.Clean and maintain your weapon like your life depends on it. It does.
I think yours is a very practical and sensible approach. Along with "you can never have too clean a gun". There is a practical limit: cleaning it totally, all the time, and lubing it properly, and it will probably be closer to 100% reliable. However, improper cleaning might put excessive wear on the barrel crown, and the loss of some accuracy, but pistoleros would probably never notice unless the gun is bullseye accurate, along with an equally good shooter. Cleaning only the bore and wiping down will be good for maybe 99% reliability, and for returning to the range to shoot again, that will be o.k. If you are comfortable with a slightly fouled gun for self defense, you may be trading off a very small percentage of reliability. Shy of a real gunfight, though, most all of us will never realize that "deficiency", should one exist. One other thing cleaning does is sometimes expose a worn or damaged part, a foreign object in the gun (I have found small pieces of brass), etc. Things that might affect reliability. Things you wouldn't know to correct unless you opened it up and noticed during cleaning.Every time I shoot, I clean the bore, chamber, and wipe down gun. I shoot 200-300 rounds this way....then do full field strip, cleaning, and lube.
what do you more experienced guys think of this-thanks
...So... Clean and maintain your weapons like your life depends on it. It does.Shy of a real gunfight, though, most all of us will never realize that "deficiency", should one exist. One other thing cleaning does is sometimes expose a worn or damaged part, a foreign object in the gun (I have found small pieces of brass), etc. Things that might affect reliability. Things you wouldn't know to correct unless you opened it up and noticed during cleaning.
Yes, and no. As noted by others, if it's just a range gun, clean it whenever you want. Those weapons being relied on for defense are different....So... Clean and maintain your weapons like your life depends on it. It does.
One can absolutely have too clean of a gun. Most hunters do NOT hunt with a clean bore because of lessons learned from having done so. Likewise, match shooters will typically fire off one or more fouling shots prior to shooting a match. Google 'fouling shot' and read a bit about it if you have any doubts.KJ I think you can never have too clean of a gun.
Sounds like you need to Google 'fouling shot', too -- which surprises me given your experience, here. I say this only because some machines DO run better (i.e. more consistently as it pertains to grouping and MOA) when warmed up and/or slightly dirty.I've never heard of a machine that runs better when it is dirty
To be honest, there´s a bit of voodoo involved here.Every time I shoot, I clean the bore, chamber, and wipe down gun. I shoot 200-300 rounds this way....then do full field strip, cleaning, and lube.
what do you more experienced guys think of this-thanks