Zach S
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A thread in the autoloaders forum got me to wondering how many of us clean our guns on a regular basis. Gary P said, in bold red letters, "We do clean our weapons regularly don't we?"
Well, I dont. As I said in that thread, I'll clean most of mine every 1500 to 2000 rounds, well, 400-500 rounds for my 4" Kimber. To be more specific, I detail strip them and clean them when I change the recoil spring, which is why my primary carry gun gets cleaned more often (the spring wears out quicker). I dont do it to clean them, I do it mainly to look for cracked or worn parts. Otherwise, I just wipe them down, oil them and run a boresnake though the barrel. Occasionally, I pull the slide off and wipe the rails down.
I've had the upper off of my thompson once, maybe twice. I'll lock the bolt back, pour some oil in it, run a boresnake though it, cycle the bolt a few times, do a function check (three times), then I'll put a mag in it and put it back in the safe. In case your wondering, yes, the stock does smell like break-free. So does that corner of the safe. It gets wiped down on a regular basis since its the pretty blue and wood gun of my collection.
Unfortunatly, I dont get to shoot my Mossberg very often. Its never been cleaned.
At the moment, my Kahr PM9 is clean. Money was tight a few months back and I tried to pawn it, I wont pawn a dirty gun, they dont get as much money (didn't get enough money for it anyway, so I pawned something else). I dont think I've fired it since. Well, I've dry-fired it a lot. Its not that I dont like it, I do, I just always seem to forget it when I'm headed to the range.
My AR-15 is about the only thing I clean often. If I had a dedicated .22LR upper, I probably wouldnt. The Ciener kits leave an awful mess...
Well, I dont. As I said in that thread, I'll clean most of mine every 1500 to 2000 rounds, well, 400-500 rounds for my 4" Kimber. To be more specific, I detail strip them and clean them when I change the recoil spring, which is why my primary carry gun gets cleaned more often (the spring wears out quicker). I dont do it to clean them, I do it mainly to look for cracked or worn parts. Otherwise, I just wipe them down, oil them and run a boresnake though the barrel. Occasionally, I pull the slide off and wipe the rails down.
I've had the upper off of my thompson once, maybe twice. I'll lock the bolt back, pour some oil in it, run a boresnake though it, cycle the bolt a few times, do a function check (three times), then I'll put a mag in it and put it back in the safe. In case your wondering, yes, the stock does smell like break-free. So does that corner of the safe. It gets wiped down on a regular basis since its the pretty blue and wood gun of my collection.
Unfortunatly, I dont get to shoot my Mossberg very often. Its never been cleaned.
At the moment, my Kahr PM9 is clean. Money was tight a few months back and I tried to pawn it, I wont pawn a dirty gun, they dont get as much money (didn't get enough money for it anyway, so I pawned something else). I dont think I've fired it since. Well, I've dry-fired it a lot. Its not that I dont like it, I do, I just always seem to forget it when I'm headed to the range.
My AR-15 is about the only thing I clean often. If I had a dedicated .22LR upper, I probably wouldnt. The Ciener kits leave an awful mess...