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 09-24-2009, 04:40 PM | #1 | Junior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 16 |  clean or not to clean
Please reply-pros and cons to cleaning my pistols every time I shoot. Hubby says no need, others say 'great'! | 
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| 09-24-2009, 04:48 PM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Newport, Vermont Posts: 1,110 |
I suppose you don't "need" to, but I would. The dirtier it gets, obviously the more difficult it is to get clean when you finally decide to clean it. If it's a defensive pistol, absolutely for reliability reasons. The second scariest sound in the world is a "bang" when you're expecting a "click". The scariest sound in the world is a "click" when you're expecting a "bang". __________________
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| 09-24-2009, 05:18 PM | #3 | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 488 |
clean for sure  | |
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| 09-24-2009, 06:24 PM | #4 | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 7,158 |
A range trip is not complete until all guns are cleaned, lubed, and put away... | |
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| 09-24-2009, 06:27 PM | #5 | Call Me Doug Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: It's because I actually HAVE those skills! Posts: 21,258 |
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Originally Posted by NGIB
A range trip is not complete until all guns are cleaned, lubed, and put away...
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Agreed. The only possible exception I could see would be a .22lr if you were shooting lead bullets, as they won't cause problems in the barrel short term.
But you really should be cleaning all your weapons after every session. Preferably before you go to sleep that night.
JD __________________ "as for my Sword & Spear we will serve the throne, but NEVER that man who sits upon it" - Achilles - Warrior of Warriors
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| 09-26-2009, 01:19 AM | #6 | Junior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 16 | luvmyguns
Thanks for the advise on cleaning, all. I surely do clean them every time. [Sometimes I don't really mind hubby] And my Ruger Mark III is so pretty I can't allow a fingerprint or bit of dirt be on it :-) | |
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| 09-27-2009, 08:04 AM | #7 | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 568 |
Well, I guess training was just pounded in my head from the service, they always told us to clean our weapons, even if it didn't need it, any way,if we wanted to play with our weapons, they never said no if we said we were going to clean it, just went to the armory and checked it out. But seriously,why would you not clean it first chance after firing, that way by field stripping it, you can inspect the major parts for damage.
After all it is a tool to maybe save your life, and you want to make sure it is in good working order before you have to use it. You want it to work flawlessly when you need it to and what better way than to inspect all the moving parts as you clean them.
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| 09-27-2009, 01:48 PM | #8 | Supporting Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Barstow area, Kalifornia Posts: 1,109 |
Clean, clean, clean. A clean gun is a happy gun. A dirty kid is a happy kid..
Jim............ | |
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| 09-27-2009, 02:22 PM | #9 | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 423 |
I use to clean my guns every time I fired them. If I shot at a crow with my single shot shotgun, well then I would run a patch down the barrel. Somewhere along life's bumpy road I quit doing that. I have done things that caused me to put a thousand rounds down range in the course of a day. I have done that with Sig, S&W, Wilson Combat, and Nighthawk Custom. None of the guns had any problems that I would account to being dirty from firing. In fact, at the end of the day, that dirty gun was loaded and on my hip for the trip home, with me having no fears for its dependability. So, if I can put a thousand rounds down range, and still have full defensive confidence in my gun, why should I clean it after every small firing session? For me my rule of thumb is to clean a pistol every 500 rounds or so. Now if it gets soaked in the rain I'll break it down for a wipe down, but that's about it. As I like to tell students when talking about a defensive handgun, "That gun ain't no prom queen!" __________________
"Don Corleone: I'm a superstitious man, and if some unlucky accident should befall Michael-if he is to be shot in the head by a police officer, or be found hung dead in a jail cell... or if he should be struck by a bolt of lightning - then I'm going to blame some of the people in this room; and then I do not forgive. But that said, I pledge - on the souls of my grandchildren-that I will not be the one to break the peace that we have made today." | |
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| 09-29-2009, 12:11 AM | #10 | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 568 |
well, each to their own, dont clean it, but that one time you might really need it, something MIGHT have broke and you not know it, then when it really need it, the last thing I would really want to hear is a click instead of a boom. To not clean is definitely your choice, but whay play RUSSIAN ROULETTE with your last choice? I would think if you were a instructor in weapons, you would at least tell the students the importance of cleaning and inspecting a weapon.
Also, why would the finest equiped Military in the world continuously stress the validity to keep a clean weapon if it was not extremely important?
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