Dirty gun after range

[swiss_]

You've destroyed your gun OP..

[Contrast]

Not sure if it helps but I am pretty OCD about cleaning my guns after each range trip. I've tried alternating between a brush and jag with little luck; there's always a bit of residue along the rifling grooves.

I found recently that a patching with Hoppes 9 followed by running a boresnake 10 minutes later produces good results.

[ifilef]

I'm happy you survived the boating accident buddy! Condolences to your firearm losses I too lost my sporting rifles two months ago in a similar maritime accident... The struggle is real

Gee whiz, there's been a recent spate of 'tragic' boating accidents...my condolences, also!

[FormerBiker]

Gee whiz, there's been a recent spate of 'tragic' boating accidents...my condolences, also!

Keep in mind that the new commiefornia law if you don't report the loss from the "tragic boating accident" or miss report it, that is considered a felony.

[rogervzv]

There is a real learning curve in cleaning any firearm. When I first started my 1911s after shooting them, it was 45 minutes of cleaning per gun. Now, I can have a 1911 looking "gunstore clean" in about 15 minutes. Ditto my revolvers.

Shoot 'em, clean 'em, repeat. It will all work out. Remember that learning curve. It is real.

[Che762x39]

Why clean your gun everytime you shoot it?

So you did not get the Boy Scout's merit badge for shooting?

[Che762x39]

Hi guys so I have SA XD 9mm and Beretta 92fs. I've been shooting American Eagle 115g 9mm out both of them and it seems the beretta gets dirtier than the SA. Is this just the nature of the Beretta? Cleaning it too feels more involved too as it seems there's more nooks and crannies to get powder residue into.

I had a Beretta 92FS and you are spot on. Practice makes perfect and like the others said, you will get quicker.

[artb]

Why clean your gun everytime you shoot it?
I went 6 month shooting over 1000 rounds a month in practice and USPSA matched and never cleaned my CZ SP-01 Shadow. It never missed a beat. It's been over 3 months since the last cleaning. It just goes and goes.

Why clean unless you have to.
My duty is a different story.

Not sure, but did you just contradict yourself? ...

I clean my guns after every shoot and I've never regretted it, especially in Vietnam. ...

[Carcassonne]

The way some of you clean guns, I bet you don't use more than two rolls of toilet paper a year.

Use it - Clean it

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[CandG]

Don't worry about it, different guns dirty up at different rates and different ways. Neither of those guns require cleaning very often, and certainly not after every range trip where you only fire 150 rounds out of each. Every 1000 rounds is more than enough. Run a boresnake through it occasionally if you're worried about a dirty bore. An exception being if you CCW either/both of them, in which case you should clean after every range trip.

I meticulously keep my C&R's, bolt rifles, and carry pistols clean, but for everything else, just an occasional cleaning after a half dozen or so range trips is more than enough.

[toonmeister]

We have to clean them?

OF COURSE!

Unless you own a Glock.

[Calif Hunter]

I used to clean my handguns after every match or range trip. Not so much now, though I do wipe down the blued ones to avoid rust or fingerprints.

After a couple years of being in transit between houses, I have finally retired and I am giving all my long guns a thorough cleaning. I've gone through a bag of patches in the last couple days., getting a lot of copper out.

[sigfan91]

The way some of you clean guns, I bet you don't use more than two rolls of toilet paper a year.

Use it - Clean it

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You change your car's oil after every drive too?

[tanks]

I only clean self defense guns. Everything else gets cleaned when it starts jamming. Makes for great practice.

If one shoots matches then clearing those jams can cost one seconds one can not afford. Almost any jamming situation can be simulated with dummy rounds and practiced as often as one feels necessary.

Not to mention if one is practicing clearing jams only when it actually occurs then one is not practicing them enough

[CandG]

You change your car's oil after every drive too?

You brush your teeth every night before bed? Cars, guns, and teeth all have different cleaning needs, so that's a bad comparison. Namely, pistols don't have a huge reservoir full of pressurized lubricant. None-the-less, I get your point, which is that with modern handguns we don't need to be that anal about cleaning for the most part, especially with guns that are just replaceable tools and not gorgeous priceless heirlooms. My Glocks get cleaned when I feel like it or I'm bored. My Winchester 70 gets cleaned every few months even if I don't shoot it. No one-size-fits-all answer with guns, they're all so different.