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After Range Therapy!

Lab4Us

Lab4Us

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I know a few (many) of you don’t believe in cleaning guns after one trip to the range. After picking up this Hellion, I’ve even read that some folks go 1k plus rounds before cleaning - just lubrication prior to each range trip. Those articles were usually accompanied by the filthiest bolt carriers I ever seen sticking out of an ejection port.

I waited one day to clean this one and it about killed me 😂. Too many military firing sessions where gun cleaning was pounded in to my head, whether I wanted it or not!

In all fairness, I did get very little residue off any of the parts and saw little reason to disassemble the BCG since the BCG exterior was practically spotless and still moving freely. Probably could have waited longer to clean. Photo was before cleaning.

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Lab4Us said:
I know a few (many) of you don’t believe in cleaning guns after one trip to the range. After picking up this Hellion, I’ve even read that some folks go 1k plus rounds before cleaning - just lubrication prior to each range trip. Those articles were usually accompanied by the filthiest bolt carriers I ever seen sticking out of an ejection port.

I waited one day to clean this one and it about killed me 😂. Too many military firing sessions where gun cleaning was pounded in to my head, whether I wanted it or not!

In all fairness, I did get very little residue off any of the parts and saw little reason to disassemble the BCG since the BCG exterior was practically spotless and still moving freely. Probably could have waited longer to clean. Photo was before cleaning.

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I clean my guns after every range trip, my dad taught me that many moons ago.
 
I only clean my EDC the same day I shoot it. Drawer guns and safe queens can wait a few days until I am ready to spend the time to do it. I also spent a lot of years in the military, all of it in the Infantry. There were many days spent just cleaning weapons all day, just because the unit couldn't come up with anything else to do on the training schedule. Nothing more fun than drawing your assigned clean weapon from the arms room and spending hours cleaning a clean weapon. And then having the arms room reject it when you tried to turn it in because it had a fictional speck of dust on it. I swear every M16A1 or M16A2 I was ever assigned saw more wear and tear from disassembly/re-assembly than from actually firing it! No, gun cleaning isn't some kind of relaxing therapy for me, it's just a necessary chore that needs to be done.
 
OldGrunt said:
I only clean my EDC the same day I shoot it. Drawer guns and safe queens can wait a few days until I am ready to spend the time to do it. I also spent a lot of years in the military, all of it in the Infantry. There were many days spent just cleaning weapons all day, just because the unit couldn't come up with anything else to do on the training schedule. Nothing more fun than drawing your assigned clean weapon from the arms room and spending hours cleaning a clean weapon. And then having the arms room reject it when you tried to turn it in because it had a fictional speck of dust on it. I swear every M16A1 or M16A2 I was ever assigned saw more wear and tear from disassembly/re-assembly than from actually firing it! No, gun cleaning isn't some kind of relaxing therapy for me, it's just a necessary chore that needs to be done.
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Well, while I understand your frustration in cleaning a clean weapon, would a 20 mile ruck hike been better 😃? I kid, I kid.

Sounds like you had the same kind of armorers we had in USAF. Bolts you could probably safely eat off of (minus the CLP) returned for that elusive spec of residue nobody but the armorer could see (until the obligatory time allotted to cleaning expired, of course, when the invisible residue magically disappeared)!
 
I learned to clean after each range trip from my peers. It annoys me to high levels that people don’t clean their firearms. Yes I’ve heard it in different forums and in person.

Personally a clean firearm is a useful firearm. I even cleaned up the nocturne I got yesterday and haven’t shot it yet.
 
Jsimon78 said:
I learned to clean after each range trip from my peers. It annoys me to high levels that people don’t clean their firearms. Yes I’ve heard it in different forums and in person.

Personally a clean firearm is a useful firearm. I even cleaned up the nocturne I got yesterday and haven’t shot it yet.
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Yep, that’s my usual first step (after warranty registration depending on gun) when I return home with a new firearm.
 
I inspect my firearms before every session. They just dont need a cleanimg after every 200 rounds or more. As much as I shoot, it would be relentless. Its not a P&W F135 😏😉
Everyone is different. i get it.
In my opinion only, when you see tests of guns go thousands of rounds for testing sometimes with a suppressor and not one smidge of issue, tells me a firearm can go a thousand rounds before I clean it, as long as there is no obstructions
 
Hi,

Yeah, I'm one of those guys. I've gotten into the habit of taking two or three guns to the range and shoot them for three or four weeks in a row. Then I will clean them after 300-400 rounds, put them back in the safe, and pick a couple more guns for the next rotation. I will clean my EDC after every range practice or training session.

Don't hate me because I'm lazy. ;)


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
 
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