How often should nipples be removed for cleaning?

[Legionnaire]

I don't know about "should." I'm still new to the whole BP thing, and thus far I've cleaned the nipples with every post-range cleanup. A bit of a chore, but also part of the learning process.

 

[Foto Joe]

Legionnaire,

Clean-up will get faster and easier. It used to take me one hour per gun when I started doing this.

Look at the results for the poll, most folks remove the nipples at bath time.

 

[Nappers]

After every shooting session, even if it's 5 shots or 30 shots at a rendezvous.....

 

[ElvinWarrior]

Your companions nipples should be washed and oiled daily...

Ohhh... you were talking about GUN NIPPLES.... My Bad...

Nevermind...

ElvinWarrior... aka... David, "EW"

 

[Busyhands94]

i have changed my mind. i now clean the nipples after each shooting sesh, and the cylinder daily. my morning ritual is to shoot one of my revolvers dry, clean, reload, and do the same with the other and then reload. i practice with my main revolver each day several times, and keep my backup loaded and ready to go.

 

[sltm1]

If you brush a horse before you ride him to make sure nothing will cause an irritation under the saddle, why would you skip checking his feet to make sure you don't lame him? Same thing with a bp gun! If you're gonna clean some parts, why not do an important part while you're at it....and yes, after every firing session, one cylinder or 30.

 

[RugerMcMarlin]

Your losing me on the horse deal, dude.

 

[sltm1]

Let me bring that statement into a more comtemporay analogy. Not cleaning your nipples is sorta like only checking 3 tires on your vehicle before a trip. Why wouldn't you spend the extra time and check the 4th?

 

[junkman_01]

I liked the horse analogy better!