Why no shortage of...

[joeschmoe]

It's a lot easier to make shift cleaning supplies than guns and ammo.

You can clean a lot of guns with a bottle of mobile 1 oil, some rags and steel wool. Dowels, shoelaces and line can be used for barrels.

 

[6.5x55swedish]

The rush on guns and ammo has been largely driven by speculators... They are buying them for re-sale. Just hop on Gun Broker for a few minutes and that becomes quite evident. I am just waiting for BATF to catch on and shut Gunbroker down... Because private sale for profit treads over the grey line into unlicensed dealer.

 

[r1derbike]

Maybe the newbies are using their dishwashers or clothes washers and driers

Dishwashers? With those caustic soap packets? Say it isn't so!

I clean my pre-charged air rifles after a day of varmint gathering, because of lead smear and lead particles. Helps accuracy tremendously.

I clean my long gun and pistol (powder burners) every other outing, unless I shoot a lot. I should probably clean them after every outing, no matter what. My wife hates the protectant/lube I finish-off with, Ballistol on both air and powder. It smells like my dirty underwear, after a day of mowing, she says.