Cleaning your Revolver?

Brush and patch the chambers and barrel with a do-all solution like Breakfree CLP; wipe down the front of the cylinder, back of the cylinder, under the ejection star, inside the frame, outside of frame and barrel with lightly oiled rag; pat self on back.
 
It's best to clean the same day of the shoot, but with experience you can learn that depending on the loads used you can extend the time between cleaning.
 
Chuck, After a few days you may want to run a patch again throught the chambers and barrel. Usually a few days after cleaning a firearm, some risidual residue will work its way back to the surfaces and you can easily clean it off again quickly. Fleiger
 
Also depends on the gun, Chuck. I have stainless and aluminum revolvers that will sometimes get shot a couple or three times over two or three weeks before getting cleaned. Revolvers I shoot in competition have gone as many as a thousand rouds between cleaning.

Blued guns always get cleaned the same day.
 
This probably won't help but I always clean any revolver or auto the day or the next day.

Partly b/c I really learned about cleaning guns in the military, and they'll have you scrub 'em till the blue comes off. You know it's never clean enough.

And I don't have the money to mistreat what I have. To me it's a matter of pride, I paid good money for my guns and I intend for them to stay nice.

Then again to it also depends on your definition of clean.
 
I shoot three times a week and I pick four guns that I want to shoot for the week after shooting for the day. I will wipe them down with a oily rag then when the weekend comes I will sit down and clean then completely,and find the next four.Don't like to leave a gun sit to long if you sweat can screw up a blued gun quick.
 
It really just depends on how you like your guns stored.
My "Nice" and carry guns (AR-15, O/U Shotgun, Sig 220, etc) get cleaned througly after each time they are shot.
But my "use & abuse" field guns (870, AK-47 that I use as a "ranch gun", etc.) may go months without cleaning, except a brief wipe-down to prevent rusting. But they still work just as good as if they where never cleaned. And when they cleaned they will look the same as if I cleaned them everytime I shot them.
You can wait as long as you want before cleaning, and fire as many rounds as you want with out any ill-effects (as long as there is no corrosion). Its all about how much time you want to spend and how nice you want them to appear.
 
There is such a thing as overcleaning a gun. IMO, they absolutely do not need to be cleaned every time you shoot them. The exception of course is if you are shooting ammo with corrosive primers which modern ammo does not have.

Greg
 
Sometimes I clean my guns after shooting them, but mostly they go up to several months between cleanings. Keeping under the extractor star and it's recess in the cylinder clean is most important in keeping a revolver functioning.

I have gone up to a year or more between cleanings. This with a carry gun (mostly field carry), and have never had a functioning issue. If they get rained on they get an oily rag wipe down, but in this dry climate, oil attracts dirt. Rust is rarely a problem.

I used to clean them every time soon after shooting. I became less concerned about it after spending long periods in the hills roaming, without mainanence, and found that the guns continue to work fine. My Smith 29 has a LOT of blue missing from holster wear, and has been one of those that went a year between cleanings, but it's never ever failed to function.
 
I like to clean my guns after I shoot. It's part of the fun for me.
I shoot alot of lead bullets and if I was to let my cleaning go too long it would be harder to get the lead out.
 
I clean my guns after shooting, regardless if its one round, or five hundred. I usually clean them the next day or the day after. To me, not cleaning them is like working out, and going to bed, without taking a shower, if you know what I mean..
 
I clean my guns as soon as I return from the range, M-Pro7 cleaner all over the frame and then in the barrel, wipe down and run a few patches through the bore, oil the barrel and bore-snake, then CLP the frame and wipe. I use M-Pro7 oil and CLP, although Breakfree CLP is certainly as good, I just love the M-Pro7 products after trying ALL the rest. The gun looks new again I put it in a gun sock then the safe.
 
Wipe them down at the range, and then depending on the gun. I have 10/22 that well goes months on end with out cleaning. Heck I think it sat for year being neglected in the safe. But, the outside was wiped down with FP10 or something similar. I do not leave guns in cases as the foam can trap moisture and well rust can appear over night. Yeah learned from experience from that. Oh well! Life's tough lessons!
 
Depends on the gun I reckon. Blue guns, wipe down after every use. Just because they'll rust if they get a chance. Stainless doesn't matter as much. Which is one reason I prefer them. I use shark oil myself, I don't think it matters too much what you use as long as you get the hand sweat off. Then put the gun in a woollen sock - I've done this for years and years it works a treat. As to cleaning out the barrel, almost anything will do, depending on what you've been shooting. I use an oiled patch followed by a dry patch. If it's still dirty, I use a brass or copper brush. Some guns tend to foul quite badly and leave lead and other residue. That's where you need a Lewis Lead Remover - after that you need to change your loads so they don't gunk up again. Basically I look for the easy life - I try not to shoot crap loads.
 
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