Am I the only one who hates cleaning guns, HELP

[chriske]

I second eric.cartman competely : cleaning guns sucks.
He didn't stress enough, how much time cleaning costs, though.
Getting one handgun "clean enough" takes me at least one hour.
What's clean enough ? Well :someone who replied to eric.cartman used THE expression that is even harder to believe than one inch groups at 500 yards: "repeat until one patch comes out clean".
NEVER HAPPENS.
They keep on coming out dirty.
Forever.
After a while you just give up. Clean enough.

 

[U.S.SFC_RET]

You go to an associate's house and get ready to shoot his guns. You see a remington 700 rifle. Rust on the outside of that gun. Neglect. What can you say.

Get to wiping down the surface once in a while with CLP. Good stuff for every gun you own. You will hardly ever see rust on your hardwear.
Chambers are the most neglected part of any gun. Especially the semiautos. Clean them on a regular basis. I tend to notice alot of bore swiping and muzze wear because of it. There is a tendency to ignore the chamber. Rust develops, pits after that and then the jams. Shame.

Watch the oil on the outer steel. A little goes a long way. Drenching the wood causes it to get soaked.

Bores deserve a good tipton rod and a proper jag. Use a brass brush on occaison. Few are shooting a precision rifle. IMHO stay away from the nylon brushes. Nylon eats steel. I have seen it on a professional basis.
Don't over clean. There is no reason for it. You are not shooting black powder.

 

[U.S.SFC_RET]

You go to an associate's house and get ready to shoot his guns. You see a remington 700 rifle. Rust on the outside of that gun. Neglect. What can you say.

Get to wiping down the surface once in a while with CLP. Good stuff for every gun you own. You will hardly ever see rust on your hardwear.
Chambers are the most neglected part of any gun. Especially the semiautos. Clean them on a regular basis. I tend to notice alot of bore swiping and muzze wear because of it. There is a tendency to ignore the chamber. Rust develops, pits after that and then the jams. Shame.

Watch the oil on the outer steel. A little goes a long way. Drenching the wood causes it to get soaked.

Bores deserve a good tipton rod and a proper jag. Use a brass brush on occaison. Few are shooting a precision rifle. IMHO stay away from the nylon brushes. Nylon eats steel. I have seen it on a professional basis.
Don't over clean. There is no reason for it. You are not shooting black powder.

 

[U.S.SFC_RET]

You go to an associate's house and get ready to shoot his guns. You see a remington 700 rifle. Rust on the outside of that gun. Neglect. What can you say.

Get to wiping down the surface once in a while with CLP. Good stuff for every gun you own. You will hardly ever see rust on your hardwear.
Chambers are the most neglected part of any gun. Especially the semiautos. Clean them on a regular basis. I tend to notice alot of bore swiping and muzze wear because of it. There is a tendency to ignore the chamber. Rust develops, pits after that and then the jams. Shame.

Watch the oil on the outer steel. A little goes a long way. Drenching the wood causes it to get soaked.

Bores deserve a good tipton rod and a proper jag. Use a brass brush on occaison. Few are shooting a precision rifle. IMHO stay away from the nylon brushes. Nylon eats steel. I have seen it on a professional basis.
Don't over clean. There is no reason for it. You are not shooting black powder.

 

[U.S.SFC_RET]

You go to an associate's house and get ready to shoot his guns. You see a remington 700 rifle. Rust on the outside of that gun. Neglect. What can you say.

Get to wiping down the surface once in a while with CLP. Good stuff for every gun you own. You will hardly ever see rust on your hardwear.
Chambers are the most neglected part of any gun. Especially the semiautos. Clean them on a regular basis. I tend to notice alot of bore swiping and muzze wear because of it. There is a tendency to ignore the chamber. Rust develops, pits after that and then the jams. Shame.

Watch the oil on the outer steel. A little goes a long way. Drenching the wood causes it to get soaked.

Bores deserve a good tipton rod and a proper jag. Use a brass brush on occaison. Few are shooting a precision rifle. IMHO stay away from the nylon brushes. Nylon eats steel. I have seen it on a professional basis.
Don't over clean. There is no reason for it. You are not shooting black powder.

 

[U.S.SFC_RET]

You go to an associate's house and get ready to shoot his guns. You see a remington 700 rifle. Rust on the outside of that gun. Neglect. What can you say.

Get to wiping down the surface once in a while with CLP. Good stuff for every gun you own. You will hardly ever see rust on your hardwear.
Chambers are the most neglected part of any gun. Especially the semiautos. Clean them on a regular basis. I tend to notice alot of bore swiping and muzze wear because of it. There is a tendency to ignore the chamber. Rust develops, pits after that and then the jams. Shame.

Watch the oil on the outer steel. A little goes a long way. Drenching the wood causes it to get soaked.

Bores deserve a good tipton rod and a proper jag. Use a brass brush on occaison. Few are shooting a precision rifle. IMHO stay away from the nylon brushes. Nylon eats steel. I have seen it on a professional basis.
Don't over clean. There is no reason for it. You are not shooting black powder.

 

[nrthwoods]

I always start out with high spirits, but depending on how many I clean it does become tiresome. I usually try to take out a few at a time, I've taken all 12 listed below out and it took 6+ hours to clean them all.

I choose to clean them all as soon as I get home, may not be neccisary but I'll never get them done if I don't.

The pistols clean up pretty quick, the rifles are another story. It is sort of tedious, but as much as I've invested in them I can't let them just sit there like that. I almost feel guilty.

I do like the smell of Hoppes, it's been around a long time and does a fine job. I also like having my mitts all full of grease and smellin strong of it, guess I'm a weirdo.

Sometimes a couple buddys will help but I usually end up re-cleaning the ones they do because I'm a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to getting that job done.

A cold brew and good tunes definately make the job more tolerable, invest some time in your investment. Perhaps I should make some sort of business out of this, here I was thinkin I was the only one

What's more American than fondling firearms and smoking a stogie?

Well put. Here's to it

 

[zombienerd]

Guys... this thread is a Necro by a guy advertising crap... just let it go

 

[Jefferson Herb]

cleaning guns

I used to take as many guns as I may want to shoot.Now I take as many as I want to clean.I owe it all to the bench rest shooters in My area,they taught me to hate copper fowling.I'm not complaining,but life becomes more complicated as we get older.
.22 centerfires are the ones I worry over
.22 rf is by weed eater line,rod causes more wear
6.5-.338 gets a spot check w / sweets
.44-.45 all gets checked for lead and cleaned with black powder solvent most likely.
Muzzleloaders get treated like muzzleloaders,and I'll never use pyrodex again,only the real thing.

 

[qajaq59]

Cleaning doesn't bother me any. I shot 'em so I'll clean 'em. Just another part of the hobby. And it beats having them dirty and rusty.

 

[BADUNAME37]

I don't clean them very frequently, but then in the past few years, I haven't shot them much either.

I used to take them all apart and "detail" them every time after I shot them. Not any more. I have better things to do.

If I shoot one hundred or two rounds, I might get to cleaning the gun, but usually it will be dirty (even the gun I sometimes carry) for a few days to a week or more. However that carry-gun is stainless.

If my gun ever gets wet, then I do a complete strip down of the piece.