18 rounds: would you clean it?

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pretty simple question: i just fired 18 rounds through my SW model 65. i am probably going to fire it again on wednesday or thursday. when i got it home, i ran a bore brush through the barrel and each cylinder a few times. i put a touch of oil on the extractor rod.

so: would you wait and clean it later?
 
pretty simple question: i just fired 18 rounds through my SW model 65. i am probably going to fire it again on wednesday or thursday. when i got it home,

so: would you wait and clean it later?
i ran a bore brush through the barrel and each cylinder a few times. i put a touch of oil on the extractor rod.
By my standards you did clean it.

I'd probably clean it, since my schedule is pretty light. However, my version of cleaning is wiping off the visible crud and run a patch or two through the barrel and chambers. I use a CLP product and don't do much more than that.
 
Except in rare circumstances or for the first few years of parenthood, that frankly were basically a lucid dream :), my guns get cleaned after every use. All of my guns are well cleaned and lubed and I know whatever I grab will be in top shape.

Now before the chorus of “you’re gonna over clean the gun and ruin the bore etc. etc.”. I don’t brush the bejezzus out of the bore every 50 round. The vast majority of the time its just patched and lubed and dried.
 
No way would I bother. The other day I put 24 rds of test ammo through the Webley across the chronograph, after spending most of the day on the tractor. I came home gave it a quick wipe down with a piece of wool fleece impregnated with RIG grease and tossed it in the cabinet. I once ran a bit over 1200 rounds through two my revolver over about about a two month period without cleaning just to see if there would be an issue with relatively high round count and no cleaning. Never an issue. With modern primers and propellant guns do not need to be clean as religiously as they use to be.
 
I have a 686 that I have never cleaned. Round count is 4k+. It is nasty. Carbon had nearly filled up the scope mount screw holes in the bottom of the top strap. I pull it out at the range and display it like a badge of honor...lol...I actually have several guns I have yet to clean. I just keep them lubed and keep on shooting.
 
That's more "cleaning" than I would have done for 18 rounds and an expected soon follow-up trip.

Not unless I was really, really, really bored.

Now, were I going to be deployed, or otherwise absent from my firearms for, say, 5-6 months, then, sure a good maintenance cleaning.

But, a good, Boot Camp, cleaning? Yeah, maybe the next time I'm in Boot Camp.
 
If I were going to shoot it again, soon, I'd patch out the heavy dirt, and lube it with Mobil1. When all the shooting is done, it would get more of a thorough cleaning.
 
But, a good, Boot Camp, cleaning? Yeah, maybe the next time I'm in Boot Camp.
The are good reasons, both doctrinal and strategic, for the high-n-tight hair, bounce-a-dime rack, and white-glove-clean rifle in boot camp. That said I'm pretty sure the practice is a net loss for the useful life and function of firearms so cleaned.

They don't do it for the rifles, they do it to shape the people. Now that that's over. . . no need to return!
 
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65 is stainless, so I would have just stuck it back in the safe. The only gun I clean after every firing is my carry gun. Blue guns get the skin oils wiped off: I learned that lesson a long time ago. Bores on shooters and hunting rifles only get cleaned when they need it, and hunting rifles never have their bores cleaned before hunting season unless I’m certain I will be able to fire fouling shots before taking them afield.
 
"the only gun that gets cleaned is my carry gun"

no disrespect or sarcasm meant here, but i think i've seen that a couple of times here - i kind of think any gun one owns might become a defensive gun. but i'm of a military disposition, i don't know what's good in the regular world.
 
I clean my guns sparingly after each use. Usually that means a bore snake (maybe a brush if there's still crud in the barrel), bush the dirt off, wipe down, a few drops of oil. It might not be necessary, but it doesn't hurt, and it ensures I never let a gun get too far down the road to filthy.
 
I agree with Elkins45. It’s a stainless gun. There’s no reason to clean it anymore than what has been done unless On a blued gun I’d wipe it down just to get any finger prints and sweat off it.
 
pretty simple question: i just fired 18 rounds through my SW model 65. i am probably going to fire it again on wednesday or thursday. when i got it home, i ran a bore brush through the barrel and each cylinder a few times. i put a touch of oil on the extractor rod.

so: would you wait and clean it later?
You already cleaned it. What’s the question again?
 
The are good reasons, both doctrinal and strategic, for the high-n-tight hair, bounce-a-dime rack, and white-glove-clean rifle in boot camp. That said I'm pretty sure the practice is a net loss for the useful life and function of firearms so cleaned.

They don't do it for the rifles, they do it to shape the people. Now that that's over. . . no need to return!
I’m in shape*

* round is a shape.
 
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