Cleaning a Gun?

[Sakiri]

At the very least I wipe it down and run a mop through the barrel.

Just put 100 rounds through it this morning and I'm going to give it a good cleaning since I haven't yet since I got it. Still low round count though. >.>

[Aldemar]

my 1911 has about 4000 rounds thru it and i still havent cleaned it... still functions flawlessly...

As a test, I once put over 2,500 rounds thru a Kimber TLE/RL without cleaning it over the course of about a month. It never hiccuped once. It's been my HD gun ever since. On the other hand, I've had some that were very intolerant of crud.

The answer is - it depends.

[Lead Waster]

I hope you're not referring to modern gunpowder. If you are you may want to study up.

Apparently, he shoots cordite.



I just jam a bore snake through the night before going to the range.

[hundreddollarman]

I usually do a quick wipe on/wipe off of Froglube after every shoot, then a more detailed cleaning once a month, during which I also inspect the guns that have been out of my shooting rotation and in the safe.

[shooting4life]

I clean my guns when accuracy suffers or it stops working.

Cleaning guns is overrated.

[Barang]

Thank you all for the tips in various degrees on how to clean a gun.

Have fun at the range.

[Fherot]

Do you wipe after each poop? That's your answer

This.

You could probably go a thousand hours without wiping and function fine. But why would you want to, or brag to people how your butt keeps on trucking despite the absence of maintenance.

I clean after every trip or as soon as possible. Like I wipe as soon as possible. Usually the same day.

[hairtumor]

every other range trip.

[Edwood]

When my gun was brand new, after every trip.

After the 500 round mark, Just the bore after every trip, with a general wipe down. I guess I'll do a full field strip clean every other range trip.