Cleaning Frequency
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bear007
Bearcat
I don't have a Security 9 but I have a few other Ruger semi-auto handguns, they are all pretty durable guns. You will get answers across the board here but NO, it does not NEED to be cleaned after every use, though I do. It's relaxing time for me cleaning any of my firearms.
bear007
Bearcat
If It's going back in the safe and not being used for a while it gets cleaned. If I know I'll be shooting it again in the next few days then I may let it slide, but that's not often.
More people wear their guns out cleaning them than shooting them.
beentheredone
Single-Sixer
Only a black powder gun "needs" to be cleaned after every use -- and by that I mean, if you don't clean it NOW it will be a hunk of rust tomorrow. Cleaning a gun every time you use it is a good habit, but frankly most guns can do with nothing more than a wipe-down between shooting sessions for dozens or even hundreds of rounds.
I wipe my guns down after every use, even after fond handling or daily carry with no shooting, to prevent surface rust. But a thorough cleaning may not be done for weeks or months. I defy anyone to examine any of the many guns I have owned for 50 years and tell me they see one sign of neglect or abuse in any of them. You won't find any...
I wipe my guns down after every use, even after fond handling or daily carry with no shooting, to prevent surface rust. But a thorough cleaning may not be done for weeks or months. I defy anyone to examine any of the many guns I have owned for 50 years and tell me they see one sign of neglect or abuse in any of them. You won't find any...
In guns that I run Jacketed Ammo in a probably clean the bore every thousand or 2 rounds. I keep CLP handy to spray and wipe. My EDC Max9 gets a weekly check to blow out any lint and lube as needed.
rammerjammer
Blackhawk
Depends
If it's a carry gun, clean it after each use.
I shoot about once per week. I do not clean range guns each time. That is simply far too much cleaning to do every week. Say for my 10/22 I clean once every 500-600 rounds so once every month and a half because I shoot 100 rounds through it each trip.
If it's a carry gun, clean it after each use.
I shoot about once per week. I do not clean range guns each time. That is simply far too much cleaning to do every week. Say for my 10/22 I clean once every 500-600 rounds so once every month and a half because I shoot 100 rounds through it each trip.
Every time I shoot, cleaning and lubing is mandatory afterwards, my personal rule.
While I'm typically not a particularly lazy person, I am where cleaning firearms (except when black powder is involved) is concerned...And don't do it anymore often than necessary to keep them functioning as they should.
bear007
Bearcat
Same here. I carry IWB and it seems to collect more lint in a few days than I care for. I blow it out regularly and give it a quick wipe down then back in the holster it goes.
Dang, you just made me look at my carry ... and it's got a light layer of lint now.
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Captain America
Hunter
I clean and lube my guns after every trip the the range, I clean my carry gun once a month...my fragrance is Hoppes #9.
I hear you. MY range, is 15 paces outside my back door. I may put a magazine or three, or a few cylinders full, whichever the case may be, though as many as 10-12 different guns per week...They get bore snaked, wiped down & put away. Stripping and thorough cleanings perhaps twice or thrice per year. And frankly, there's aways a whole list of things I'd rather be doing than cleaning firearms.
15 paces!!! What a Hike!!! Mines about 10'
Pál_K
Guns. I has it.
You'll get less lint if you carry the gun with the slide on.
I clean my weapons after every use, didn't know there was any other way
bear007
Bearcat
Now that's funny lol!
Though the slide was on, when I'm around the house I rarely have 1 in the tube because I have a very fast grabbing 5 y.o. grandson, though lately he has been pretty good about not grabbing or touching any of the guns. With the side on I am really curious how that much lint gets inside, but it does!
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