How often do you clean your guns?

[Vyadmirer]

Simple question. I clean every couple times I shoot probably 3 or 4 depending on round count. It drives my old man crazy as he is old school. Shoot it once then clean it.

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[hotwheelsjr]

Depends on the gun. My handguns, every time we go out shooting with them. My ARs, every time we shoot with them. AKs -- I can't remember the last time I ran a patch through them LOL

 

[Elk34]

My glocks I have never cleaned. I have g17s that have 50k through them and they don't fail. My 1911's and Sigs well if they are not cleaned around 400 to 500 they will throw a fit.

 

[XJThrottle]

The only one I religiously clean is my Marlin 60. An afternoon of 500+ rounds gets it kinda gummy...although, a shot of aerosol spray lube gets'er going again..
ARs, I don't put enough through to "clean" every outing. Might just wipe the bolt down.
Pistols, unless I burn through several hundo, they just get a shot of oil.

 

[Solar_Empire]

Fire 1 round and it gets a cleaning. If I don't it eats away at me. Chalk it up to years to surplus collecting and corrosive ammo.

 

[smithers599]

Rarely

 

[Kingjoey]

Fire 1 round and it gets a cleaning. If I don't it eats away at me. Chalk it up to years to surplus collecting and corrosive ammo.

Same here. Everything in the gun room is squeaky clean

 

[Tim McBride]

Well with all this free time everything is clean, and they've all been gone through checking parts.
I've done spring replacements in a lot of my high round count guns.

Normally? Shit gets cleaned every couple months and parts only replaced if it fails.

 

[Vyadmirer]

Well with all this free time everything is clean, and they've all been gone through checking parts.
I've done spring replacements in a lot of my high round count guns.

Normally? s*** gets cleaned every couple months and parts only replaced if it fails.

Exactly what got me thinking. I was bored so been doing some of the maintenance I skimp on. A couple ar’s were kinda bad.

 

[Tim McBride]

I borrowed a friends ultra sonic to clean everything. I am definitely getting my own soon.

 

[mock0013]

One of my friends is a competition shooter and he said there are two types of shooters.
Those who clean after shooting each time
Those who clean after shooting to failure, and then cleaning before failure in the future.

I follow the 2nd because now I know when I should clean them and which weapons I can't trust for extended shooting.

Piston AR/AK's never cleaned
Tavors never cleaned just maybe a little oil on the bolt because suppression makes the bolt dirty with me shooting the cheapest ammo possible.
Glock's haven't failed or been cleaned. Except I do tend to clean my carry Glock(s)

 

[Elk34]

I have a friend that has 133k rounds out of his g17. Never cleaned has not failed. Now I don't think I would go that far but he has.

 

[XJThrottle]

Add to my previous comment..

A very close friend shoots long range competitively. He only runs(cleans) his bores when he gets an inconstant group. A few hundred rounds from what I understand. Effects his 1000y accuracy....
Re-barrels his gun next...maybe after 3k.

If I miss you with my AR, I have 29 more tries..

 

[AZ Husker]

I'm probably in the minority, but I believe in preventative maintenance. Doesn't matter if they are guns, autos, or my air conditioner. Those who brag on ignoring routine maintenance are living on borrowed time. I grew up on a farm and this was drilled into my head. Why wait until something is ready to go tits up?

 

[toepopper]

Clean them when its needed. Once a year I take everything out and run a patch through the barrels, couple of drops on the bolts or actions, and clean any excess off.

 

[XJThrottle]

Don't think I'm pushing lack of maintenance...former auto tech here...lube it up.

If you polish enough, you'll just polish the good away..

Give the trigger/action a kiss. Don't waste your time making sure the tube is spotless..

BTW..my job has deemed "essential", and I'm working OT. Soooo, over cleaning guns is low on my list...

 

[AZ Husker]

Clean them when its needed. Once a year I take everything out and run a patch through the barrels, couple of drops on the bolts or actions, and clean any excess off.

Once a year? Either you don't shoot much or are one of the folks that I spoke about ignoring preventative maintenance. And you only lube them once a year? Wow.

 

[Maestro]

If I'm being completely honest, I don't clean my guns enough. I understand what you are saying about preventative maintenance, but if a firearm can't go without a solid cleaning after every shoot then I don't feel like it is reliable enough.

 

[mock0013]

If I'm being completely honest, I don't clean my guns enough. I understand what you are saying about preventative maintenance, but if a firearm can't go without a solid cleaning after every shoot then I don't feel like it is reliable enough.

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[Dogslayer]

Simple. If it gets shot, it gets cleaned.