i was wondering how often everyone cleans their guns. usually i clean the barrel, and wipe out the reciever after everytime i go shooting, and tear it down after every few times. sometimes i do not clean my guns if i have only shot a few rounds though. i use only non-corrosive, fmj, or plated bullets. is it ok, or should i clean them after every time shooting, no matter how many round i fire?(i own a ruger 10/22, norinco sks, and remington 870 12 ga.)
2007-01-15 13:36:49 · 22 answers · asked by createdtodestry 2 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
jeez there are alot of perverted people out there, buy guns, i ment firearms.
2007-01-15 13:46:35 · update #1
You only need a full clean after shooting it. If you handle a gun and it is not a polymer-frame job (Glock/HK/XD etc.) wipe it down with light coat of oil or silicone and relax. Fouling IS NOT the leading cause of corrosion! It's moisture that is sometimes hard to detect. If you were to leave a gun dirty and spray Remoil all over it (everywhere) it and out it in a dry storage area it would not rust. I clean my guns reasonably and use silica desicate packs to keep them dry when they are locked up. Overusing high-grade (and corrosive) bore cleaner obsessively IS NOT a good idea. It ruins finishes and can change surface of steel. That is why Sweets 7.62 and all other copper removing compound companies warn against keeping solvent in barrel more than 10 minutes. The worst case of corrosion I have ever seen was on a S&W 586 that was kept in a car trunk. A runner up to that was a fire-damaged model 10.
2007-01-15 16:11:38 · answer #1 · answered by david m 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The answer to your questio is like asking a dentist " do I need to floss evry tooth" ? Reply " just the ones you want to keep". When you fire a bullet through a gun there are all kinds of deposit left behind. Leading in the barrel and residue from the gunpowder burn in everything. If you were going to reshoot the next day, no harm done but if you shoot even just one round and then put the gun away for a month or more, there will be damge done. Not a lot, but damage none the less and it adds up. The better you take care of your firearms, the longer they will last and the less problems you will encounter. Ask yourself this...if you were the gun, how often would you want to be cleaned ? You can't have a weapon to clean ! Just DO It !
2007-01-15 15:30:36 · answer #2 · answered by bigspif2003 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I clean my gun after every use and wipe it down well to remove any fingerprints on the metal. I usually do a complete take-down monthly (I usually shoot about 1000 rounds a month) to make sure everything is in good condition and it's well oiled.
2007-01-15 16:28:00 · answer #3 · answered by Phlebotomist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm no NRA official (but Charleton Heston IS a good family friend). Keep that habit of cleaning after you use 'em. You never know when the next time you'll use 'em. You don't want to wind up like that guy on CSI: Miami whose gun jammed due to "dirt & food"
2007-01-15 13:47:28 · answer #4 · answered by Keyser S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i do no longer sparkling my weapons after each use. Why ought to I? if I shoot a one hundred rounds i'll shoot yet another one hundred rounds in some days. as quickly as I used to compete i might sparkling my sti as quickly as a week. This became after capturing it everywhere from 3-5 situations in a week. If I hit 1000 rounds i might do a rapid sparkling. cleansing weapons wears them out too. I study one extreme-end barrel guy (the guy who makes svi barrels) say you need to in no way sparkling your bore. this is slightly lots to me yet this guy is acquainted with greater advantageous than me. how many 1911 vendors particularly take out the main spring housing and the beaver tail and the secure practices and the hammer and the sear extractor, pin and so on after each use? in the adventure that your no longer doing that then you definately are in simple terms wiping the breach face and the bore barrel and instruction manual rod. in case you thoroughly take aside an ar15 too many situations the pins initiate strolling. once you sparkling a gun it particularly is going to shoot humorous till you get the bore grimy. You sparkling a gun so it particularly is going to shoot and final. If cleansing it one greater time won't help it shoot or final why do it?
2016-12-12 12:17:25 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i beleive you should clean your gun after every use not only does gunpowder leave corrosive residue but so does the salt from your fungers where yopu have touched your gun always clean the bore and wipe down the gun with light sweeet gun oil or get a pair of cotton gloves and spray them with wd 40 and use them to hanlde and wipe the gun down
i own many antique fireable guns hate to see one rust
2007-01-15 13:47:57 · answer #6 · answered by grant m 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Whats with the other two. Personally I do a general cleaning on light shoots and indepth cleaning after heavy shoots. Its all a personal preference.
2007-01-15 13:43:37 · answer #7 · answered by nicholas b 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I owned a handgun, I broke it down and cleaned it after every shooting session. I shot a couple of boxes of ammo on the weekends, but didn't fire it in between target sessions.
2007-01-15 13:41:11 · answer #8 · answered by rita_alabama 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I clean my firearms everytime I shoot them, everytime they are exposed to harsh elements, (rain, snow, humidity, frosting upon return inside during very cold weather), once every six months if they havent been already, and before I go shooting if they have been stored a long time.
2007-01-15 16:50:56 · answer #9 · answered by I fear my government 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I use my Otis Elite cleaning kit to clean my bore on every firearm after every time I go shoot.
I them wipe the outside of them with light oil and put them back in the safe unless it is my CHL one.
2007-01-15 15:08:00 · answer #10 · answered by BigDozer66 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