Gun Cleaning....love it or hate it?

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Used to love it. Used to work in the shop and yard a lot, A little gun cleaning mess was just fine. Now I stay clean all day. Now I hate the mess and the gun cleaning solvent on my hands. Hope my guns survive.
 
I don't love it or hate it. Just kind of somewhere in-between.

It's a job that has to be done eventually so you might as well do it sooner rather than later.
 
Gunblue490 has a couple good gun cleaning vedios on youtube. Kind of surprising. And a little long. But.
 
Fooey said:
I didn't have time to clean guns often I thought when I was working. Usually take 2-3 pistols and 3-5 rifles to range at a time with son and grandson. Now I am retired and don't clean guns often either so I guess I don't like it. Son and Grandson must not like it either 'cause they beat feet as soon as we get home and car gets unloaded!!! "Thanks Pops, gotta run! We'll come over someday and help reload!! Bye. " Tires squeeling, Varooooom. One time I am pretty sure I heard the Roadrunner escaping Wiley Coyote, Beep Beep LOL.
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My #1 grandson is the only one that has ever shown ANY in interest in reloading but it has been going like this this for years. "I have to get with you so you can teach me to reload". Well, he just turned 37 years old and he ain't made it yet. He has powder, primers, and bullets just sitting here waiting. Funny thing is, he always finds time to go play golf. I could understand golf if we could shoot the little white ball instead of try to beat it to death with a club.
 
I enjoy cleaning them after a range session, just as I enjoy maintaining my daily carry piece. That said, I stopped scrubbing the snot out of barrels years ago. Smokeless gets a few brush passes and a coat of oil/grease. BPCR get a more detailed cleaning because of corrosion concerns.

Same relaxation as I get from casting or reloading. Put on some music, set up the equipment and enjoy the process.
 
Airedale1 said:
I've never viewed it as a chore. What are your thoughts on it?
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To me it's a chore. I don't mind it as much as mowing the lawn though. And that's in spite of the fact that in this part of the country, I only have to mow the lawn once every week or two for about 3 months out of the year, while I have to clean my guns year around - depending on how much I shoot them.
 
doubleh said:
My #1 grandson is the only one that has ever shown ANY in interest in reloading but it has been going like this this for years. "I have to get with you so you can teach me to reload". Well, he just turned 37 years old and he ain't made it yet. He has powder, primers, and bullets just sitting here waiting. Funny thing is, he always finds time to go play golf. I could understand golf if we could shoot the little white ball instead of try to beat it to death with a club.
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Good to hear it's not just my kids. "Dad, I want to have you show me how to refinish this rifle stock/get this motorcycle running/fix this car/cook this meal..." "Okay, come over and let's do it." *crickets*
 
lightman said:
Once we get moved I will have a larger loading room and should be able to leave the cleaning cradle set up.
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That would be nice. It would make gun cleaning at least a little more pleasant for me.:thumbup:
Right now I keep all of my gun cleaning stuff in a big tool box in the bottom of a closet. When we clean guns, I fetch the tool box while my wife covers the coffee table in the living with newspapers. That's probably the main reason I consider gun cleaning a "chore" - we don't have a good place for it.:thumbdown:
 
I have a small gun and reloading room. Only 6’ square or so. Right now I’m using one bench for everything. But I’m going to rearrange it and build two benches, opposite of each other. One for reloading and one for cleaning and gunsmithing things. Should be just enough room. Shelves over each of course.

I keep all my cleaning stuff in an MTM shooting range box. I keep a small kit in a outers plastic box for a grab and go outside kinda thing. I clean outside a fair amount. It’s pleasant.
 
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Eh it's ok, but it becomes work after awhile, especially with AR's and you shoot alot.
 
I used to like to clean my guns after each trip. Then I got my own gun range and loathe it. I don’t want to clean a gun to only decide the next day to go shoot it again. If it’s a “sensitive” gun then I’ll clean it every so often, otherwise only when it starts giving me a problem.
 
When I was a youngster, I think I looked forward to cleaning my guns; I even made up excuses to break-out the Hoppes. Older now, if not wiser, certainly lazier; though I don't dread cleaning guns, I do make up excuses not to. However, I do dread cleaning blackpowder guns; always did, always will.
 
When I first got into shooting, my cleaning was done with dedicated solvents, followed up with dedicated oils... and I cleaned to inspection level. It took me forever and I absolutely hated the tedious process. That process included making sure I wiped out every bit of solvent before adding the oil, in fear of rust development.

Over the years I have switched to just using a good CLP (Seal1) and also streamlined my cleaning process. Now it's not so bad... brush the CLP on, wipe the CLP off, clean out the barrel... Done!
 
Gun4Fun90 said:
except for the bushing on a 1911. Removing and then putting that pack on is the one thing I don’t love…. Even with a 1911 tool I don’t love that part of it.
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If you haven't tried this method yet, retract the slide about a quarter of an inch or so before turning the bushing.
 
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