Shooting & Cleaning

[wow6599]

I have a pretty simple question for everyone -
Are there guns in your collection that you like to shoot but don't because they are a big PITA to clean.
I have a LNIB Ruger Standard from 1973 that my uncle gave me a couple of years ago. When he gave it to me I broke it down, cleaned it and took a few days to get it back together (all you out there with a MKI probably understand......that damned "strut" :banghead. I took it out this week and ran a few hundred rds through it, and now I need to clean it. I have guns that I shoot more than others just becasue they are a breese to clean....others that are a pain.

So, anyone do the same as me? Shoot some guns more than others because of the ease of cleaning.

 

[yeti]

A 1907 Savage and a 1910 Browning, I don't pull them out to often so field stripping for cleaning is always like the first time. Have to dig out the manual, and pay attention to what I'm doing, and it usually requires the use of some choice words from my blue vocabulary. Then when I'm all done it is like, that wasn't so bad, until next time when the whole show starts anew.

 

[killchain]

Yes.

The Army beat gun maintenance into my head, so everything I shoot I feel a huge compulsion to clean.

I get around that however by specifically dedicating guns to "service." My Ruger 10/22 is one of them.

Pistols generally aren't an issue in this area. Most of my pistols are in the Beretta/Sig breakdown category, and can be throughly cleaned in a couple of minutes.

Because of this, I only shoot my AR15 if I'm meaning to put a good amount of rounds down range. Usually 250+.

 

[Drail]

Once you've dis- and reassembled them a few times it will get much easier and faster. It's a good habit to get into not only for cleaning purposes but it gives you an opportunity to inspect parts for wear and damage before it becomes serious (expensive). I cleaned a couple of Ruger Mark IIs today and thought to myself how so many people complain about tearing them down and reassembling them. It does seem fairly difficult the first couple of times you do it but it will seem like child's play once you figure out the proper sequence and how it all fits together.

 

[wow6599]

I'm just using a MKI/Standard as an example.
I would rather clean a 3rd gen S&W, any revolver, Glock, M&P, Kel-Tec, etc than I would a Remington 742, Mini-14, any semi-auto shotgun, AR-15, etc.