Not talking about a simple field strip and cleaning but, a complete teardown and cleaning. I completely dissasemble my SR approximately every 500 rounds. I have noticed that I get a lot of what looks like powder residue out of the firing pin hole when I clean it with solvent and a pipe cleaner. Never notice anything like a burst primer or case when picking up my shooting area at the end of the day. Has any body else noticed this?
How often do you clean
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brushunter
Single-Sixer
Call me lazy , but I do not completely tear down my 1911s ( I have 2 , had 3 ). I do the field strip every couple range sessions , probably equates to several hundred rounds. Haven't had any problems with any of them ...if it aint broke , don't fix it.
regards , brushunter
regards , brushunter
All in all, I think that "completely stripping" a gun just for cleaning is way over rated.
The only gun that I've ever completely stripped for cleaning on a regular basis was my M1 match rifle and it got done once every six months. All I did in between was keep the bore and bolt face clean.
I have an old SA revolver that get's used almost daily. I think that the last time I tore it completely down was two years ago but it could have been longer. Not much in there can go wrong so there realy aint much need. Fact is, most times I'll clean the bore and chambers without so much as removing the cylinder.
Same sort of a thing with my BHP "carry" gun and/or my 1911A1 too. I can clean either perty-good with just locking the slide back....which BTW, would also allow me to remove the FP and clean it's channel if I had a mind to.
On the other hand, special circumstances might require a different course of action.
I got caught out in a rain storm for a couple of hours one time while carrying a revolver in an open top-closed bottom holster. When I got home and removed my gun, I had to litteraly pour the water out of it's holster.
Yep, my gun got completely stripped that time........just sayin'.
DGW
The only gun that I've ever completely stripped for cleaning on a regular basis was my M1 match rifle and it got done once every six months. All I did in between was keep the bore and bolt face clean.
I have an old SA revolver that get's used almost daily. I think that the last time I tore it completely down was two years ago but it could have been longer. Not much in there can go wrong so there realy aint much need. Fact is, most times I'll clean the bore and chambers without so much as removing the cylinder.
Same sort of a thing with my BHP "carry" gun and/or my 1911A1 too. I can clean either perty-good with just locking the slide back....which BTW, would also allow me to remove the FP and clean it's channel if I had a mind to.
On the other hand, special circumstances might require a different course of action.
I got caught out in a rain storm for a couple of hours one time while carrying a revolver in an open top-closed bottom holster. When I got home and removed my gun, I had to litteraly pour the water out of it's holster.
Yep, my gun got completely stripped that time........just sayin'.
DGW
Jayhawkhuntclub
Buckeye
brushunter said:
Same with me. I believe that, with firearms in general, more harm is done by over cleaning than by under cleaning.
Rockrat
Single-Sixer
Clean?
With the amount of carbon/crud I got out of the firing pin hole after about 1500 rounds I started cleaning the pistol complete more often. With this build-up I was afraid it would lead to light primer strikes eventually from restricted motion.
Just got off another true 1911 site. Asked the same question there, responses are that most detail strip every few hundred round. Had a lot of stories about 1911s going full auto due to stuck firing pins from not being cleaned and lubricated.
sousana
Single-Sixer
After each firing, no matter the round count, I break the weapon down to its smallest part, clean, inspect, and lube it. A good cleaning takes a few hours, longer if theirs a good game on tv or opera on pbs radio. Then, as trained by gunny scheible, USMC, the next day I commence day 2 of cleaning. If more than 750rds were fired, then a third day of cleaning follows.
sousana
Single-Sixer
y2k-fxst said:
I've been shooting 1911's now for 44 years, I've never had one do that. I HAVE hadone go full auto after the gunsmith filed the sear down too much though.
Few years back I took the first norinco I bought as well as a safari arms gi, both 1911's, after a day at the range each weapon had fired a total of 1100 rounds and the following day each fired an additional 800 rounds.
No break dows for cleaning on both days, just a wipe down and lube.
