My closest range is in Atlantis and Aquaman is my shooting buddy.Do you shoot in a lake?
My closest range is in Atlantis and Aquaman is my shooting buddy.Do you shoot in a lake?
I enjoy cleaning my guns. I may not do it as soon as I get home, but on a nice day, I like to sit outside at the picnic table and take my time as I enjoy the outdoors. Usually, I will just run a patch through it and if it comes out relatively clean, I won't bother. I always check to see if it needs lubing but if I put less than 300 rounds through it, it typically does not need lube. I like to shoot cheap lead .22's through my rifle and despite everyone telling me it will dirty the barrel, I haven't noticed much deposit. Sure jacketed slugs are less dirty but I'd rather clean the barrel more frequently and shoot cheaper ammo.I understand message boards. Say your part and move on. Calling people lazy because they don't subscribe to your ideas is not discussion.
Where do you draw the line? Say one day you put 250 rounds through one gun. You go home and clean it. You go to the range a couple days later and put 50 rounds down range. You take it home and clean it? Do you clean that gun every 50 rounds? It makes no sense.
Hey, if you have the time to clean your guns after every use, more power to ya. For many of us, shooting is squeezed into a portion of our busy day. We need to economize our time. WE ARE NOT LAZY!
Hi, Do you take the guns apart before sticking them in the sonicator? Thanks, RobertI just throw mine in the sonicator, dry them, and lube them.
I take off the slide, pull out the recoil spring and rod. Throw the frame in whole.Hi, Do you take the guns apart before sticking them in the sonicator? Thanks, Robert
I take off the slide, pull out the recoil spring and rod. Throw the frame in whole.
Just did two pistols this morning. Spent a little extra time scraping gunk from certain areas, and was still done in about 20 minutes.
Fair question. I have not, as I don't have any night sights.Have you done this with slides with night sights? I’ve always heard that is no bueno but no first hand experience.
Fair question. I have not, as I don't have any night sights.
I presume you are a gunsmith so I would sincerly appreciate your expert opinion on the following:I forgot about this thread and just peeked in to see what's up.
People waste a good deal of time and money cleaning for the sake of cleaning. Even sonic cleaners used wrong can be quite quite bad for guns. The wrong lubes and degreasers can cause springs to fail prematurity.
It does not apply to all guns but for the AR family of weapons, a generous amount of lube is better under all circumstances. US Army/APG tested this subject extensively. Dry, light, and moderate amounts of lube allowed for more stoppages and malfunctions than heavy amounts of lube. They accounted for fouling and contaminants too. The only factor in their tests that could cause issues with generous amounts of lube was heavy viscosity lube in cold temps. Use the appropriate viscosity based on your climate.
People in the know, within the US Military can't combat institutional ignorance when it comes to bad maintenance practices. It just won't die. Those who use excessive and unnecessary military cleaning & maintenance methods on their guns are not doing anything positive.
I work on guns for a living and most people do more harm than good because they are cleaning modern semiautomatic guns with precise components like they would clean a charleville I'm 1780. It's not the same.
In the end, it ain't my guns being worn out for the sake of maintenance so I just offer my advice based on my experience and move on. It doesn't hurt me in any way of people do bad things to their guns.
It's the end of civilization as we know it!Still lots of excuses here and reasonings, to not clean your rifles/firearms after use. My mind is beleaguered that some our brethren here have adopted mediocracy, a willful dismissal of time honored standards of American care and cleaning of firearms, all in their pursuit of getting to their big screen TV and bag of Cheetos.
Just a damned shame. A godawful, damned shame. I watch American society collapse every day, from every angle and approach.
Personally I dont really see anything to brag or specifically gain for not doing basic maintenance after shooting a CF rifle.Still lots of excuses here and reasonings, to not clean your rifles/firearms after use. My mind is beleaguered that some our brethren here have adopted mediocracy, a willful dismissal of time honored standards of American care and cleaning of firearms, all in their pursuit of getting to their big screen TV and bag of Cheetos.
Just a damned shame. A godawful, damned shame. I watch American society collapse every day, from every angle and approach.
This for most stuff....and a bore guideWipe-Out and Patch-Out changed my routine.
JFC give it a rest already.Still lots of excuses here and reasonings, to not clean your rifles/firearms after use. My mind is beleaguered that some our brethren here have adopted mediocracy, a willful dismissal of time honored standards of American care and cleaning of firearms, all in their pursuit of getting to their big screen TV and bag of Cheetos.
Just a damned shame. A godawful, damned shame. I watch American society collapse every day, from every angle and approach.
Wipe-Out and Patch-Out changed my routine.
In our patrol rifle class we shot a couple thousand rounds in a week. We were told to run the BCG wet. I was never an AR guy before this class, so I didn't understand what they meant and put on more oil than my Glock needs and thought I was fine.2nd question, do you really run AR actions dripping wet w/ oil? Thanks in advance.