Do You Clean your Rifle After Every Shooting Session?

[Crazytrain]

38.97017°N 77.17962°W

You live under a bridge?

 

[trickg]

I clean after every shooting session. I get you need a fouling shot before going hunting...but I'm not a hunter and I take pride in keeping my guns clean just like my cars. I'm careful to use quality products and don't overdo it which can be harmful. Pride in ownership.

I've had very accurate shots with a cold, clean bore - I don't always get to it, but I do try. Like others, I'm adamant about wiping things down before they get put away at the very least.

 

[Doco Overboard]

I've had very accurate shots with a cold, clean bore - I don't always get to it, but I do try. Like others, I'm adamant about wiping things down before they get put away at the very least.

I think the ones that dont clean often may not even notice much of a difference.
Or they're shooting short range targets with optics 2" over bore center line and add in a little error during warm and they're gtg.
Idk, some will print just fine initially too. Most of my stuff will print high initially and then I look at a record from last time I shot and then I know relatively what I'm working with.
If I cant get to the range before hunting, Ill just go outside and put a round in the ground and not worry about it. Usually when I miss, its on me, not the rifle.
You should be able to call your shots anyway if you asked me what I really think. But I cant say I can always do that repetitively to any degree of consistency for every time I laid an aim.

 

[Mondial]

Its part of the therapy of shooting. Also, it could weeks to years before next time shot. Leaving the residue sounds like abuse of a tool. Also, who wants to reach into the safe and grab a dirty weapon?

 

[Threeband]

No.

 

[willtill]

Yes

 

[TheOriginalMexicanBob]

 

[TheOriginalMexicanBob]

 

[TheOriginalMexicanBob]

 

[TheOriginalMexicanBob]

 

[Archeryrob]

Blackpowder rifle, yes. Everything else, nope.

I voted no, but all muzzle loading equipment yes. I bought a 45 LC conversion cylinder for the 1858 because they took even longer to clean and I like shooting it more than my Glock or Sig. Clays powder hardly makes it dirty and the lube just gets on the end of the cylinder a little.

The CVA Accura is super easy. pull the plug and soak it and windex and swab the barrel.

 

[calicojack]

Is something in the air today ? The empty chamber thread , now the clean the rifle everything thread again ?

Poll - not thread.

 

[calicojack]

Is something in the air today ? The empty chamber thread , now the clean the rifle everything thread again ?

And besides that - the answers may change over time.

 

[willtill]

And besides that - the answers may change over time.

Ya. Bugs me when someone sometimes asks a question, and someone else posts “did you do a search of the forum ”?

 

[Hickory76]

Blackpowder rifle, yes. Everything else, nope.

Same - only after blackpowder or vintage corrosive ammo...everything else just gets the occassional bore snake with CLP.

 

[Fushigi Ojisan]

If its corrosive surplus ammo then yes

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[Mondial]

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[RCH]

I clean after every range trip, and either clean the same day or the next day. I like to inspect my gun to make sure I don't see any cracks on the lugs, chips on the extractor, etc... that would become a problem.

 

[rbird7282]

Here we go again. Cleaning wars


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[Art3]

Here we go again. Cleaning wars


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But I don't clean with a round in the chamber