I saw a post on Facebook that someone said that he cleans his guns once a year and cleaning them more often is a waste of time and harmful to them. What do you think?
I think that he is just one more of myriad Internet Experts.I saw a post on Facebook that someone said that he cleans his guns once a year and cleaning them more often is a waste of time and harmful to them. What do you think?
Jack B. wrote:
I saw a post on Facebook that someone said that he cleans his guns once a year and cleaning them more often is a waste of time and harmful to them. What do you think?
I saw a post on Facebook that someone said that he cleans his guns once a year and cleaning them more often is a waste of time and harmful to them. What do you think?
What neurological condition do you have? I don't use motor oil on my gun.Oh for heaven's sake!
Some moron posts on Facebook that he only cleans his guns once a year and suddenly people are questioning how often they should clean their guns. How lazy can you be? How cavalier about the preservation of an expensive instrument can you be?
I think Savage puts it best is their manual for the Axis rifle, "as a general rule, 'too much' is much safer than 'not enough'".
I clean my guns every time I shoot them. Period. I clean them in accord with the instructions in the user's manual which invariably calls for cleaning with an appropriate cleaning solution followed by lubrication with a "high quality firearms oil" or a "light machine oil". I will also use a high quality motor oil on generally inaccessible locations (such as the barrel under non-removable hand-guards).
While I did not intend for this maintenance procedure to be a long-term proposition, the unexpected neurological condition that nearly killed me kept me from my guns for years on end and so I have a unique perspective on gun preservation and so can say that the manufacturer's recommended maintenance - performed after every time the gun is shot - is sufficient for even long-term storage.
If you don't clean your guns after shooting them IMO you are lazy.
OK what ever you like. I guess some people like dirty guns.Far more likely to cause a problem in the cycle of fire cleaning a fire arm than not cleaning a fire arm. If you were really concerned about function after cleaning it you would then fire a couple a couple of rounds through it to make sure it still works.
I've got Glocks I've went over a thousand rounds without cleaning them, might pull the slide back and spray some oil in it but that is about it. And yes, I'm lazy rather than obsessive. I own my guns, they don't own me. Being lazy does not mean being wrong. Nor does being obsessed with cleaning mean you are right. Its not really a virtue. I've seen far more damage done to guns in the military by obsessive cleaning than anything else.
The simple matter is if you shot a thousand rounds through a gun without cleaning it will with near certainty fire a couple of more rounds. If you took it apart and put it back together, maybe not.
OK.If you don't clean your guns after shooting them IMO you are lazy.
Yea. I've talked to people at the range that shoot about once a year and think they shoot a lot.I shoot once a week religiously, sometimes more. It's generally my carry piece and HD pistol. I clean them every 2 weeks after having put 2-300 rds through each.
I do this because I almost exclusively shoot Tula. If I were shooting cleaner ammo it might be more like once a month.
When I say "clean", I mean a basic field strip. Don't spend much time with it, maybe 15-20min per gun. I just make sure all the grime is off and everything is lubed.
For a gun that I rely on with my life I want it in the most optimal shape. My "range guns" get cleaned every few months.
In regards to the OP's FB quote, that guy might not shoot much at all, in which case once a year might be realistic.