Clean your gun loaded, How?

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The proper procedure to cleaning a gun is NOT:

1. Rack slide/bolt
2. Remove magazine (or most of the rounds if a revolver)
3. Point gun at wall/mirror/door/another person/your own head
4. Pull trigger
5. Clean firearm
 
I cleaned a gun loaded once. Mid-magazine a chunk of sod from the berm caught the rear sight of my U22. One good wipe with the weak-hand thumb and I was back in business.

As for how it got there, the fellow next to me was shooting a Desert Eagle. Gave everyone a fine coat of dirt. I have never seen so many giggles on the range.
 
My brother and I were out walking cypress heads one morning and jumped some deer. I had a brief shot at a 4-6 pt. but held up...anyway, drove the ATC back to camp, started to wipe down the ole BAR and BOOM....308 right through the roof of the cabin.

I guess, with my excitement, I didn't put the safety back on. Then I drove an ATC 3.5 miles back to camp, with a chambered .308 without the safety on. I(we) usually remove the round from the chamber within camp grounds...didn't that time, but it sure taught me a lesson.
 
There are a lot of dead people who "cleaned" their pistol while it was loaded. And stuck to their chest or head. It's hard to tell someone that Uncle Johnny blew 'is brains out. Much easier to call it a "cleaning accident."
 
I have to admit that after reading the thread title that I had to
wonder if we were talking about a gun that was loaded or the person
cleaning the gun was loaded. :D
 
I know a doctor who did this and blew off a finger.

Now he's on dissability and living a cushy life. It "happened" before dissability insurance companies started cracking down.

Personally, I think he put his finger in front of the gun and blew it off on purpose, knowing full well what he was doing, because that's the kind of guy he is - but hey, who knows.

When I heard of it though, I had to ask, "How the hell do you clean a loaded gun (1) and blow off your finger doing it (2)?"
 
LOL is this a serious question? I never have my gun loaded unless i plan to shoot it.
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There are lots of us who have guns loaded 24/7 unless we have just fired all the rounds or are cleaning them.
 
LOL is this a serious question? I never have my gun loaded unless i plan to shoot it.
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What Jorg said.

At any given time, I have A gun loaded somewhere near me. Whether it's in my home, in my car, or on me.

I think most members here do too.
 
Maybe it's me, but when I read the article clip, I got a picture of Rosco P. Coltrane "tryin' to git dim duke boyz" and having a ND trying to wrestle his gun from the holster...
 
Whatever tactical advantage you might gain by having the gun you are cleaning loaded, its more than offset by the inherent danger, as these stories show.

Especially for Glocks which require a trigger pull to field strip. They are notorious for having a very high liklihood of ND/AD if the trigger is pulled while they are loaded. Some misguided individuals have been known to mistakenly refer to this as "reliability".

If your situation is such that you are uneasy being unarmed long enough to clean your pistol, I would recommend getting a second pistol to keep loaded so you are not defenseless while you clean the primary pistol in an unloaded state.

Call me old-fashioned.

Randy
 
Whatever tactical advantage you might gain by having the gun you are cleaning loaded
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I have no idea what you are talking about. I don't recall seeing anyone mentioning a tactical advantage of cleaning a loaded gun. The point most people have been making is that the majority of "discharges during gun cleaning" is an excuse for something else.

Especially for Glocks which require a trigger pull to field strip. They are notorious for having a very high liklihood of ND/AD if the trigger is pulled while they are loaded.
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Help me out here.... which guns don't have a very high likelihood of going off if the trigger is pulled when they are loaded? This almost sounds like sarcasm, but based on the rest of your post I don't think that was your intent.

If your situation is such that you are uneasy being unarmed long enough to clean your pistol, I would recommend getting a second pistol to keep loaded so you are not defenseless while you clean the primary pistol in an unloaded state
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If one's situation is such, I would recommend moving.
 
Never Tried and Never Will!
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Once (and only once) when I was a kid I cleaned my shotgun after a hunting trip. I checked the chamber and it was empty. Good to go, I was wiping it down, running patches though it, and etc. Then I thought, you know.. I haven't had the magazine tube apart in a long time. I should give it a once over. That was when I saw I still had 2 shells in the tube. :what: Had I racked it and dry fired to make sure I had everything back together right and not heard the sound difference it would have gone off!!!:uhoh:
 
Darwinian gun cleaning:

1. Load one live round into the chamber.
2. Pour powder solvent down the barrel (the live round will prevent it from running out).
3. Shake (don’t stir).
4. While keeping the gun pointed up, pull trigger to simultaneously remove live round and solvent.
 
You know, folks, there is no part in the Glock's manual of arms which requires you to point the gun at your own body in order to disassemble it.

:rolleyes:

pax
 
Two thoughts came to me immediately when I read this, and so far no one else has said either...

1. Very carefully
2. Use WinClean ammo
 
jorg said:
I have no idea what you are talking about. I don't recall seeing anyone mentioning a tactical advantage of cleaning a loaded gun. The point most people have been making is that the majority of "discharges during gun cleaning" is an excuse for something else.
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Whole response was tongue in cheek/sarcastic. Riffing on the concept of all the "do you carry when in the bathroom"/mall ninja type threads... Takes too long to load the gun if SHTF while you were cleaning it, so what to do???? Clean the gun loaded, so its always ready to fire! (NOT!!!).
jorg said:
Help me out here.... which guns don't have a very high likelihood of going off if the trigger is pulled when they are loaded?
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Exactly...
jorg said:
This almost sounds like sarcasm, but based on the rest of your post I don't think that was your intent.
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I was too deadpan in the delivery I guess, it was exactly sarcasm through and through..
streicherr said:
If your situation is such that you are uneasy being unarmed long enough to clean your pistol, I would recommend getting a second pistol to keep loaded so you are not defenseless while you clean the primary pistol in an unloaded state
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jorg said:
If one's situation is such, I would recommend moving.
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More sarcasm. "Perhaps its safer to have a 2nd gun around loaded for emergencies rather than trying to clean a loaded gun"... Ya think??? :D

Randy
 
You know, folks, there is no part in the Glock's manual of arms which requires you to point the gun at your own body in order to disassemble it.



pax
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*checking pages*
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well I'll be a monkey's uncle.... 'tis true!

To think, all this time how silly I've been! ;)
 
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