houdini

every time I come from the range, A clean gun is a happy gun

Ram Rod

Not as often as I used to. My Glocks actually tell me when it's time. My others...usually after the trip to the range. If I take many to the range, I'll usually get to all of them in a week's time.

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Natureboypkr

I clean mine after use or when I am extremely bored.

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blinkstafoo1

I clean mine after every time I shoot. But I enjoy cleaning my guns.

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darksithlord

I clean after each use as well.

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CraigStill

I love seeing the answers to this question everytime it comes up. Firstly I admit, I am anal about cleaning so my position is unque if not perhaps questionable.

Yesterday I went to my little spot of peace and fired 50 round through my S& 22A and about the same through a Heritage 22 Rough Rider.
After packing everything up I headed to the my favorite house of adult beverages and procured a bottle of fine whiskey.

This afternoon I stripped both guns and cleaned them thourghly whle eyeing the paper targets I brought home and put on the refrigerator.

Now with both guns cleaned and looking new, respectable targets hanging on the fridge, a good hand washing and now I am admiring my acomplishements and enjoying some Makers Mark.

Seriously, I clean within 24 hours of shootng; even if only a few rounds. Everytime I field strip any of my guns I get a better feel for their workings and a better understanding of remnants of each type of ammo.

The more I practice and clean my guns the more confident I feel in them.

Due to a botched gallbladder surgery (leaving a 14" scar across my upper tummy) I am a limited to 22s and a bit of 9mm shooting so I am limited in duty. But I sure like a clean gun.. You just never know what is around the corner.

Best to you in the comming year.

Craig

C Paul Lincoln

Well, my practice differs quite a bit from what others have said. It's not unusual to go to the range and put 200 rounds through my 1911, or 100 rounds through my .44 mag. After this many rounds, certainly I clean my guns. But I frequently pop off 20 or so rounds on odd weekends, and never worry about cleaning afterwards.

If I was concerned about reliability from residue after less than 50 rounds, I'd be looking for a new gun! Look at then number of rounds competitive shooters go through in a day, and the field conditions that military guns suffer through. Daily carry and a few rounds on the weekend should come nowhere close to the amount of dirt and grime to cause misfuntions. All I do is wipe it down once a week, and disassemble about once a month.

I carried my stainless 1911 for three years in northwest winter weather while doing field work in the woods. It got wet. It got muddy. It collected lint. But it never failed to fire when taken to the range, and never had a misfeed. Usually I cleaned and lubed every two or three weeks (unless it got muddy) right after a trip to the range. Never had any problems, never had any concerns. The 1911 was designed to be a field gun, and is very reliable even when somewhat dirty.

YMMV

Charles

aimhigh

the CCW I will look at it every time before taking it out.
The others every 500 or so!!!its fun nothing like the smell of oil and powder in you to drive women crazy!!!!!!

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hondaman

Every time I shoot it.

smotta

I treat my guns like my babies. Granted I'm a college student with 20K+ in guns (I work VERY hard for my money) so I try to take good care of them.

Every time...

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