I clean and Lubricate my firearms

[24_minutes_to_1000]

I thought my guns were self-cleaning, like my oven.

[ViPER395]

My Mini-14 gets cleaned every couple hundred rounds.

My 10/22 gets cleaned every couple thousand.

So maybe once a month or more, depending on weather.

[WokMaster1]

After each range session, I dunk my rifle in fryer grease from my restaurant.........................



















I have an AK.

[taloft]

every trip.

I usually shoot minimum 100 rounds out of which ever firearm I bring to the range. With the hand guns it is 200 rounds on average. I clean them every time. I only use a brush when deposits can't be removed with a few patches. I inspect everything once a month minimum. Everything gets hauled out and relubed at least once every two months to prevent rust, whether they need it or not.

[Pulsar]

Wheres the option for "I clean it when it quits working"?

I don't know why, maybe it's the fact that I know how to fix just about any problem that might come up, but I have an uncontrollable urge to test the limits of my guns. I love shooting my 1911 to the point where the slide moves so slow that you'd swear you were watching a video from a high speed camera, oddly enough it still works, but then I've done some work to make it more reliable.

About the only thing I clean on a regular basis are my target rifles. Everything else gets the wait till it quits working approach.

Oh, and I do actually clean after every time I shoot if I'm using corrosive ammo.

[Gunsrruss]

It may take me a week....

but I clean after every use,before it's used again I wouldn't want it to fail me just because I wanted to see how far it will go If poop hits the fan I don't want to be standing around cleaning weapons when I need to be taking care of business

[Technical Ted]

As soon as I get home I toss them in the shower and spray them down with shaving cream.

[JPglee1]

I clean ARs everytime I shoot. AKs only when they are really filthy, same with FALs.

I clean handguns with brake cleaner and lubricant (Im not gonna say Which one Does it, but my grandpa used it for 40 years... haha) after every shooting session, I usually don't break them down past slide/barrel/frame.

22s I clean when they stop working. They are so dirty after even 25 shots, it doesn't matter to me.

I clean my mossberg 500 1 time a year or so, if that.


I guess different strokes for different folks.

J

[1911su16b870]

Typically weekly for firearms that are being used.

Every 3-6 months for the ones that aren't being used.

FWIW I really enjoy cleaning firearms...usually ten out of ten voices inside my head tell me to stay home and clean them

[fairfaxjim]

We're supposed to clean them?? Wow, I guess I missed that part.

[zefflyn]

I clean out the cylinders of my .22 revolvers pretty frequently, or else extraction gets too difficult.

Just shake my Glock a bit, every once in a while.

[CSACANNONEER]

I "double sponge" between every round. At least when I'm on a cannon crew. Otherwise, I clean 'em when they need it. Everytime only if shooting blackpowder or corrosive ammo or planning on long term storage.

[DIG]

Depends on the firearm. shotgun=rarely, pistols and ar=after every session, bolt-action precision shooting=after every box or two of match ammo.
Most people have differing opinions on under/over-cleaning though.

[maxicon]

Wheres the option for "I clean it when it quits working"?

That's what I do. There are 2 exceptions - my HD guns get cleaned every time I use them, and anything with corrosive ammo through it.

The rest of them keep on ticking, mag after mag.

I shoot 3-4 guns at a time every week or two, and I'd spend more time cleaning than shooting if I did it each time. So far, none of them have suffered from it, and I have a lot of rounds through some of them.

[C.G.]

Every now and then or when I start losing accuracy.