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Originally Posted by Joekerr
How often does everyone clean their handguns? After every time or after X number of rounds?
I have typically not cleaned mine after every use (since every use only constitutes about 100 rounds) so instead I try to make sure I take it down and clean it every 500.
Do people think that's too long an interval?
I was so pissed at myself - put an idiot scratch on the 1911 the first time I cleaned it - even though I knew about the idiot scratch, I still did it. It wasn't super bad, but I was still ticked off at myself.
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Originally Posted by KenB925
Hate the idiot scratch! I have been able to avoid it.
I used to clean after every use but, with the exception of old school blued finish guns, now I go two or three.
I will not carry a gun that has been fired without cleaning it, you don't want to be the guy with a gun that has been fired, unless you had to fire it.
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Originally Posted by Axius
I do a basic cleaning pretty much after every trip. Mostly because I like tearing things apart and putting them back together. The AR always after every time because the last time I didn't, the BCG got caked up pretty good and ended up buying a replacement. Now just make sure it's got a nice saturation of oil all the time.
Longest I've gone in the SW 9mm was 400 rounds before cleaning, never had a misload/jam, and going on about 2k rounds through it now.
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I used to strip and clean after every shoot. Now i run a bore snake though, clean off any obvious cake and re-lube. I still do a full clean probably every 3rd shoot, but i clean with elbow grease and oil, don't use solvents unless absolutely necessary.
As far as carrying a gun that hasn't been cleaned. If it's any variant of a 1911, i whole heartedly agree. if it's a Glock, i stopped caring about that a while ago. I think i've shared before but the LGS shooting instructor got a new glock 19 and intended to shoot it straight out of the box without ever cleaning it until i wouldn't shoot anymore. He stopped counting after 10,000 rounds and estimates he's now past 30,000 rounds without cleaning it. No malfunctions.