How often do you clean your gun?
 

I just got a Browning Gold Fusion and every time after I shoot it I want to tear it down and clean everything.

So I guess my question isshould I keep cleaning my baby this often or will I start wearing out parts if i keep this up. (Is it doing more harm than good)

Otherwise how many rounds should i shoot through it before I clean it?

Thanks

RE: How often do you clean your gun?
 

I clean my guns after every shooting session. I usually to a complete break down and cleaning.It's up to you but I'dat least pull a bore snake through the barrel to keep it free of debris and to maintain accuracy.

RE: How often do you clean your gun?
 

After every shooting session. I'd rather replace a worn part than have it foul on the range.

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RE: How often do you clean your gun?
 

In the off season, I clean after every shoot. I clean the gun about a month before rifle season and then not again until after the season unless it gets really dirty, I think it cuts down on my scent trail(don't know if it really does). I figure if I'm really lucky I'll shoot the gun six times by the end of the season.

RE: How often do you clean your gun?
 

I clean my shotgun once a year, whether it needs it or not :D

RE: How often do you clean your gun?
 

I clean all of my guns, regardless of caliber or action after every shooting session.

RE: How often do you clean your gun?
 

i clean the bore after every five shots on some of my rifles

RE: How often do you clean your gun?
 

The only guns i clean after each useare muzzle loaders...

My other guns just don't get cleaned very often, (other than maybe wipeing them off after getting wet) and the reason why is... I always had to have my "work guns" ready to go at a moments notice, and i don't hunt with guns that haven't had fowling shots through them.

I've always had guns ready and a loaded pack ready to go out the door... I only planned longer hunts that would last a while...

I may leave at a moments notice to go hunting, and i may not be back for ??? If a friend needed backup around big bears i was always willing to go.... right then! Maybe fly out moose hunting for a few days or longer ??? Maybe go track a wounded animial???

You get the idea...

DM

RE: How often do you clean your gun?
 

I clean mine after every shooting session. Its what I learned in the army and the habit is hard to break. When you come back from the field the weapon's needs come before your needs. After they are spotless and stored correctly you take care of yourself.

That is definately overkill now that I am nothing more than a dedicated plinker but I still hate the idea of putting away a dirty rifle.

RE: How often do you clean your gun?
 

I clean all arms after firing them, whether it was one shot or 1,000 shots. Before they are put away, they are cleaned and preserved with Birchwood-Casey SHEATH. Then several times each year, I get them all out of the safe, and spend the day renewing their coating of SHEATH inside and out. Next,they re-enter the safe, ALL snug inside their silicone-impregnated GUNNY-SOCKS.

I have lived in Centtral NY (where it rains more than even Seattle) and now in S. central PA since 1989, and so far, none of my guns have shown any rust or corrosion on metallic parts or in bores/chambers, dspite the ambinet humidity in this part of the country.

It does NOT hurt to clean every time you shoot them, BUT use a bore guide and a non-imbedding cleaning rod to prevent bore damage from the rod!

RE: How often do you clean your gun?
 

I clean the bores of my longguns after shooting at the range or in the field. I do a complete strip and clean a few times a year. I clean my carry pistols after every shooting session.

RE: How often do you clean your gun?
 

i clean after every shooting session but i dont always tear the gun down i only do that about every third cleaning. the other times i clean the action and pull the bore snake through the barrel.

RE: How often do you clean your gun?
 

I clean the bore after every range session and a complete takedown twice a year.

RE: How often do you clean your gun?
 

i clean the bores after every shooting session. The barrels and receivers of my bolt actions are coated with heavy grease where they go in the stock.All my bolt actions have floated barrelsand they are not taken out of the stock unless they get wet while hunting.

RE: How often do you clean your gun?
 

I clean the my guns after each time I go out to the range. Before hunting season they will get a complete takedown. During the rifle hunting season it is usually -20 or below where I hunt. If you take the guns out of the cases to clean them before they warm up to room temperature they develope huge condisation so we have to be careful.