coloradokevin
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I will say this about cleaning... many of us grew up in the world of "the sun never sets on a dirty gun", and many of us were also taught that any truly clean gun could easily pass a "white glove inspection".
The reality is that our guns don't need to be cleaned as often as most people clean them, nor does cleaning this often do anything good for your guns. When I really started to get into long range precision rifle work I had people telling me constantly to clean my guns LESS. It took a few months for me to embrace this philosophy, especially since we're talking about some of my most expensive equipment. But, I think they were right. I gained nothing by cleaning after every single range session, and some would argue that doing so is actually damaging to the gun. I now try to clean every 200 rounds or so (with a bolt gun), and it seems to work fine, with more consistent results while shooting.
Just some thoughts for those of you who do regularly spend hours cleaning, and don't like doing so!
The reality is that our guns don't need to be cleaned as often as most people clean them, nor does cleaning this often do anything good for your guns. When I really started to get into long range precision rifle work I had people telling me constantly to clean my guns LESS. It took a few months for me to embrace this philosophy, especially since we're talking about some of my most expensive equipment. But, I think they were right. I gained nothing by cleaning after every single range session, and some would argue that doing so is actually damaging to the gun. I now try to clean every 200 rounds or so (with a bolt gun), and it seems to work fine, with more consistent results while shooting.
Just some thoughts for those of you who do regularly spend hours cleaning, and don't like doing so!