The only malfs;
Norinco--round 1051 stovepipe, round 1056 FTE. Determined males from poor reloads
Safari arms--round 1390 fedding issues from promag mag
Each weapon fired a total of 1900 rds, all but 50 for the norc were blazer aluminum.
WIL TERRY
Buckeye
WELL NOW.....TO tell you the truth, they get cleaned when they quit working. MY COLT 1962 NM 45 has 55,000 rounds through it and it was cleaned four[4!] times in that period. My everyday shooting guns have 5500 rounds through 'em this year and have not been wiped off let alone cleaned in a coon's age. This is normal as ALL of my everyday shooting guns are sixguns. Gun cleaning is a highly overrated exercise in wasted guntime.
Jim Puke
Hunter
brushunter said:
This is how I do it.
Jim Puke
Hunter
WIL TERRY said:
X 2
Chuck 100 yd
Hunter
I field strip and clean and lube my 1911`s after each range trip. I enjoy doing it and the guns seem to like it too. They treat me well, I treat them well. It`s a trade off.
I do a complete tear down ( like Wil Terry) whenever they act up or if they get soaked in water/mud etc. A little Rem oil leaches into the innards and keeps that part happy without me having to disassemble it .
I do a complete tear down ( like Wil Terry) whenever they act up or if they get soaked in water/mud etc. A little Rem oil leaches into the innards and keeps that part happy without me having to disassemble it .
sousana
Single-Sixer
If gun cleaning is a waste of time, why do troops, during a lull in combat clean their weapons?
Jim Puke
Hunter
sousana said:
Clean yours however you want...mine don't need cleaning that much.
Busterswoodshop
Hunter
I clean my guns every time I shoot them.
It doesn't matter if I shoot one round or a hundred.
It doesn't matter if I shoot one round or a hundred.
DaveShooter
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Right on-Me too as well!!!!Busterswoodshop said:
WIL TERRY
Buckeye
THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT PLAN TO ME !! And you change the oil in your truck everytime you drive too, right ?? OH...and do not forget the zerk fittings too.DaveShooter said:Right on-Me too as well!!!!Busterswoodshop said:
Did you know there is a new piece of handloading gear that does have a zerk fitting ?? Actually, that is a heckofafine idea !!
Jim Puke
Hunter
WIL TERRY said:
Now Wil, don't get in over these guy's head...they may think that their gun has MORE moving parts than an internal combustion engine.
Chuck 100 yd
Hunter
Those shooters cost a lot of money today. I like to keep mine in nice condition.
I know some guys just throw them in the back of the old pickup truck until the next time the want to shoot and expect them to do fine. Not me!
I know some guys just throw them in the back of the old pickup truck until the next time the want to shoot and expect them to do fine. Not me!
Jim Puke
Hunter
Chuck 100 yd said:
You can keep guns in very nice condition following a reasonable cleaning regimen that is nothing like this "cleaning after every shot" stuff that some of these guys put forward. I think they talk this just trying to impress others...goes the opposite way with me as I know that it is not necessary to do this to keep guns nice and reliable.
sousana
Single-Sixer
Jim Luke said:
Exactamundo---to each their own.
I clean mine as I see fit, in all honesty, I care not how anyone else cleans theirs.
LaneP
Single-Sixer
Me: only a simple field strip for cleaning. I never do a detail disassembly unless I'm doing some sort of mod or there is a mechanical issue that needs to be addressed.
This topic reminded me of a visit to a local gunshop about 8 years ago. The proprietor also did gunsmithing on the side and while I was perusing the aisles looking at bullets and brass he was taking a call from a customer who wanted to bring in two auto shotguns for a pre-hunting season cleaning and ops check.
So during the course of checking out at the register I got into a conversation with the proprietor about that subject, and learned he has regular customers that drop off their shotguns about two weeks before hunting season begins for cleaning and function check. They shoot all season long, put them up, then repeat the following season.
It just never occurred to me to actually pay someone to clean my guns, but to each his own.
This topic reminded me of a visit to a local gunshop about 8 years ago. The proprietor also did gunsmithing on the side and while I was perusing the aisles looking at bullets and brass he was taking a call from a customer who wanted to bring in two auto shotguns for a pre-hunting season cleaning and ops check.
