How often do you clean your guns?

[solar]

Poll above.

Just curious how bad I am. For my 1911's, I keep them pretty clean. For my Glock, which doesn't seem to care, and my Ruger MkIII, which I shoot very frequently, I'm pretty slack.

On average though, which statement best describes how often do you try to clean your guns?

 

[MasterShinken]

I let my NRA students clean my guns for me

 

[GunGrey]

when i feel like it


unless it corrosive ammo, then i scrubb that stuff the minute im done shooting

 

[DJF3864]

I shoot my Glock 19 the most and clean that every four trips to the range. The rifle and 1911 probably every other trip to the range, depends on what I have going on.

 

[jamesvt]

Every time I shoot no matter how many rounds.

 

[Clecko54]

Every time for me too

 

[Polibious]

If I shoot it, I clean it.

 

[JohnnyC]

Every time I shoot..... If I didn't, I would think something was wrong.

 

[BaldAssCat]

Depends on the gun. My Mossberg .22 bolt action can go through a lot of rounds before I clean it. My AR doesn't like being that dirty so it gets a cleaning every time I shoot it. I clean my 91/30s at the range no matter how many rounds it shot and scrub it down and grease it when I get home. I wipe down what I have in my pocket at least every week and clean it after every outing.

 

[DickWanner]

Where's the option for, "When they stop working"?...

 

[drgrant]

If it's a carry gun I clean it pretty regularly. Otherwise, I tend not to care as much and do it about once every 3-5 trips to the range, unless its a .22 rimfire semiautomatic handgun, where I don't bother taking it to the range if I don't clean it. .22 LR semis tend to malfunction if you look at them the wrong way, and all the .22 LR bulk ammo on the market consists of "Pure 110% dirt with a primer behind it". The same also applies to 1911s, which (at present) I only use for killing bowling pins, and I get a max of 2 "events" out of those before they need at least some maintenance. Going a third time tends to result in being punished by the gun (eg, jams, feed failures, etc. )

-Mike

 

[Powerslide]

Every time I shoot.

 

[z0mbi]

I clean my AR's more than any others.... but even my AR's I probably don't clean half as much as I should.

I have yet to clean any of my shotguns.

 

[bigdog]

Every time I shoot. It's just part of going to the range

 

[Knuckle Dragger]

When they stop working.....

 

[Chrisg67]

as others said, depends on the gun.

my O/U gets cleaned ever time i hunt, or ever 3 or 4 trap days. CZ452 .22 gets cleaned when im bored, which is maybe once or twice a year. my j-frame has been cleaned once when i got it, and the glock has yet to see any type of cleaning

 

[Bob P]

Depends on the gun. My AR - every 300, 400 rounds or so but I lube it every time. My pistols pretty much every or every other trip to the range. My carry gun every time - but that's more an issue of not wanting to carry a dirty gun than anything else. White-gloving a gun can do more damage to it than not.

 

[Megacab]

as others said, depends on the gun.

This one...


All pistols and bolt action rifles get a quick wipedown, AR's get a BCG/gas tube cleaning.

Barrels don't get cleaned until accuracy drops, then it's only a couple of quick rips with a boresnake.


Jack

 

[fbirdquik6]

Carry and home defense guns get cleaned every time. Recreational guns get wiped down and cleaned when the mood strikes me.

 

[ShadeWPI]

Clean it after shooting it.

If it wasn't prepped for long term storage the last time it was put away (just cleaned and coated in a light sheen of regular oil), once every 3-6 months if it hasn't been shot in that long.

If it was prepped for long term storage the last time it was put away (Breakfree collector, copper-grease, etc), take it out once every other year and swab it down and re-prep it.

 

[PixelPusher]

I clean MOST of them when I shoot them. The only one I don't is my 10-22 that usually has to have
about 1000 rounds through it or to start jamming which ever comes first.

 

[firecontrol123]

Except for my Glock everytime I shoot them.

 

[atmay]

Where's the option for, "When they stop working"?...

This. I selected "500+", but such a small number doesn't seem to do it justice.

 

[davemata]

Make it dirty, clean it, anything less is disrespect.

Unless of course you have one of those that doesn't need to be cleaned.

 

[Independence Arms]

This! usually hit them with some break free and a bore snake after every use, but don't detail clean until they start to jam. But i keep my EDC clean, lubed and ready for "go time" as MichaelJR would say!

Where's the option for, "When they stop working"?...

 

[Terminator03]

Just treat it like your wife. You should clean it after every use...at least I prefer it that way! As for guns, I have found that it is much easier and quicker to give them a quick once over after a trip to the range, than to wait until a couple or more. Plus, I find it kind of relaxing to disassemble and clean/detail them, but that's just me...

 

[solar]

Just treat it like your wife.

Wife like a gun? No way - I'd never try to take advantage of a loaded gun.

 

[meth0d]

If there was a "When they stop working" option, I'd have chosen that. Since there isn't, 500+.

 

[Jayvs]

I usually just give them a quick wipe down with a lightly oiled cloth after a trip to the range. And give them a good cleaning when reliability starts to diminish. But what I carry will get cleaned after I shoot it.

 

[livnreklis]

Nope I baby my toys. even if I only put one round thru any of them, I will clean it.