Gun cleaning sucks!
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Sounds like a fairly solid range trip regardless of rounds per gun. I still would've cleaned them all in my OCD. The PC9 would have gotten a complete disassembly and thorough cleaning. They seem to get disproportionately dirty relative to other guns, or at least mine seems to.
jabber6
Active Member
A four foot folding table like https://www.staples.com/Staples-4-F...4_Mym44janfCaPsajRDQLDGaAww0H_GhoCZbwQAvD_BwE
And a plastic tool box similar to https://www.lowes.com/pd/CRAFTSMAN-...LuosYU1Fc5OC6dLQ8KxoCgvsQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
Can do the trick. Easy to clean and stores almost anywhere.
camo556
Ultimate Member
- Aug 29, 2021
- 2,634
I have Mom clean guns for me.
Also, I don't belive anyone who has said they like cleaning guns or it's relaxing. Not a single one of you has offered to clean *my* guns for extra fun/relaxation. Also, my fridge toilet and dishes need to be cleaned and you must love plumbing and diapers.
You are lying. Probably to yourself.
paperwork351
no error code for stupid
Has the Sharp Shoot R brands Wipe-Out or Patch-Out solvents fallen out of favor? I miss glass bottles of Hoppes #9 with the benzene and other good stuff.
Bullfrog
Ultimate Member
Also, I don't belive anyone who has said they like cleaning guns or it's relaxing. Not a single one of you has offered to clean *my* guns for extra fun/relaxation. Also, my fridge toilet and dishes need to be cleaned and you must love plumbing and diapers.
You are lying. Probably to yourself.
Nope.
Cleaning toilets and washing dishes is NOT relaxing.
Working with almost any kind of machinery is. Decades ago I used to do all of my own vehicle maintenance because I was a junior enlisted person and had a family and no money. Now I could easily pay someone to do it, but I do it for fun because I work in a secure lab with no windows most of the day, so working with my hands instead of my head is a nice break.
When I was a kid I used to take things apart and put them back together for no reason. Sometimes I still do. That's most of the 'work' involved in cleaning a firearm.
Changing oil, brake pads or cleaning firearms is a relaxing weekend afternoon.
I'll volunteer to clean yours if you let me borrow them. It'll be extra fun/relaxation after I shoot them.
Biggfoot44
Ultimate Member
- Aug 2, 2009
- 33,137
Back in my youth , I liked cleaning guns . Even now , it's not bad , I'm just expressing more realism about how much and how often is necessary , along the lines of more guns prematurely worn from over cleaning than from shooting .
But I'll bite . If you have something new and interesting * to me * that I haven't encountered before , I'll clean it ( and take it pretty far apart to see how it ticks ) .
Dishes , toilets , etc are begrudgingly necessary , not fun to clean . Plumbing often seems interesting beforehand , but not after Murphy strikes part way thru .
But I'll bite . If you have something new and interesting * to me * that I haven't encountered before , I'll clean it ( and take it pretty far apart to see how it ticks ) .
Dishes , toilets , etc are begrudgingly necessary , not fun to clean . Plumbing often seems interesting beforehand , but not after Murphy strikes part way thru .
Hah, i enjoy the cleaning part of a range trip as well. (yes i do camo556 ). For me it was part of the time i spent with my father growing up. I've had my grands doing it with me now.
Doco Overboard
Ultimate Member
For many firearm types simply throw a soft clean wood block on the floor - range deck and have a Work/ cleaning rod handy.
Place the arm, muzzle down on the block and wipe/ clear bore as necessary. Look into the breach- prevent crown damage- have your maintenance done without causing unnecessary wear or damage.
Place the arm, muzzle down on the block and wipe/ clear bore as necessary. Look into the breach- prevent crown damage- have your maintenance done without causing unnecessary wear or damage.
- Feb 4, 2013
- 28,175
Hmmm, really?
MANY highly qualified gunsmiths have said the same thing. That guns are more damaged by over cleaning than any other cause.
- Feb 4, 2013
- 28,175
Agreed.
I shoot, I wipe down with a light oil or silicone cloth to prevent fingerprint rusting.
I clean when needed.
When I shot USPSA a lot, I would go thousands of rounds between cleaning my comp pistol. I shot a 3 day carbine course with one of my ARs. Over 1500 rounds. No cleaning. Still have not cleaned it.
- Feb 4, 2013
- 28,175
Berryman CHEM-DIP CARBURETOR & PARTS CLEANER is NOT flammable. It is water based.
Berryman PROFESSIONAL CHEM-DIP CARBURETOR & PARTS CLEANER is not flammable, but is mostly methylene chloride and can react with aluminum. The reaction creates a highly flammable gas.
- Feb 4, 2013
- 28,175
Try not cleaning them, keep an accurate count of rounds fired. And see how long they go without NEEDING to be cleaned. I am sure you will be surprised.
omegared24
Ultimate Member
I think this is one of the few times it makes sense to clean and lube a gun.
I am surprised when people won't test fire a gun before going hunting. Nothing worse than getting up early, sitting around for hours and when you finally get a chance to take a deer...nothing. So much can happen between disassembly, cleaning and reassembly.
Same with a gun for personal defense. Even more critical.
54rndball
take to the hills
If you don't like cleaning guns, you best not get into muzzleloading and black powder.
KarbinkleRich
Member
- Mar 2, 2021
- 9
After reading through this thread I've concluded I'm cleaning my guns way too much. I tend to clean guns after about putting 100 rounds through them. I find pistols pretty fast to clean though. I don't know if I'm doing something wrong but I bought a carbon rod from tipton and a brass tip for cleaning my AR15, and I have so much trouble getting the rod through with pads that are meant for it. I end up starting by pushing the barrel down on the rod and then moving the barrel so it's perpendicular to the floor along with the rod, then pushing the rod through, because otherwise the pad usually slips off of the brass tip (even if the cloth pad is penetrated). I must be doing something wrong. I get lazy cleaning my mossberg 500 though but I also don't really put many rounds through it.
I was a compulsive cleaner. Field strip after every match, and once a month full disassembly.
This stopped after I found out I cracked my firing pin sleeve in my G17. It was obvious the repeat pressing down the sleeve to set off the firing pin spring cracked the plastic sleeve. It’s a 2 dollar part that I kept on hand and did not effect any function, but clearly an over cleaning mistake I did to myself.
Now I have a good reason to be lazy, I only do a field wipe down and oil most of the time after I shot any animal brand Russian ammo that maybe corrosive or using berdan primer. If I got paid and got American ammo on my hand, most the time I only lube up the oil points after!
This stopped after I found out I cracked my firing pin sleeve in my G17. It was obvious the repeat pressing down the sleeve to set off the firing pin spring cracked the plastic sleeve. It’s a 2 dollar part that I kept on hand and did not effect any function, but clearly an over cleaning mistake I did to myself.
Now I have a good reason to be lazy, I only do a field wipe down and oil most of the time after I shot any animal brand Russian ammo that maybe corrosive or using berdan primer. If I got paid and got American ammo on my hand, most the time I only lube up the oil points after!
