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Brth729Brth729 Member Posts: 1,231 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited April 2002 in General Discussion
I was talking about this with some friends at work last night. And, I just was wondering what some of your responses would be. I know this vary from gun to gun, and type of conditions you were in, but how long do you spend cleaning your gun(s) before you put them away?
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  • badboybobbadboybob Member Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It depends on the gun. 5 minutes or so for a hand gun. Rifle cleaning varies considerably depending on design. My model 94, 5 minutes. My AK47, 10 minutes and both get cleaned again the next day.
    PC=BS
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  • robsgunsrobsguns Member Posts: 4,581 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well, thats a tough question, because when I am cleaning my guns, its sort of like playing with a toy, it usually takes a lot longer than it should, and I'm not in a hurry to put it away. It takes me longer to decide to clean it, than it does to actually clean it. I put my guns that are dirty in the way, like on the dining room table, that way I have to clean them, and put them up. Yeah I know, I'm a redneck, with lousy furniture, and no safe, blah blah blah. It only takes about 10 minutes normally, 15 if I need to break it open to access the trigger group, and 30 minutes if its a revolver that is really nasty and has to come apart and be cleaned. Took me 9 days to clean a gun I bought once, and I dont want to relive that. Blackpowder cap and ball revolvers, they're the worst, by far, jeesh!
    SSgt Ryan E. Roberts, USMC
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I sometimes spend up to an hour cleaning, and if I have purchased a used rifle, up to several hours going over it. I usually throw movie in the VCR and spend the afternoon cleaning two or three.
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  • robsgunsrobsguns Member Posts: 4,581 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yeah man, me and He Dog are going to party together some time, thats what I'm talking about. I know where hes coming from. Now if I could just get my wife to understand this.
    SSgt Ryan E. Roberts, USMC
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I would party with ya most anytime Rob, but I would like to know how you get 'em clean in 30 minutes or less! Mostly I clean rifles, and keep at it until the patches are white. Even using Butch's and J-B Bore Paste it takes me longer than that!
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  • robsgunsrobsguns Member Posts: 4,581 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Oh that, Well, I dont usually shoot a lot of rounds, use Butch's Bore Shine, and have some pretty smooth barrel, I suppose. Mostly its probably that I dont shoot a lot of rounds before cleaning. I hate to clean really nasty guns, remember the 9 day thing.
    SSgt Ryan E. Roberts, USMC
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