Although I prefer to shoot often, and always clean my guns after I shoot, there are many times I don't have time to shoot. However, I carry daily, and recognize that dust and dirt collect in my carry gun. How often do you clean your carry gun, even if you don't shoot it?
If I shoot them, I clean them.
If they sit in the safe for a while, I clean them.
I just took three long guns out of the safe that have not been touched for quite a while...just wanted to wipe them down.
I enjoy gun cleaning, but then I don't have to go to work any more...a bad day cleaning guns is better than a good day at work.:yup:
Although I prefer to shoot often, and always clean my guns after I shoot, there are many times I don't have time to shoot. However, I carry daily, and recognize that dust and dirt collect in my carry gun. How often do you clean your carry gun, even if you don't shoot it?
I like a lil dirt on my gun...makes it feel Manly..like washing your hands every 5 minutes...you get sick easier...your body needs a little germs to stay healthy...Gun Dirt is good...not to much only in moderation...lol
I clean after every shoot and if not fired at least monthly. The C&R are cleaned at least quarterly and my Big Bang Calcium carbide cannons that the grand kids shoot on New Year's Eve and the Fourth of July are washed down with a garden hose after firing.
Pretty ridiculous but i can't stand a dirty weapon.
On the flip side my uncle has an XD-9SC that's never been cleaned with god knows how many rounds put through it and its never had a single malfunction of any sort... He claims he'll clean it whenever it acts up lol
I clean after every use, even if it is only a single shot taken at a varmint. I may shoot any of a number of different firearms and it bugs me to know one is put up dirty. If I didn't adopt the habit if cleaning after use then the dirty, neglected ones might pile up. They are stored with a thin coating of RIG applied to their surfaces. All firearms are given a regular inspection ever few months or when I think about it. Coatings of RIG are probably replaced about annually.
No rust ever.
Over and above cleaning, it bugs me for a gun to be stored away not sighted in for a favored load.
My carry usually gets fired once every few months, then gets cleaned. I never had issues with lint or dust, but then again I never carry in dirty or dusty environments and usually work indoors......
Every other day for me. I like cleaning my carry gun. If its going to be there to save my life, it deserves the same respect I give my body. That means I hold nothing back for it. Froglube and regular testing
After every time they are fired. These days, that ends up being one or two cleaning per week for one of my pistols, and about once a month for the rest.
My carry Ill clean each time I shoot. Or if I havent shot for a while about once a month. My 22s about every couple hundred rounds well thats about how many Ill run through in a range sesion. My other guns that sit in the safe most I clean them when I put them away for a long time. And then do a spring cleaning so to speak. And UGHHH its getting close to that time. Lol
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