how often do you deep clean your?

[Zach S]

For my 5" 1911s:

Lube every range session.

Boresnake every so often.

Pull slide off, wipe down, reassemble, every 750 to 1000 rounds.

Detail strip, clean, and inspect every 1500 to 2000 rounds, and I go ahead and replace recoil spring while everything is apart.

For my one parkerized 1911, I wipe down the exterior weekly or so. Otherwise same as above.

For my 9mm AR15:

Lube ever now and then. Boresnake every now and then. I dont think its been cleaned but once or twice, and it has several thousand rounds through it.

Thompsons:

Boresnake and lube every now and then. Cleaned almost never. Wiped down with lube almost weekly, my stuff tends to rust easy here. Must be where I live next to the river...

Mossberg:

Wiped down and boresnaked with my thompsons. I dont think I've ever actually "cleaned" it.

I dont reccomend my cleaning habits. But everything I own goes bang everytime.

 

[Dave R]

Simlar to Zach, but with a variation.

I use a boresnake, and wipe the action out, every time I shoot.

Then, after 100-500 rounds, depending on how much I have shot, I do a field strip and clean more thoroughly.

But if I've put 20 rounds through something, I see no need to strip & clean.

 

[gp911]

I'm the guy whose truck gets a bath once a year whether it needs it or not.

My guns get a good cleaning every 500-1000 rounds aside from the milsurps which get the bores and actions cleaned after every outing. If that 500-1000 rounds takes a year, so be it. My revolver is stainless, my AR has a chrome bore, and my NEF .410 isn't exactly a precision instrument. The ex-Dragoon and M44 get the residue cleaned out since they only get fed surplus ammo, but I left the original patina rather than refinish them to better-than-new condition like so many other guys do.

Guns are tools, so I treat them as such. I sleep just fine at night despite my guns not being show quality all the time.


gp911

 

[Flyboy]

My cleaning schedule is approximately "when I bloody well feel like it." I clean my 1911's after IPSC matches, because I drop the mags in the dust, and occasionally after range sessions. I figure I'm more likely to have a failure due to my own misassembly than due to a dirty gun, and given that my 1911's are my carry guns, I'm more interested in reliability than anything else.

the .22's get cleaned...when I feel like it. I'm more likely to clean a bolt-action rifle than a single-action revolver, for obvious reasons. The .30-30 gets cleaned as necessary. Shogtuns? A quick boresnake at best; I don't think I've ever taken the side plate off of an 870.

The only exception to the rule is the muzzleloader. I shoot real black powder--not Pyrodex--and it gets cleaned as soon as I get home, for obvious reasons. Anything else can wait until I'm in the mood. For some guns, that's sooner than with others.

 

[FTF]

I clean all of my guns after I shoot them... usually the next night. Nothing past field stripping. Just a bunch of CLP, scrubbing, swabbing and lubing. It doesn't take too long really.. just watch the tube and clean away. I don't have any "safe queens", all mine are shot regularly... cept for the .25 Lorcin I got in a trade that I'm afraid to shoot at all..