Lately I have been going to the range 3-4 times a week, throughly cleaning each weapon after every use. When going that frequently, dose everyone do this, or just certain parts, E.g.  the barrel, breach face, and or other parts. My carry weapon (s) are always super clean and lubed, regardless of  shots fired, be it 5 rd?s, or 200. I?m just curious, as I spend way more time cleaning, than I do shooting.
Thanks

With the exception of shot guns I clean after every shoot. I shoot a lot of clay target sports with an over under if I shoot more than a hundred rounds it gets a brush through the bbl and wiped down with a lightly oiled rag at about 1000 rounds I will clean the lock works as they don?t get very dirty. My pump gets cleaned after 200 rounds.

Thanks 38-40!

I used to clean pistols after every range trip.  Total waste of time except that it makes you "feel" good.
These days I clean them when they need it or when I am bored.
I have feel for when the different pistols need cleaned depending on the ammo shot, experience, etc.
With the new 10MM barrel in my 1911, loaded with copper plated or jacketed bullets and CFE pistol powder I cleaned after about 500 rounds and didn't really get much out of the barrel and the pistol was still fairly clean.  I just oiled slightly before each outing.
With lead SWC in the 1911 45s and W231 powder things do get dirty pretty quickly.

Early in my shooting life I learned that 357 lead rounds would of course lead the barrel real bad and a friend said to shoot JHP at the end of the shooting session to clean out the barrel. This worked so well I seldom clean the guns anymore and shoot JHP all the time. I guess I clean every 6 months or so.  Craig

That?s interesting, Thanks Craig!

I clean my pistols every 500 rounds with a complete teardown, detailed cleaning every 1000 rounds.

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I only lube my range guns with a oil-spray and blow it out with high pressure compressed air. finally wipe it outside with a lightly oiled rag. I clean a gun in 15s. only after 7000-10000 rounds I do a detailed cleaning.

I clean ever 1K rounds or once a quarter, whichever comes first.

I also clean at the start/before a range session, not after.  That way the range session validates I haven't fubar'd my gun.

That?s a really good idea

In my experience it depends on the gun. My 1911s require much more frequent cleaning than my Glocks do. Just another reason I love Glocks because they just work, dirty or clean. I only clean when I detect any degradation of performance regardless.


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Quote from: 38_Super on May 25 2022 01:47:34 PM MDT
I used to clean pistols after every range trip.  Total waste of time except that it makes you "feel" good.
These days I clean them when they need it or when I am bored.

Pretty much this.

When shooting most of my suppressed weapons though, I still do clean after every trip due to how much dirtier they are.  With the exception of a bolt action integral 22.  It just needs the lead cleaned out of the barrel every now and then mostly.  That gun stays really clean most of the time.

But, otherwise, on most of my guns, I may clean them every 500-800 rounds these days.  I used to be way too serious about keeping a gun spotless.  I worked myself to death for nothing.

I will add the caveat that some guns are pickier than others.  But, hardly no gun will start to see failures before the 500 round mark.  Try it sometime. 

For sure, I did notice today as I was doing my usual after range cleanup, It kind of hit me, I must enjoy this putsy, swab this, brush that kinda thing. My hope is to one day get over this meticulous behavior, but could totally be a carry over from reloading, as I?m not nearly that anal anywhere else in life 😂

It always depended on what I was shooting. If it was hardcast/lead I wipe it all down and do the barrel every trip. If it's normal jacket, I could go three times before cleaning it all. I would however give it a wipe every trip.

I tend to clean my pistols every 100-200 rounds but I could probably do it less.

One factor that influences me is if the pistol or rifle may have been around moisture whether it be the elements or sweat. I like to get a protective coating on them. Obviously as far as fouling the bore, you won't need it after only 50-100 rounds.