Shoot straight out of the box.

New or used, it gets field stripped cleaned looked over lubed and reassembled before shooting . Only guns I would even close to trusting straight out of the box would be a Glock or Ruger single action
 
It's a good question to clarify, and NORMALLY I would have interpreted the question itself to mean "load it up and shoot it straight out of the box". I don't do that, for the reasons I mentioned before.

But it appeared to me that the OP had placed stipulations on what he meant, which fell into alignment with what I do.
I always took "straight out of the box" to mean that you would trust it to just load the gun and carry it and bet your life on it, "straight out of the box", which for me, there are only a few I would be comfortable enough to trust to do that. Doesnt mean there arent others, Im sure there are, but from experience, you wont know that, until you've put a couple of cases through them to know.

Normally, though, like you, I would clean, lube, and go over any new gun before I took it out. Either way, I do expect them all to work as they are supposed to, without a break in, right out of the box. I shouldn't have to waste my time and money doing their job for them. I thought I already paid for that when I bought the gun.
 
Wondering how many members have a handgun that that they shoot straight out of the box (except maybe adjust sights or change grips.)
Of course you clean and lube it.
I generally skip the clean and lube part of that. I'm not really sure why someone would do any of that before shooting the weapon, unless the sights were visibly way off and the grips were replaced purely for cosmetic reasons. Even then, seems like it'd make sense to shoot the gun first to make sure you wanted to keep it before changing grips. Unless we're talking about guns that come with replaceable grip panels, like an M&P?
 
Besides the usual cleaning and lubricating, revolvers usually get a set of rubber grips if they did not have a set to begin with.

Ditto for 1911's..

Otherwise, they get shot as delivered and personal adjustments made later.
 
By that definition every single hsndgun i hsve ever owned.

Field strip, lubricate, run an oiled patch down the bore, reassemble, shoot.

What else would/could you do to a new gun before shooting it? Other than shooting it dry,
 
Unless I am building it, I almost always fire all firearms before making any changes to them. If nothing else it proves the thing works before I start altering it.
 
HK P7M8

Shot from out of the box with NEVER a single problem. I didn't clean it, I didn't oil it, I just shot it.

Not one problem.

I have owned my HK P7M8 since 1985 and never had a jam, failure to feed, stove pipe, failure to eject or anything like that.
 
Wondering how many members have a handgun that that they shoot straight out of the box (except maybe adjust sights or change grips.)
Of course you clean and lube it.

I do what RetiredUSNChief does. After cleaning, lubrication, and inspection to make sure nothing is obviously wrong with my new or used gun, I shoot it.
HK P7M8

Shot from out of the box with NEVER a single problem. I didn't clean it, I didn't oil it, I just shot it.

Not one problem.

I have owned my HK P7M8 since 1985 and never had a jam, failure to feed, stove pipe, failure to eject or anything like that.
That's because it's a phenomenal firearm.
 
I generally skip the clean and lube part of that. I'm not really sure why someone would do any of that before shooting the weapon, unless the sights were visibly way off and the grips were replaced purely for cosmetic reasons. Even then, seems like it'd make sense to shoot the gun first to make sure you wanted to keep it before changing grips. Unless we're talking about guns that come with replaceable grip panels, like an M&P?
If nothing else, I find that some brands come with a liberal coating of sticky preservative all over everything. I tend to wipe those ones down before doing just about anything else with them!
 
I do put a few drops of lube on any handgun before firing “straight from the box”. Aside from that it goes as it came.
 
I usually shoot them straight out of the box without any preparation or maintenance other than checking to be sure there is no bore obstruction.
 
On numerous occasions I have bought guns or had guns delivered to shops with a range and have gone directly to the firing line. I would assume most factories test fire or fire proof loads in guns before shipping them and leave them in that same condition as how they were shooting them.
 
I am pretty sure that every new Semiauto that I have purchased, including Glocks, come with a manual that says something like “When new” or “Before first firing one should field strip ( or disassemble) your new firearm and clean and lube it before firing” OR something along those lines.
Revolvers? I don’t recall seeing a similar statement in the owner’s manual.

I know when I recently purchased my Sig Sauer P229 and P226 they had so much oil or CLP all over them it was oozing out everywhere on the pistols. I had to clean them up or I’d get an oil facial if I fired them without cleaning. 😆
 
All my pistols have been shot out of the box with the exception of field stripping, barrel inspection and general lube, if necessary. I usually adjust the sights during the first range session, if they are adjustable. My pistols are all stock with the exception of the P226 which I put a braided recoil spring on, an original SIG-Sauer one anyway.
 
I generally skip the clean and lube part of that
I don't, I've found enough grease, assembly lube, and the like inside firearms to want to at least strip them to parts first.

That, and it's always longer than I want between bringing my new treasure home and getting it to a range. So, in the fiddling and picking up and dry-firing, field strip tends to follow.
 
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