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How often do you clean your guns?

Posted on 3/30/15 at 8:12 pm
Posted by mpar98
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2006
8034 posts
Posted on 3/30/15 at 8:12 pm
Whether it be a 12 ga or 9 mm...is it the number of rounds put through or just the age of it that would dictate it?
Posted by KingRanch
The Ranch
Member since Mar 2012
61625 posts
Posted on 3/30/15 at 8:13 pm to
I'm horrible about this.

Basically never.
Posted by civiltiger07
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2011
14063 posts
Posted on 3/30/15 at 8:17 pm to
I would say it's probably once a year but all at different times, and some probably never get cleaned. I should do better
Posted by goldshellback
Up da bayou a ways...
Member since Mar 2015
292 posts
Posted on 3/30/15 at 8:18 pm to
I do (almost) after every range trip. When Hunting, after a dirty, nasty day or after three or four not-so-nasty days in the woods.

I'm much more a cleaning-snob with my sidearms.
Posted by DownSouthJukin
Coaching Changes Board
Member since Jan 2014
27573 posts
Posted on 3/30/15 at 8:18 pm to
After every time I shoot them. But if on a multi-day hunt, it's just a quick swab and wipe down at the end of the day.
Posted by Spankum
Miss-sippi
Member since Jan 2007
56225 posts
Posted on 3/30/15 at 8:25 pm to
depends really on what I am doing with it...and when the next hunt is planned...

basically, I clean at the end of every season and after any "rough service" type hunt (i.e. get rained on, muddy, or if I am hunting around salt water...

if it is pretty dry and I plan to hunt again within the next few days, I will skip...
Posted by weagle99
Member since Nov 2011
35893 posts
Posted on 3/30/15 at 8:31 pm to
People who own Glocks will have a different answer than people who own Pythons.
Posted by Clames
Member since Oct 2010
16719 posts
Posted on 3/30/15 at 8:40 pm to
After every use.
Posted by Yewkindewit
Near Birmingham, Alabama
Member since Apr 2012
20151 posts
Posted on 3/30/15 at 8:49 pm to
i clean mine during a rainy shitty day where I am imprisoned inside the house and maybe just watching TV. Grab a few, clean, grab a few more. I clean handguns immediately after use though.
Posted by cdaniel76
Covington, LA
Member since Feb 2008
19699 posts
Posted on 3/30/15 at 8:58 pm to
I don't understand the concept of not cleaning a gun after shooting it, even if after only 50-100 rounds on a range day.

I was raised to treat my firearms as collectors items even though they weren't collectibles. They were cleaned after every outing immediately upon getting home from the range/hunt and I still do that till this day.
Posted by REB BEER
Laffy Yet
Member since Dec 2010
16295 posts
Posted on 3/30/15 at 8:58 pm to
I wipe them down every couple years and spray the actions with wd-40
Posted by kengel2
Team Gun
Member since Mar 2004
31071 posts
Posted on 3/30/15 at 9:20 pm to
Glock 19- probably every 500 rounds or so. I do check it out and clean all the crap/dust/lint out whenever it builds up as needed though.

AR- hardly ever gets cleaned, mainly whenever I feel like it, probably matches the glock.

Custom 260- around 500 rds or whenever accuracy falls off. This is when I clean the barrel. I'll clean then chamber,bolt,etc. as often as I shoot it, but touch my barrel and we'll probably fight.

Cleaning is all relative. Do you strip all of the copper out of the barrel? Or are you just wiping it down getting the dust off?

My guns get cleaned when I out shoot them, typically around 500 rounds. However, they are rarely ever literally dirty, unless during a match. I try to keep the action and bore covered with a towel or case. Some of these matches have dust that can take a gun out, so keeping the gun running is a huge priority. So in that case I'm always cleaning, but not "cleaning" as defined here, or conversely I rarely "clean" my guns yet they are always clean.
Posted by PaBon
UPT 17th W/D
Member since Sep 2014
1891 posts
Posted on 3/30/15 at 9:28 pm to
shotgun- end of season
rifle-never
hand cannons-never
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
Member since Oct 2011
75703 posts
Posted on 3/30/15 at 9:33 pm to
Once or twice a year.
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
89765 posts
Posted on 3/30/15 at 9:46 pm to
quote:

is it the number of rounds put through or just the age of it that would dictate it?



If it goes to the range and fires at all - it gets a boresnake and a wipedown. Now, I am pretty good about cleaning it up/lube before it goes to the range.

However, long term safe queens and whatnot - every once in a blue moon - often they go years and that is bad.
Posted by DLauw
SWLA
Member since Sep 2011
6086 posts
Posted on 3/30/15 at 10:53 pm to
I clean the mud off the hunting guns and that's about it. I guess I should probably clean all of them more.
Posted by Douglas Quaid
Mars
Member since Mar 2010
4098 posts
Posted on 3/31/15 at 7:33 am to
Rifles = after every range trip
Pistols = once a year
Shotguns = never
Posted by fisherbm1112
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2010
6567 posts
Posted on 3/31/15 at 7:44 am to
Rifles after every shoot. Shotguns and pistols get a little more work in. Especially my shotguns. They will go a goo while without a cleaning.
Posted by chesty
Flap City C.C.
Member since Oct 2012
12731 posts
Posted on 3/31/15 at 8:30 am to
light coat before use
Good cleaning after, another cleaning 2-3 days after, light oil and then leave them alone..
Posted by MudEngineer318
The AP
Member since Jan 2013
657 posts
Posted on 3/31/15 at 9:11 am to
I'm border line OCD. So I clean every time I get back from hunting or shooting clays.
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