Saturday, September 03, 2011
Question for the gunnies
How obsessive are you about cleaning your guns? With modern (non-corrosive) ammunition cleaning your gun right after shooting isn't really necessary anymore, but many of us still do. I used to be that way myself, had to clean it right after getting back from the range. But I have relaxed some over the years (or maybe I just got lazy). Now I typically clean my guns the same day or one or two days after. I know some that might wait a week or more and have heard of shooters that don't clean their guns (besides a quick wipe down) until they actually won't function any longer. How about you? How dirty does your gun have to be before you finally can't stand it anymore?
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Unlike some, I enjoy taking apart my guns and cleaning them, but I don't usually do it the very same day. And with the .22's I usually do it every couple hundred rounds or so, otherwise they gum up real bad.
When it stops working right I clean it. Yes, that means I have an AK type rifle I haven't cleaned since removing the original cosmo.
I must admit I’m compulsive on the subject. I’m not sure I have gone a whole 24 hours before cleaning a gun.
The way I was brought up after you went hunting or shooting THE FIRST THING you did when you got home was clean the guns. That’s how my Dad did it and the way I do it to.
I would like to clean them right away but I am too busy. I only go shooting on the weekend and normally it will be the next weekend before I have time for them.
The majority of answers so far lean towards cleaning them sooner rather than later (when time allows). Using modern ammunition it doesn’t really hurt a gun to delay cleaning, so I’m wondering if it just comes down to how we were instructed. Like the anonymous poster my dad taught me to clean our guns right after we used them. I wonder if we do these things just because that’s what we first learned and it got stuck in our head.
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