 PM: Stock Remington at the end of every season.

Broughton barrel...never
Title: Re: How often do you clean your gun?
Post by: grundy53 on October 10, 2013, 03:37:02 PM: Once I see my groups start to open up. However I do wipe down the outside with rem oil wipes whenever I have been hunting in the rain/wet.
Title: Re: How often do you clean your gun?
Post by: yorketransport on October 12, 2013, 07:49:23 PM: I give the exterior a quick wipe down whenever I handle them. The bores get cleaned when the groups start to open up.

Quote from: JPhelps on October 10, 2013, 03:25:21 PM

Broughton barrel...never
:yeah: I have 2 Benchmarks which were cleaned after the 3 shot break in and now I just run a light oil through the bore if they're getting stored for a while. Hundreds of rounds through them and they still shoot in the .3" range. The 2 McGowens get cleaned after about 200 rounds, and the Brux at around 250 most of the time.

Andrew
Title: Re: How often do you clean your gun?
Post by: PolarBear on October 12, 2013, 08:00:37 PM: Whenever I can talk her into it which ain't often enough. ;)
Title: Re: How often do you clean your gun?
Post by: aaronoto on October 12, 2013, 08:04:23 PM: Rifle - After every shooting session. A quick clean though - a patch of Hoppes, brush, Bore Snake, lightly oil and done.

Shotgun - Once before duck season, once again after.

Pistol - 1911 after every shooting session, the Glock I can't remember the last time I cleaned...
Title: Re: How often do you clean your gun?
Post by: madmack76 on October 12, 2013, 08:14:51 PM: every time it leaves the safe.
Title: Re: How often do you clean your gun?
Post by: sven on October 12, 2013, 08:16:00 PM: Quote from: coachcw on October 10, 2013, 02:55:17 PM
clean the bore and remove copper before the season , breech to muzzle only , then one foul shot before hunting , clean at the end of season .

:yeah: :yeah:
Title: Re: How often do you clean your gun?
Post by: jrebel on October 12, 2013, 08:34:33 PM: Always wipe my guns down before they go back in the safe....even if they were just handled and not shot. Oil from your hand has salt and will eat the bluing if not wiped off.

Breach to Muzzle as needed throughout the year....

Entire gun at the end of the season when they will be stored for a few months.

Muzzleloader gets cleaned every time I shoot it. Never stored dirty!!
Title: Re: How often do you clean your gun?
Post by: pianoman9701 on October 12, 2013, 09:08:49 PM: I usually clean my rifles after I shoot them at the range. During goose season, I'll wipe down my shotgun after coming in from the field and run a rag through the barrel. If it's muddy, I'll do a thorough cleaning.
Title: Re: How often do you clean your gun?
Post by: JJB11B on October 12, 2013, 09:14:20 PM: I clean my glocks if I am bored. Glocks just run I hardly ever clean them. They run like champs. Everything else at least gets a bore snake and a rem oil wipe job when it goes back into the house
Title: Re: How often do you clean your gun?
Post by: runamuk on October 12, 2013, 09:15:31 PM: I run a bullet down the pipe once or twice a year that cleans it up pretty nice :tup:
Title: Re: How often do you clean your gun?
Post by: pianoman9701 on October 12, 2013, 09:18:36 PM: Quote from: JJB11B on October 12, 2013, 09:14:20 PM
I clean my glocks if I am bored. Glocks just run I hardly ever clean them. They run like champs. Everything else at least gets a bore snake and a rem oil wipe job when it goes back into the house

I do clean my handguns fairly regularly, even when I haven't shot them but have been carrying them. When you carry, they do get sweat on them and they get dusty/linty.
Title: Re: How often do you clean your gun?
Post by: JJB11B on October 12, 2013, 09:23:13 PM: Quote from: pianoman9701 on October 12, 2013, 09:18:36 PM
Quote from: JJB11B on October 12, 2013, 09:14:20 PM
I clean my glocks if I am bored. Glocks just run I hardly ever clean them. They run like champs. Everything else at least gets a bore snake and a rem oil wipe job when it goes back into the house

I do cleaning my handguns fairly regularly, even when I haven't shot them but have been carrying them.
I clean my rifles a lot. of course I like to tinker with them all the time. I think I am on my 4th camo job on my 22-250 and the 2nd or 3rd on my 308. I do on my 1911 and my revolvers but I find that a little carbon really slicks up those glocks nice
Title: Re: How often do you clean your gun?
Post by: h2ofowlr on October 12, 2013, 10:03:09 PM: My shotgun I clean after every use . Just peace of mind and I hunt near salt water and it could rust up a gun in a few hours .
Title: Re: How often do you clean your gun?
Post by: PolarBear on October 12, 2013, 11:15:53 PM: Being an ex competitive shooter I do a complete tear down of each gun after every time I shoot more than a couple of rounds through them or am about to put them away for storage.
Title: Re: How often do you clean your gun?
Post by: PolarBear on October 12, 2013, 11:32:08 PM: Quote from: runamuk on October 12, 2013, 09:15:31 PM
I run a bullet down the pipe once or twice a year that cleans it up pretty nice :tup:
We are still talking guns, right?
Title: Re: How often do you clean your gun?
Post by: PNW_Hunter on October 16, 2013, 11:45:51 PM: Clean 'em every time I shoot them, unless it's the range session right before hunting season.