Professional Gun Cleaning?

[wubzy]

Do you ever pay for professional gun cleaning services from a gunsmith? If yes, why?

I'm asking out of total ignorance on the subject. I have always cleaned my guns at home using very basic tools - copper brush, wipes, oil, etc... Also, i'm pretty diligent about cleaning - I clean after every range session. But, after several thousand rounds (and a few years), is a more thorough cleaning warranted? What can "they do" that i can't (or won't)?

I know the type of gun probably matters. In my case, I'm considering having a gunsmith clean my HK USPc...it is used as a ccw.

Thanks!

[GW]

The best I've seen offered involve a large dunk-tank where they can soak your whole firearm in solvents and/or ultrasound baths. Otherwise it is just grunt labor you are paying for.

[NSR500]

No, I don't pay anyone to clean my gear. I'm perfectly able to tear down and reassemble all my guns to the component level.

[enzo357]

Not exactly. I do take my competition guns in to gunsmith every year and have him tear apart, check all parts, springs, and do a thorough cleaning. If anything is wrong he replaces and hopefully gun is good to go.

[zfields]

Not a chance.


Get yourself a ultrasonic and a concentrate bottle of Simple Green extreme (safer on more surfaces)

[Eljay]

Not exactly. I do take my competition guns in to gunsmith every year and have him tear apart, check all parts, springs, and do a thorough cleaning. If anything is wrong he replaces and hopefully gun is good to go.

I do something similar, although I do it myself. Sig sells a springs and small parts kit and it's good periodically to really rip it down to the bits, clean everything, replace everything in the kit, check everything else, and reassemble. But I really only have one gun that has enough of a round count to bother learning to do it - I can see if I had a trusted gunsmith nearby it might be worth dropping off the others and letting them do it on the others.

[Agent Orange]

Not me. I have a PDQ Mini-max. My guns can't get any cleaner.

[forgiven]

No. Learn how to clean your guns and spend your money on bullets.

[SouperMan]

How much is the gunsmith wanting to charge?

I don't, and after a couple of Youtube videos on various techniques and tricks, I've become pretty proficient in cleaning my guns. Have you done a detail strip of the gun to inspect the parts yourself? I did it when I got my gun just to see how everything worked.

[TNP'R]

Why? Cleaning guns are fun. At-least to me it is.

[elsolo]

No way!
Too many ways that can go wrong.

[Plisk]

People who do not have the ability to take their weapons completely apart for cleanings should take them to a professional to have that done periodically. If you possess the ability to, great. If not, is it worth possible breaking your weapon?

[SwiftWiz]

Why? Cleaning guns are fun. At-least to me it is.

+1.

[Bryansix]

People who do not have the ability to take their weapons completely apart for cleanings should take them to a professional to have that done periodically. If you possess the ability to, great. If not, is it worth possible breaking your weapon?

By completely do you mean further then the manual says? Like removing the extractor, and disassembling the trigger assembly?

[1shot]

+1.

People who do not have the ability to take their weapons completely apart for cleanings should take them to a professional to have that done periodically. If you possess the ability to, great. If not, is it worth possible breaking your weapon?

ditto