How Often Do You Clean Your Handgun ?

[onesonek]

It depends on the type of firearm of course, but I shoot single shots most. So I clean those barrels only when accuracy starts to fall off. The actions if needed due to shooting in dusty or dirty conditions.
Dave

[SAM]

But really. There's something almost Zenlike about cleaning guns. It's something I look forward to.

I agree... It's almost like raising a child.. There's pride in taking care of it.

Cleaning guns is very rewarding-----------------raising a child is like being pecked to death by a chicken. You're just in the very early stages of child-rearing-----------give it another 12 years. Don't get me wrong, I love my girls more than life itself. Yours are just too young to KNOW EVERYTHING yet.

[Tommy Gun]

What ever happened to cleaning guns because it's fun? ... There's something almost Zenlike about cleaning guns. It's something I look forward to.

It's almost like therapy. And if I hold the bottle of Hoppe's No. 9 under my nose too long, it's almost like... like... um, I forget.

I think i need a couple of aspirin.

[timwarner]

What ever happened to cleaning guns because it's fun?

That's why I do it.

That and because the voices in my head tell me to.




But really. There's something almost Zenlike about cleaning guns. It's something I look forward to.

You must not have kids.
If I had time, I'd probably clean em more.

[bensdad]

I actually clean 22s when they stop functioning. I clean bolt-guns after every session (cuz there ain't much to it). I clean handguns when they start to look gunky or the action feels "wierd". I clean my AKs when we get rained on at the range.

[gman1868]

When it's dirty.