I went from “Clean the pistol immediately after each pull of the trigger” to “I think I have some Hoppe’s #9 around here, I’m just not sure where.”
I’m serious, friends used to lend me their guns because they knew I’d clean it before giving it back and now I’ve started keeping a dead-blow mallet in the range bag for when I need to rack the slide.
Pathetic.
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Gladorn
says:
on 1/21/2013 at 3:19 PM
Sadly enough I'm in the same boat. I used to be very strict in my firearms maintenance. Now... Well, I don't own any firearms that are "fragile." It doesn't help that my workshop space in the shed go commandeered by my wife.
My carry gun gets cleaned frequently. My IDPA gun sees some oil occasionally.
I don't get to the range as often as I would like, so gun cleaning doesn't seem like such a chore. I'm sure if I was able to go shooting more often I wouldn't clean after each trip either.
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Old NFO
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I don't do that, unlike Caleb, I actually clean my guns so they will function correctly when I 'need' them... Unless it's a 'play' gun, you'd be better off going back to your old habits. Just sayin...
I've been on each of those extremes as well. I try to keep my cleaning regimen somewhere in the middle of those extremes.
Cleaner is safer unless the amount of patches through the barrel meets or exceeds the number of rounds...
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Cleaner is safer unless the amount of patches through the barrel meets or exceeds the number of rounds...
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Now I feel bad that I'm not shooting enough for this to be a problem...
I sometimes clean my gun 2 or 3 times between range visits because I'm bored and I felt like it.
I sometimes clean my gun 2 or 3 times between range visits because I'm bored and I felt like it.
One bottle of Slipstream Styx lube is on its way to you, courtesy of your friends at Umm, Dude, Seriously tm?
And, yeah, re the MkIII, any gun whose disassembly manual includes the step of "hold your tongue juuust as shown in Fig. 11a(ii), then wiggle the fitzenjammer cam while inverting the gun" will be cleaned the second time when Obama Himself shows up at my house bearing a bottle of Hoppe's and a ziplock full of patches and q-tips.
And, yeah, re the MkIII, any gun whose disassembly manual includes the step of "hold your tongue juuust as shown in Fig. 11a(ii), then wiggle the fitzenjammer cam while inverting the gun" will be cleaned the second time when Obama Himself shows up at my house bearing a bottle of Hoppe's and a ziplock full of patches and q-tips.
Before, I'd do the thing of cleaning just about after each shot. But now, I've gotten to the point where I clean the gats because I want to, because I like fiddling around with mechanical stuff.
ProdigalSon
says:
It can get bad sometimes, letting it go. I recently claimed a High Standard 106 for a competition gun for the OSU Pistol Team. Took it down to clean it and nearly had a premature heart attack for how much gunk there was inside of it. Steel that had been left in the white was at that point very much in the black. Now, I'm not saying you should clean all the time, but there is a line.
That being said, it is both fun to see how reliable they can be, and fun to see all the bits and pieces inside.
That being said, it is both fun to see how reliable they can be, and fun to see all the bits and pieces inside.
Just make sure the shoulder thing that goes up is kept squeaky clean.
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