Another Maintenance Thread

[Caleb]

I used to be OCD about it, cleaning after every session and every so on for the ones that sit in the safe most of the time. Now, I'm lazy and probably clean around 200rds or so. The ammo nowadays is not corrosive unless you use surplus (not all surplus is corrosive ) so, no need to worry about a dirty gun in the safe. That's just me.

As far as causing more wear with field stripping too much. I don't see how that will cause more wear than actually shooting it....

[skosh69]

I'm with . I run a bore snake through the barrel, wipe down the outside and leave a nice coat of oil in the barrel after each trip. I'll field strip every few thousand rounds.

I've seen pics of 1911's with thousands of rounds through them, gunk everywhere and they ran fine with just a few drops of oil on the frame rails.

[sdmc530]

I clean mine after every range trip. Not so much because they need it but because I have OCD about it and its like therapy. I Do a complete break down about every 2 years maybe 3..... I like cleaning guns so its fun for me.

[milkmanjoe]

I wipe mine down and throw them in the closest river after a shooting

[SharpestJim]

Originally Posted by milkmanjoe

I wipe mine down and throw them in the closest river after a shooting

Someone on the 1911 forum (the "fake" 1911 forum) said that he gives them to his "old lady" to run them in the dishwasher. And that he expects her to put them away when she's done with them.

Not a very PC response. Must've been why I liked it!

[sdmc530]

Originally Posted by milkmanjoe

I wipe mine down and throw them in the closest river after a shooting

only because you HAVE to afterwords...

Originally Posted by SharpestJim

Someone on the 1911 forum (the "fake" 1911 forum) said that he gives them to his "old lady" to run them in the dishwasher. And that he expects her to put them away when she's done with them.

Not a very PC response. Must've been why I liked it!

is this before or after he gets his sandwich?!!

[Riverpigusmc]

perhaps our Chimp with a gun will tell what he really uses. He uses KY. A lot of it

[7.62Kolectr]

Originally Posted by sdmc530

I clean mine after every range trip. Not so much because they need it but because I have OCD about it and its like therapy. I Do a complete break down about every 2 years maybe 3..... I like cleaning guns so its fun for me.

I'm pretty much same way. I hate putting dirty guns back in the safe next to the clean ones. And the clean ones hate it too! But it really depends on the gun and how much I shot. Sometimes I shoot a few hundred rounds out of one of my suppressed AR15s. Things get dirtier than you can imagine so sometimes I shy away from doing my duty for a few days. My pistols get cleaned every time I shoot them.

But I do have a Ruger MkIII with a can on it that I've shot several hundred rounds thru in my back yard and I haven't cleaned it in a lonnnnnng time.

But like you to me it is therapeutic to sit down and rub some dirty metal parts clean.