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Q: How often do you clean the guns in your safe?
Posted on 7/11/24 at 10:13 pm
Posted on 7/11/24 at 10:13 pm
The ones that just sit there. and be lazy... Never shooting nobody or anything. Not even a paper target...
TIA
TIA
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Posted on 7/11/24 at 10:22 pm to WWII Collector
Never
Posted on 7/11/24 at 10:47 pm to WWII Collector
Never. I clean the guns I hunt with when they get dirty or wet.
Once I do a break in and clean them I typically buy a new one before I need to clean one
Once I do a break in and clean them I typically buy a new one before I need to clean one
This post was edited on 7/11/24 at 10:51 pm
Posted on 7/12/24 at 1:38 am to WWII Collector
Well I'll be dogged...
I thought you at least wipe wif oil err now and then. Someone said a sock with oil... What about a holster in neatsfoot oil?
Ok.. Never...
I thought you at least wipe wif oil err now and then. Someone said a sock with oil... What about a holster in neatsfoot oil?
Ok.. Never...
Posted on 7/12/24 at 5:37 am to WWII Collector
Never for the ones I don’t use.
My benelli gets a few drops of CLP on the bolt to keep it running smoothly and a couple drops on the choke tube threads to keep them from seizing up. Occasionally I’ll run a bore snake down the barrel.
My hunting rifle will get the bore cleaned every couple years. Removing the copper from the rifling makes it not shoot as accurately. I was told it takes at least 9 shots to get the copper back into the grooves and I just don’t really feel like shooting 9-10 rounds of 28 nosler just to get my gun back accurate.
My benelli gets a few drops of CLP on the bolt to keep it running smoothly and a couple drops on the choke tube threads to keep them from seizing up. Occasionally I’ll run a bore snake down the barrel.
My hunting rifle will get the bore cleaned every couple years. Removing the copper from the rifling makes it not shoot as accurately. I was told it takes at least 9 shots to get the copper back into the grooves and I just don’t really feel like shooting 9-10 rounds of 28 nosler just to get my gun back accurate.
Posted on 7/12/24 at 6:41 am to WWII Collector
Most of my guns I clean before returning to the safe. However I have a few hand me downs that are fairly old and I try and wipe them down every 6-12 months and check them for rust.
Typically they are fine in the safe just always try to be sure.
Typically they are fine in the safe just always try to be sure.
Posted on 7/12/24 at 9:47 am to WWII Collector
Annually, I have an extensive collection. Especially older wood models. I usually pick one of those cold, rainy after season weekends and go thru the guns I used that season with a complete breakdown, hot water bath if needed and lube and wipe down for next season. The other two safes have humidifiers and temp control so ill go thru and wipe down each one (even the best safes they will get dusty dingy over time). Maybe a light oil wipe if they look dried out. check to make sure humidity and temp are spot on and that's about it.
Posted on 7/12/24 at 10:18 am to WWII Collector
I wipe the long guns down every year or so. I'll run a bore snake through the ones I use after season is done. Safe handguns get the similar treatment. Carry gun gets cleaned/lubed monthly.
I've had an 870 for 19 years and I don't think I've ever really cleaned it. I usually hose it down with rem oil and leave it upside down in a corner for a few hours to drain. I bet the bore looks like this guy.
I've had an 870 for 19 years and I don't think I've ever really cleaned it. I usually hose it down with rem oil and leave it upside down in a corner for a few hours to drain. I bet the bore looks like this guy.
Posted on 7/12/24 at 11:16 am to Loup
wipe down every 6 months
Posted on 7/12/24 at 11:23 am to WWII Collector
If I handle them, I’ll wipe them down.
The only thing that doesn’t get shot is the really old blackpowders. If something has sat in the back for a while, I’ll typically try and shoot it when I get bored, so it’ll get cleaned again after that.
The only thing that doesn’t get shot is the really old blackpowders. If something has sat in the back for a while, I’ll typically try and shoot it when I get bored, so it’ll get cleaned again after that.
Posted on 7/12/24 at 11:34 am to WWII Collector
For the ones I never shoot I oil the shite out of them and then they stay in the safe “wet.” I do have to clean them up some before I do end up using them though just because there is so much oil.
Posted on 7/12/24 at 11:34 am to Theduckhunter
quote:
If I handle them, I’ll wipe them down.
This
Posted on 7/12/24 at 11:59 am to WWII Collector
quote:I had a habit of cleaning everything annually, even the milsurps I don't shoot much or at all. However, since I've never had an issue with rust, I've started pushing that to 2-3 years, which will also include some extra coats of tung oil for the stocks (Garands, M1 carbine, etc.). The ones I shoot I clean afterward every time.
The ones that just sit there. and be lazy... Never shooting nobody or anything. Not even a paper target...
TIA
Posted on 7/12/24 at 4:06 pm to WWII Collector
When I get bored. It's been four or five years. Kid runs me ragged.
Posted on 7/12/24 at 6:15 pm to X123F45
quote:I figure the Indian caked theirs in mud and stored em..if it was good enough for them its good enough for me.
When I get bored. It's been four or five years. Kid runs me ragged.
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