gun cleaning

[bubbapug1]

How often do you really need to clean a gun if you are shooting jacketed ammo? I can't see any significant fouling in my barrels after 200 or 300 rounds. Sure, there is some residue from the powder, but accuracy doesn't seem to suffer and corrosion isn't caused by ash and graphite is it?

[shoupdawg]

I clean my guns after every range session. As to how often you "really need to"...well I'm not sure.

[Backcountry]

I care about my investments, and I care about the tools I own that may one day save my life. Accordingly, I clean my guns after every range session and after every day in the field.

If money is no object and you don't care about reliability, don't clean them. Just shoot until they are too dirty to operate and buy a new one.

[gwl]

I like to clean my firearms after every trip to the shooting range. I'll also take my guns out once a month to inspect even if I don't shoot them.

[GammaRei]

Every trip to the range. And frequent inspections. . .

- G

[What Just Happened?]

I should clean my handguns more often. Especially since I do some small action pistol matches with them. Nothing like an unlubricated pistol to ruin your day.

[Captain Evilstomper]

after every range trip.
seriously if i may call on it to save my or my loved one's lives, it's going to work. and plus i actually enjoy taking them apart and cleaning them and putting them back together, some people meditate, i clean guns.

[devildog999]

Clean your guns after every single range trip.

[bubbapug1]

Let me rephrase the question...is there anything in the residue from shooting a gun which is corrosive to the barrel and action...not opinions please...facts as to acidity, humidity, etc. I uderstand the pride of ownership arguments, etc. but I want to understand the chemistry of the attack on a gun, not the emotional and pride of ownership arguments of gun cleaning.

[Captain Evilstomper]

i believe that primer residue is corrosive...

[Backcountry]

Let me rephrase the question...is there anything in the residue from shooting a gun which is corrosive to the barrel and action...not opinions please...facts as to acidity, humidity, etc. I uderstand the pride of ownership arguments, etc. but I want to understand the chemistry of the attack on a gun, not the emotional and pride of ownership arguments of gun cleaning.

Emotion and pride have nothing to do with it. It is a FACT that clean guns operate more reliably than dirty guns, ceteris paribus. Ask any veteran, or better yet, man-up and join the military and learn for yourself.

[Backcountry]

Let me rephrase the question...is there anything in the residue from shooting a gun which is corrosive to the barrel and action...not opinions please...facts as to acidity, humidity, etc. I uderstand the pride of ownership arguments, etc. but I want to understand the chemistry of the attack on a gun, not the emotional and pride of ownership arguments of gun cleaning.

Whoops... double post... glitch in the Matrix.

[gwl]

Funny . . . it was like deja vu.

[bubbapug1]

You guys made me feel so guilty I cleaned all of the guns I shot in the last three weeks...all 12 of them...

[daemonite]

Also remember that excessive cleaning will also hasten wear on your barrel. I'd rather let the bullets wear out my barrel, I clean every the bore every 300 shots but I keep the rails clean. I tend to just use CLP to remove the fouling, i only remove the copper once in a while but using an overnight Hoppes No. 9 soak or a quick Sweet's 7.62 swabbing.

And almost all modern ammo is non-corrosive.