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View Poll Results: How often do you clean your unused guns?

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  • Monthly

    3 3.19%
  • Every 6 Months

    6 6.38%
  • Anually

    14 14.89%
  • Only when I shoot them

    53 56.38%
  • They haven't seen a brush since Eisenhower was in office

    18 19.15%
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Thread: How often do you clean your guns?

  1. #41
    Boolit Master
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    I live a few miles SE of Beagle333 a block from the Chattahoochee river. Humidity is always horrible here. I inspect my firearms at least monthly, and those that make the trip to the range and get fired get a good cleaning in the shed, starting with a boresnake. My 9mm pistols get taken apart and thoroughly cleaned, my revolver is a SRH that I don't disassemble but do thoroughly clean, and my rifles get some Outers Bore Foam after a boresnake has been through them, then after a wait they get the treatment with Hoppes #9, Kroil, and a final squirt of RemOil. It' the best rust preventative I've found, even better than CLP or Ballistol.
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    Did I ever mention that I hate to trim brass?

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    Boolit Master Hannibal's Avatar
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    Based upon the contents of this thread, I'd have to say that the overwhelming response falls into the 'not nearly often enough' category.

    WoW.

  3. #43
    Boolit Bub
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    to each his own

  4. #44
    Boolit Master reloader28's Avatar
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    We're very dry here so rust aint really a problem. Most of mine are not shot so no reason to clean them.
    The hunting guns get checked out before and after season.
    My carry guns get cleaned AT LEAST once a week. Sometimes I'm in the dirt or woodshop and they get very dirty even under my shirt. I carry a wheel gun at those times.

    The guns that are shot usually only get cleaned when they need it and by that I mean not every time I shoot

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