Cleaning Your Guns - Hobby or Chore

It is a chore for me, especially when I take my three rifles all the the range. Maybe if I had an area that was comfortable to clean them in and I didn't have to mind the mess so much it would be different. :rolleyes:
 
Definite chore, to be avoided whenever reasonable and possible.

If I could NEVER do it, I wouldn't. As it is now, they usually get a quick wipe-down with oil and the innards get cleaned if/when accuracy degrades.

The exception is my carry gun, which gets a field strip and cleaning any time it's fired, mainly for inspection purposes.
 
I don't mind cleaning my guns after shooting. It is a good time to shoot the breeze with my range buddy, or just to think about how the day went if I am alone. Of course, there are the days when there is just time to wipe them, punch the bore, and go do something else more pressing, but they always get cleaned after a trip.
 
I don't get very excited when it comes time to clean my guns, but I do it because it is needed.

I used to be pretty bad about it when I was younger, but I try to keep them clean these days!
 
Definite chore, to be avoided whenever reasonable and possible.

If I could NEVER do it, I wouldn't. As it is now, they usually get a quick wipe-down with oil and the innards get cleaned if/when accuracy degrades.
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Same here. Thank God for Stainless Steel. I don't enjoy washing the car or the bikes either. Can't count how many times I've spent a cold rainy/snowy day tromping 10 miles thru the woods only to have to come home and clean the water outta my guns and relube them AFTER skinnin' a deer out, only to repeat the process due to nasty weather the next day. I do it, but I don't enjoy it.
 
I'll agree with the previous posters who mentioned quantity - I don't mind doing one or two after a range trip, but it's absolutely tedious if I bring a group of new shooters to the range and I'm the one cleaning a half dozen guns at the end.

Also, some guns are more of a pain than others. I can clean my Ruger Mark II and III pistols as many times as needed because it's simple and fast. My 10/22 on the other hands requires far too much disassembling and I loathe cleaning it.

Revolvers seem so easy to clean I wonder if I'm doing it right. Probably not, given that I pretty much just scrub cylinders and am not even positive on how to get at the trigger mechanisms (probably this sideplate thing I keep hearing about).
 
I clean every time I shoot. They may wait a few days but every gun, every time. I do find it semi-enjoyable most times. I am single and love the smell of old #9. I just set up in front of the TV in the den and have at it.
I clean them every time because there may come a time when circumstances ( like SHTF) could prevent me from properly cleaning them for extended periods of time and at least they will start out cleaned & lubed. And a dirty gun just bothers the hell out of me.
 
I enjoy cleaning my weapons because it brings good feelings knowing that I am taking care of something that I expect to operate flawlessly when my life is on the line.
 
I find it relaxing and clean my guns while watching TV. The only exception is my Ruger MK3. I'm ready to trade it in for a revolver.
 
People-Slow down and enjoy the one thing you love ( Your guns ). I was always in a hurry to do everything. Drive 500 mph to work,scurry like a rat at work all day,drive 500 mph home,cook,clean,run kids around,ect ect. I finally came to the relization-The one thing i can do slow and find relaxing is ,,Shooting and cleaning my guns, I don't care if it takes me 3 hrs to clean them.
Head down to the man cave and close the door,turn on some county music and clean. I never find it a task as much as i find it fun and relaxing.

If you people are like me,,If you get it done to fast,,then what?? Mow the grass,shovel the snow,clean,run kids around,ect ect..Which would you rather do?.. I will clean my guns all dayyyyyyyyyyy:D
 
Waitaminute...you guys clean your guns??? ;)


"A People that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both"
Dwight D. Eisenhower
 
Hobby to the max! With a movie on and a cold soda. I'm good to go ;)


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I don't mind cleaning. I'm a bit of a neat freak so having a dirty pistol is painful for me. That said, I don't get out the microscope and get every little bit of dirt out. Just like it clean and functional.
 
For me, it's part of the hobby. Turn on some great music, grab a glass of wine, and detox my guns and my brain. I agree with ChaseReynolds as well: "because it brings good feelings knowing that I am taking care of something that I expect to operate flawlessly when my life is on the line."
 
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