You clean your guns everytime after shooting, right Anon?

You clean your guns everytime after shooting, right Anon?

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  1. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    like my iron skillet I like to allow for a bit of seasoning

  2. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    *improves your ballistics

  3. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Wipe out the carbon with a patch and oil. That's about it.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      this

      other than that a deep clean should be done every couple of months to both clean and inspect all the parts for wear.

  4. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Nobody has been able to provide valid reasoning on how meticulously cleaning the bore of a rifle is supposed to help anything at all. I'm convinced it is just fudd lore held over from black powder or corrosive ammo days.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      You do wash your dining plates everytime after eating from them? What is the harm in cleaning the shit out of the barrel and mechanical parts

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Bore/chamber/throat erosion from cleaning rods. Carbon acts as a mild abrasive, so you are removing metal each time you clean, which could in turn mess with your rifle (AR bolt stems come to mind).

        Really depends on what you consider cleaning. Some people straight up SOS pad the gun after shooting.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        I wash my dinnerware because food left on it will spoil and make me sick if I eat off it, not because it gives me a warm fuzzy feeling. This is not a valid analog to meticulously cleaning a rifle bore, which nobody has adequately justified the benefit of.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        That's not exactly equivalent. You're right insofar as it probably doesn't hurt, but it's also kind of wasted effort, especially with modern metallurgy. My dad cleans his guns to a clean solvent parch every single time he goes shooting. I asked him why and he said that's how the army drilled it into him. He was in immediately post Vietnam War close so I wonder if the powder fouling issues from Vietnam might have contributed to that training. He said all his Ranger Instructors were Vietnam veterans. It might make sense, idk. I asked him about it and he said he want sure, but it did make sense.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        There’s a difference between a plate caked in spaghetti sauce and a plate that just had chips on in.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Well, shooting obviously removes the oil shielding it from corrosion, so if you only shoot every now and then cleaning and oiling between sessions makes sense.

  5. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    No. I’m seeing how long I can go without cleaning my AK.
    It’s been about a month and a half and it still goes bang each time. No pitting in the barrel either.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      You won't pit unless it rusts. If you aren't using corrosive stuff should be NBD.

  6. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Yes none of my guns are put into the safe until they are cleaned and oiled especially my cc

  7. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Yes.

    That's what you do; you shoot with your guns, you clean them afterwards (during the same evening). You don't leave gunpowder residue into the barrel.

    This is the way.

  8. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Yeah, I usually just put it in the dishwasher, just out it on sanitizer mode.

  9. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    No. My boomer dad does. I wonder if it's all just to use the excuse of muh
    >cold bore fouling round
    For pulling the first shot in his group like every time kek

  10. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Most the ammo I shoot is corrosive so yes, I don't clean my shotgun as often though, maybe only every three to four shooting sessions (mostly for fun)

  11. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Can we transition this thread into a cleaning general? What are the necessary lubrication points on an AR? I assume on the BCG but like where specifically?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Entire can of CLP between every 25 rounds. Catastrophic failure if you don't.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Thanks fren

  12. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Every time.

    However, the thoroughness of a particular cleaning is somewhat contextual. All use case scenarios are not equal. But, I always run a bore patch at the minimum, and I have several oiled-up rags to wipe things down with to keep the dampness off.

    About every 500 rounds with handguns I clean meticulously and oil everything, make sure no sand or grit or carbon buildup is present. shotguns and rifles I tend to clean more thoroughly around 100 to 200 rounds.

    Keeping context in mind, I'm careful with my weapons. I don't let them get very dirty to begin with unless something unusual happens. Burning 200 or 300 rounds on an indoor range is not he same thing as hunting for three days in the field and shooting 3 or 5 rounds tops. Coming back in from the field requires thorough cleaning. Coming back from an indoor range is good for a quickie wipe & bore swipe, and worry about something more thorough next time or two when I get back.

  13. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Should I shoot my AK without removing the oil from the moving parts? I did this all the time while in the army

  14. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Depends on the gun and the range session. If I'm just shooting one round of trap then I'll just swab the bore and chuck it in the safe. But if I'm shooting a box of 9mm through my carry gun then it gets field stripped, cleaned and lubed.

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