New Thoughts on Gun Cleaning

[killchain]

The military instilled it in me, I clean my "important" weapons thoroughly after a range trip. Those would be anything related to self-defense. This includes my AR15, my .45, and my .380 pocket rocket.

A range gun, in particular my Ruger 10/22, gets cleaned sometime around 5,000 rounds. I also have a .22LR conversion for a Beretta 92 that I shoot until it decides to quit working completely.

But do keep in mind, whether I clean them every visit or not, they all are slathered inside and out with CLP.

 

[mustang_steve]

I clean my defensive pistol every range session.

My K-22, it gets cleaned every other range session....basically I shine a light down the barrel, and if there is no shine to the inside, it gets cleaned.

 

[wally]

He rarely cleans his guns and they function just fine and are extremely accurate.
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He does wipe down his weapons to preserve the finish and uses Rem Oil occasionally to lubricate, but I have yet to see him actually clean a gun.

That's how I roll, except when shooting corrosive ammo.

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I clean my defensive pistol every range session.

The other exception. Since I invariably carry guns that are very small for their caliber, the is not a lot of margin for error in their function.

 

[more forty fives]

I clean after every trip to the range but I do have one gun that has never had a patch down the barrel.When I was 13 years old my father gave me my first gun a bolt action .22 that I still have.At the time my uncle told me you never clean the barrel on a .22 and I never did.Any one else ever hear that?

 

[mustang_steve]

I've never heard that....I know if I do not clean my K-22, I get ejection problems as well as caking around the forcing cone. The extreme cases I'll actually have my supporting hand get hit with cake fragments that are blown loose by shooting. I discovered the cake during a full-day range session....somewhere around round 400 (guesstimate based on a 525rd Federal box) or so I had to stop and give it a full-cleaning.

Since my typical range session with it is about 140 rounds, every other session works fine, as range trip #3 would have some problems at the tail end of it otherwise.

For my defensive pistol....it's a subcompact 9mm. It works just fine even when incredibly dirty (as in needing to soak the slide in Hoppes for 15 mins kind of dirty), however I don't feel like betting on it....it feeds and feels so much better when clean.