How often do you clean or oil your guns, that you haven't used?

Every year or two.

Ok now I don't feel so bad

Every 6 months

Clean?, Oil? what's that!  Use Amsoil Metal Protector and leave them alone.

i dont follow this gun you dont use thing.... 

i dont follow this gun you dont use thing....

you're reminding me, I'm a terrible gun owner. lots of my hand guns haven't been cleaned since 1/16... and the shotgun hasn't seen a brush since 9/14!!

Holy crap, I barely clean the guns that I use, never mind the ones that I don't use!

 

Does that make me a bad gun owner?

... after every time they are shot, smokeless and black powder.  Then wiped down with Eezox and back in the safes

Holy crap, I barely clean the guns that I use, never mind the ones that I don't use!

 

Does that make me a bad gun owner?

 

Agreed.  Statistically a machine has a greater rate of failure just after reassembly.

Thus, it fired last time I pulled the trigger and statistically it should fire the next time as well.

Agreed.  Statistically a machine has a greater rate of failure just after reassembly.

Thus, it fired last time I pulled the trigger and statistically it should fire the next time as well.

 

Love it!  Finally, a logical justification for my bad behavior.  

I used to clean after each session, now only when it looks really dirty. Even then I follow these instructions on YouTube: watch?v=E1m6Qct68wo

Your're supposed to clean your guns?

Every time I take a shower.

 

Uh oh.

Please...NO pictures

Every time I take a shower.

 

 

 

Please...NO pictures

Speak for yourself please......um wait....what?

I do it once or twice a year... or when I shoot a gun. If I'm pulling something out and notice something, I deal with it at that time.

 

I had to reconfigure my main safe last week, and noticed that my one 11-87s had some spots showing up on the barrel (SP, with that matte finish). Guess I missed it the last time I went through... but a quick wipe with oil, and good as new.

 

Both of my safes have golden rods, desiccants, and monitors to make sure temperature/humidity stays in range. Even with that, you do need to keep up on guns.

Every time I take a shower.

 

Uh oh.

 

Every time I take a shower.

 

Uh oh.

Or as my wife would put it "not often enough!".

 

Where's the Speed Stick?

I do a light cleaning after every range trip. Carry gun gets cleaned once a week. My 22/45 will get cleaned when it stops working, and it hasn't done that yet.

After a range trip. Then socked( silicon gun sock) and locked in the safe.

 

 

When I build our ars they may get lube pre range as many of you suggest running wet. But depends on the infrequency of use.

2x yearly. I really don't hunt or shoot anymore so it is more of an inspection and lube check than anything else.

Cleaning moving parts? Often. Cleaning the bore? As little as possible.

 

On, say, an AR, I'll spray Brak Kleen and re-oil the trigger/sear parts and the bolt/bcg parts often and try to keep any accumulationof crud from building. I might do it after every other range trip, if I feel like it.

 

As far as the barrel? Maybe once every 500 rounds I'll to a full clean and run patches down it. Other than that, I spray some carb cleaner and blow compressed air down the bore.

 

I didn't think it needs to be said, but, everyone realizes that cleaning the bore is not a totally benign thing, right?