[WonderNine]

Cleaning my 9mm this morning really was tedious as usual. Almost an hour and a half for that sucker! Of course I clean every square milimeter of it as it's a carry gun, how about for non-carry guns, do you guys pay as much attention to them? I know I don't....the .22 rifle for instance, that thing gets about a ten minutes cleaning at most if I even decide to clean it.

[Jeeper]

I clean my carry gun well after I shoot it. My others I dont clean very well. I really found that after a certain point it becomes useless, I also make sure to pop a few rounds through my carry gun after I clean it so that I know I put everything back together correctly.

My USPSA gun only gets cleaned after every 2-3K rounds. Slide glide is the best lube ever.

[Hkmp5sd]

Nope, it's relaxing. Kick back, TV or stereo going, nice cold drink, smell of Hoppe's throughout the house, rags covered in gunpowder soot......almost Heaven. :)

[fatboyclone]

i like spending time cleaning my guns, but i cant say the same for my roomies they hate the smell of all the cleaners especially Hoppes.

[firestar]

I used to clean all my guns every time I shot them but now I wait until they need it. My carry/defense guns get cleaned after each shooting. I also wait until I have several guns to carry so I can do them all in one shot. It takes almost as much time to clean one gun as it takes to clean several.

[Shake]

I'm fanatical about cleaning them.

I wear Hoppes, Militec1, and CLP as cologne. Love that smell. . .

:D

Shake

[10-Ring]

Inconvenient sometimes, but not tiresome. I've learned the Zen method of gun cleaning so I find actualy benefit becomin one w/ my guns :D

[Hazwaste]

I enjoy cleaning my guns. It's a good time for my son and me to sit at the table and talk. Great bonding time.

[Boats]

What handgun on earth are you shooting that requires 90 minutes to clean?

I can detail strip a 1911 in under ten minutes, scrub and wipe everything in about five, and then reassemble in another ten minutes. A field strip and barrel clean takes about ten minutes total.

Maybe it is because I can use spray on brake cleaner for those tough spaces?:confused:

For the self-admitted lazies, just get some sort of "Dunk-it" kit.

[citizen]

As has been posted here before;

YOU MEAN YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO clean THEM?????:what: :neener: :evil:

[Skunkabilly]

I hate cleaning my long guns but the pistols are fun.

[spacemanspiff]

i dont mind cleaning them. its therapeutic, and i watch tv while i clean. i did spend about 2 hours trying to get the barrel of my kimber to come completely clean. finally the patches were coming through clean when i was done.
i bought a shooter glass, you know, like a really tall shot glass? held about 2 oz, and it could have been a little bit wider so i could dunk each end of the barrel in, but it worked okay. soaked the barrel in there with hoppes for over an hour, every 10-15 minutes i would run a brush through.

[Caseless]

Not as tiresome as shooting 500 rounds of hi-velocity 40 cal. ammo without a break.;)

[dairycreek]

But, an hour and a half? Seems excessive to me but, different strokes................! My guns end up quite clean, have always functioned, so I think twenty minutes is enough for me. Good shooting;)

[MikeJ]

I spend on the average 30 minutes to clean a pistol and 20 minutes for a revolver and they are spotless when I am done. As far as drudgery is concerned I've learned to take only 3 or 4 guns at a time shooting so I'm not faced with countless hours of cleaning afterwards. I'm kind of fanatical about cleaning them as soon as I get home and I have do it on the back porch, so the temperature has alot to do with my enjoyment of cleaning them. I actually find it more enjoyable today to clean a gun than when I first started shooting.

[sensei]

I consider it a God Given Right, a privilege, and a pleasure to own them and to care for them.

Along with these things come responsibilities

I only clean them when I'm in the mood to do it right.

I use that time to relax.

They are my hobby as well as one of my means of self defense.


sensei

[Gerald McDonald]

Takes maybe 20 minutes for a 1911, little less for HK USP or Glock and then do a thorough cleaning every 1000 or so rounds. Never had any problem with FTF or FTE

[Mil Novecientos Once]

Is cleaning your guns tiresome?

I love to clean them as much as I love to shoot them.

[cool45auto]

I clean the crap out of my Beretta every time. I take my time on my long guns (wolf ammo in my SKS :D ). I spread them out on the kitchen table and clean them while watching a gun related DVD.

[agony]

....until it dawned on me that if I lived in one of many countries on this planet, gun cleaning would be an unknown act.