So during the course of checking out at the register I got into a conversation with the proprietor about that subject, and learned he has regular customers that drop off their shotguns about two weeks before hunting season begins for cleaning and function check. They shoot all season long, put them up, then repeat the following season.
It just never occurred to me to actually pay someone to clean my guns, but to each his own.
Busterswoodshop
Hunter
What amazes me is how many people don't clean their guns.
I am not as old as lots of the people here but I bought my first gun 50 years ago.
When I got it I was told amongst other things to keep it clean. Clean it after you shoot it.
I have heard it all my life.
I never heard about not cleaning a gun after you shoot it until I got my first computer and started looking at gun sights and that was in 2006. Up until then I didn't know anyone that didn't keep their guns clean.
I might not clean it as soon as I get home but it will be cleaned in the next day or so.
My guns are cleaned every time they are shot.
I am not as old as lots of the people here but I bought my first gun 50 years ago.
When I got it I was told amongst other things to keep it clean. Clean it after you shoot it.
I have heard it all my life.
I never heard about not cleaning a gun after you shoot it until I got my first computer and started looking at gun sights and that was in 2006. Up until then I didn't know anyone that didn't keep their guns clean.
I might not clean it as soon as I get home but it will be cleaned in the next day or so.
My guns are cleaned every time they are shot.
LaneP
Single-Sixer
Busterswoodshop said:
Nothing wrong with that philosophy.
Guns are tools. We maintain our tools because we want them to work when they are called upon.
DA_TriggR4Ruger
Hunter
I usually deep clean my guns after each range trip and only oil them a few times a month when not in use. Generally, my carry weapon gets oil more often.
WIL TERRY
Buckeye
THIS is very interesting also and I am glad you brought it up. Some years ago I was talking with a pistolsmith in California who averaged ONE HUNDRED guns a week in his shop to be cleaned at $65.00 per gun.THINK about that !!! ALL of 'em were SA sixguns of various makes being used weekly in SASS matches there in the california area where he lived. I laughed at him and insulted him like DO YOU THINK I FELL OFF THE TURNIP TRUCK THIS MORNING ??!! He was dead serious and was NOT kiddng me even a little bit, guys. Sixty five hundred dollars a week cleaning pistols !! I Finally told him, ' I guess I am a lot dumber than my momma thinks I look' !Highspeedlane said:
The question at hand is....how often do you completely tear down your gun for cleaning.
The OP further clairified the question by adding....not just a simple field strip and cleaning.
Surely you guys aint completely tearing down your guns every time you shoot a few rounds....or are you?
Just trying to clairify some of the answers I've read here.
DGW
The OP further clairified the question by adding....not just a simple field strip and cleaning.
Surely you guys aint completely tearing down your guns every time you shoot a few rounds....or are you?
Just trying to clairify some of the answers I've read here.
DGW
I clean mine every 1000 to 2000 rounds or so..... I do wipe them down only because I don't want powder residue all over me. My carry is clean, mainly because I don't want the powder residue on my cloths and very little oil for the same reason. I shoot 200 grain round nose flat points with a 18 brinell
hardness over Bullseye. Everything always works.... No problems. I also have a CZ75 and a CZ P01 that I haven't cleaned at all, couple thousand through each. I want to see how many rounds they'll go before some type of malfunction occurs. I'm shooting 125 grain round nose lead (18 brinell) over Unique that my chrony says are going around 1050 fps. I've been shooting/reloading for 52 years.
Only clean when needed, Guns still look/work excellent.
Jim
hardness over Bullseye. Everything always works.... No problems. I also have a CZ75 and a CZ P01 that I haven't cleaned at all, couple thousand through each. I want to see how many rounds they'll go before some type of malfunction occurs. I'm shooting 125 grain round nose lead (18 brinell) over Unique that my chrony says are going around 1050 fps. I've been shooting/reloading for 52 years.
Only clean when needed, Guns still look/work excellent.
Jim
