Cleaning handguns

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Also, I just plan on having my range clean my gun every 500 or so rounds, is that ok too? I really don't have much time to clean it. I know, call me lazy if you must, just how I am -.- hahhaa
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You pay someone to change your cars oil too?


For the record I can clean my .45 in under 15 minutes. Probably faster if I tried, but I enjoy my firearms.
 
Yikes.

I think a lot of whats been suggested is overkill and too time consuming. I can clean all three of my guns to a showcase shine in about an hour, and thats with 150+ rounds through each.

YOU WILL NEED:
  • Blue wonder bore cleaner
  • Cleaning rod w/ bronze or phosphorus brush
  • Any brand of boresnake
  • Any brand of polymer safe degreaser
  • A good lubricating/preserving oil
  • Any brand silicone impregnated flanel cloth

These simple and inexpensive products will keep your guns begging for more. You can damage your guns from over cleaning and too much lube. Too much clean strips factory lubricants from your internals and too much lube will be a fouling and powder magnet.

I'm not typically a brand whore, but the one product I will swear by is Blue Wonders bore cleaner. Once you put it in your barrel and run a bronze brush through it 4 times to mix it up, it only takes 10 minutes for it to totally bond with the lead, copper, and powder. Run your boresnake through it once and your bore is mirrored. Run a patch through afterwards with a bit of good gun oil (Militec is good) since you just chemically cleaned your bore and it's truly bare metal.

Also, having your guns detail stripped by a smithy is a good idea, but every 500 rounds is silly. I'd say, depending on the frequency of your shooting, the quality of ammo, and your routine cleaning quality that you only need a good detail stripping once a year. If you aren't going to take care of your investment yourself you probably shouldn't have it :( Sorry to sound condescending but it's the truth.
 
Too much clean strips factory lubricants from your internals and too much lube will be a fouling and powder magnet.
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There's no factory lube to strip from my internals. I think if you still have factory lube in your guns, you didn't clean it well enough when you got it.

Overlubing is probably one of the most common things that people do.
 
I like to clean my guns after every shooting. When I first started shooting, I would clean once a month or so as I rotated guns. The only thing tho, I also took a 3 year break from shooting once and my guns sat dirty for a very long time. Now, I rather than forsee an extended break from shooting, I just prefer to keep'em clean.
Cleaning routine:
Field strip, clean w/ quality solvent, lightly lube, reassemble & put away ;)
 
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