how often do you clean your guns?

[scotch handler]

i clean my guns after every time i shoot them but sometimes i dont get out for a month or two. do you clean your guns just because they haven't been cleaned in a while?
-Scotch

 

[The-Fly]

my cleaning routine is to clean after firing. The only gun that is treated different is my house shotgun - the 870. It seems to like to rust if its not oiled every couple of months. So every 3 or 4 months, if I haven't taken it out for practice, I break it down, and gently oil the parked areas.

 

[The Deer Hunter]

If you dont shoot them for months in-between I would recomend cleaning them, but if its only a month or so just wipe them down with an oil cloth.

 

[10-Ring]

I clean my guns after every use & do a detail clean once every blue moon

 

[Ala Dan]

My guns are cleaned after each use, and periodically 'bout every 3 months
if they haven't been used~!

 

[Trifler]

So if I didn't want to clean my gun(s) that often, what could I do?

How great is the difference between guns that emphasize their "low maintenance" as a feature vs. guns that don't?

How about storage in a closet with a dehumidifier in it? Or in a vacuum-sealed bag with a pair of scissors sitting next to it for quick opening?

How about effective long-term ammo storage?

 

[SeNNebogen]

If you have a small light that is allways on in your safe it works well to keep your stuff from rusting.

 

[tbtrout]

After every shooting session and every 4 months when sitting idle.

 

[bpisler]

I clean mine after every trip to the range,my
carry guns are cleaned/lubed weekly.

 

[FMJMIKE]

I have AKs and Glocks...So I clean them about once a year......

 

[trickyasafox]

if it gets shot a lot. . . it really doesn't get cleaned a lot

kinda a contridiction, but im not breaking down my 22 for 100 rounds

my MK II, when it starts cycling slowly, about 750 rounds
my AR-15s-300-400 rounds, whether they need it or not
glocks -200-300, cause i shoot lead out of them, and still fear a KB
sks's- when they cease to function properly.

only exception is the mosin nagant, that gets windex after every shooting session to prevent the corrosive ammo from workin her over


for the guns that are my fathers and don't get shot as much, i'll wipe them down with oil every 6-7 months. those golden rods and silica packets do wonders to keeping rust down. i used to have to do it every 3-4 months.

 

[d906670]

Sd gun every week, after every range trip except .22, .22 when they start acting up then they get cleaned.

 

[busy_squirrel]

I try to clean after each range trip but lately it's about every two range trips, which means monthly.

 

[MErl]

I clean after shooting corrosive and check them a week later

other guns get checked after being used and if not "too dirty" get put back in the safe.

 

[hotpig]

I have some guns that are cleaned after every use and other maybe once every 10k or every few years. Thats what I like about my G17. A drop of oil on the slide every now and again and it is ready for duty or plinking.

 

[308nato]

Clean mine after every range session and if they havent seen the light of day
for a while about every 6 months they are all inspected and lightly reoiled.

 

[possum]

i clean after each range trip, that dosen't mean that it is that day always but at least with in a day or two of the range trip. if it isn't a designated defense gun then they are normally the last to be cleaned, ie hd guns and carry guns, are the first to get cleanned and loaded and put on duty, then i worry about the other stuff.