It is clear that gun cleaning is part of gun ownership. And therefore a priveledge and a right.

I love to clean my guns.

[Chupacabra]

I love cleaning my guns! Making them all nice and shiny is a real pleasure.

:D

My USP takes about a half hour to clean and my 1911 about 45 minutes.

[WonderNine]

I clean the crap out of Beretta every time. I take my time on my long guns (wolf ammo in my SKS ). I spread them out on the kitchen table and clean them while watching a gun related DVD.

And then you hold one Beretta in each hand while watching the bank scene in Matrix right? :D

[TNT]

I clean when it's raining outside. Crank the radio and play with the Hoppe's.

[CZ-100]

NO.. 15-20 min each. Not BAD

[blue86buick]

no, but if I'm doing it late at night, and it's getting to be 12:30-1-2am, and I gotta wake up at 6:45...I'm tired the next day. :D

[cool45auto]

And then you hold one Beretta in each hand while watching the bank scene in Matrix right?

Have you been spying on me Wondernine?:D

[Andrew Wyatt]

If it's tedious, you're doing something wrong.


Carry pieces get cleaned, and then function tested by shooting before they get put back into the carry rotation.

[blades67]

I don't find it tiresome, I clean all of my firearms in the same manner.

[jarhead]

I just crank up the parts washer filled with Ed's Red, scrub away... use air compressor to "dry" and lubricate it for another day of shooting... takes maybe 5 minutes for a thorough cleaning....

Never let the sun set on a dirty gun...

[Zach S]

After every range session (100 to 200 rounds) mine gets a boresnake ran trough it once or twice, then I pull the slide off and wipe the rails down, last it gets oiled and reassembled. Takes me 2 or 3 minutes. In case youre wonding I do actually clean them really well, occasionaly...

[HBK]

I don't like to clean much of anything, but I never put my guns away dirty. Do you guys find that Hoppes takes the finish off the barrel or slide?

[RustyHammer]

It is almost a Zen-ful experience .... auummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

P.S. Never had any problem with Hoppes No. 9 ... but prefer FP-10 or Breakfree CLP.

[cslinger]

Man, my friends think I am Nazi like in my gun cleaning regimen and I frequently clean theirs from time to time but I don't think I have ever taken more than say 20 minutes to clean one piece, unless you count cosmolene encrusted 70 year old C&R pieces.

Your guns must be museum quality clean.

Chris

[Desert Dog]

and clean like a fool... :rolleyes:

Tedium has nothing to do with it.

I spend a goodly amount of time cleaning... music on, garage door up, sun streaming in... Zen? Probably...

I recall how much money is invested in these "tools" and maintain them accordingly......

Mike

[Pappy John]

I enjoy cleaning my guns so much that I'll volunteer to clean yours also. Just send them my way. Turnaround time should be around 3 months or so. Maybe a bit longer on Freedom Arms or S&W Performance Center revolvers. Don't forget to send plenty of ammo for funtion testing after re-assembly. Two to three hundred rounds should suffice. More would be appreciated.:)

[Snake Eyes]

Can't STAND cleaning my guns. I am a perfectionist and I absolutely CAN NOT clean a gun in under an hour. Autos take two.

I came up with a great racket though: My boss will buy guns from me with the agreement that I can buy it back anytime for the same price. So I sell him one of my really dirty guns. He cleans it so he can shoot it, cleans it again, then takes it to his dad the gunsmith for a little tune-up. Then I buy it back. Takes about 3-4 months but I never fail to get back a better gun than I sold. And clean!

So I guess you could say it actually takes me about 3 MONTHS to clean a gun.

Does any one know where to get one of those vibrating sonic tanks the gunsmiths use to get guns clean??

PT

[bad_dad_brad]

Have to vote no on this one. I don't like cleaning guns either. So I tend to gravitate towards firearms that are low maintenance - like the Glock. I have a great AR15 but I want to get an AK just so I don't have to be anal about cleaning the thing after I shoot it.

The older I get, the lazier.

[Prodigalshooter]

The only time it's a pain for me is when I go for one of those weekend type camping, shooting affairs, where almost evrything gets shot a lot. Then when you get home and you're looking at 3 or 4 long guns and 5 or 6 handguns, all very dirty...
that's tiresome!
But normally, no, usually will only go two matches or a practice session and a match at most between cleaning. Always run a bore snake through after any shooting though.