Do you clean your guns before.

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mrt949

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Do you clean your guns before you shoot them the first time ? Every one complains about this gun is JUNK OR CRAP . The first time out fresh out of the box. I do a small spray down brush and patch.
 
I certainly do. Some guns are just coated in cosmoline or some other preservative for shipping. If you don't clean it off, the heat will set it and make it even harder to remove, to say nothing about all the malfunctions that might result
 
I generally run a patch down the bore to be on the safe side. After it gets it's first firing it gets a thorough cleaning. Of course if it happens to be packed with cosmolene then it obviously gets well cleaned before initial firing.
 
I do. Gives me a chance to break it down and see how it works. Also I believe in giving it a little lube before you shoot it.
 
Any new gun I buy I bring it home take it all apart and go right threw it and clean it and inspect every part. Always hear about people bitch about gun companies QC, It also your job to inspect the gun to before you shoot it because you just never know.
 
Well I certainly clean any new to me gun before it goes to the range.

Just in this year alone I've seen 4 new shooters with new guns that have not been cleaned before they took them to the range. I'm the curious type when I see a gun not operating correctly and know the brand is not the problem. Heck, I carry a small cleaning kit with me and have shown the newbies how to take their pistol down and do a general clean and lube at times.

The reasons why they are not cleaned before the range may be in the fact that 1. they did not read the manual. 2. the place where they bought it did not inform them that they should clean before shooting. or 3. just lazy.
 
Also I believe in giving it a little lube before you shoot it.
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Absolutely. I do think some people are just lazy, and expect the machine to function perfectly without any expended effort on the user's part.

A proper cleaning and lube, and racking the slide a bunch of times on a semiauto, has always worked for me with new pistols
 
I do the cleaning bit with a new-to-me gun as well. As long as it's not gooed up with cosmoline, I generally field strip it, run some gun cleaner spritz, run a few patches through it. If it shows up basically clean, I'll just lube and reassemble and take it to the range. If it keeps coming up dirty (especially if it's a used gun that I've bought), I'll detail strip and make sure that there are no hidden boogers in works.
 
Every gun, whether new or used gets cleaned and inspected PRIOR to going to the gun range. I want to see if there are any issues, etc.

Jeff:D
 
There's so many good reasons to clean a new gun. When I got my BH recently I cleaned it up real good. Both cylinders, barrel and exterior. Then my son comes in a does a Bullseye with his soda pop right on it.

Hey guess what? Now I know the innards of it too. I have to say, these Blackhawks come apart real easy, and go together real easy. I didn't get the boy in trouble for it. Things happen.
 
Yes. I just got a SX3 Winchester and didn't do that and my supposeably unjammable gun did jam once in the first 100 rounds when I tested it out. I cleaned out a bunch of packing grease or whatever from the action and it's been fine since.
 
Complete cleaning

Field strip and clean before ever shooting a new gun.

Want to be sure nothing is left behind in manf process that could damage gun.

Also, nice to see how it looks, works.

Shootsafe
 
Do you clean your guns before you shoot them the first time ?
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Yes, each new semiauto pistol I buy (or was issued) gets field-stripped, inspected, cleaned and lubricated before I shoot them for the first time.

This gives me a chance to discover any obvious problems that might have been missed during production.

You might also be surprised at the debris that can find its way into new pistols during production. ;)

Some pistols may ship with an excessive amount of preservative/shipping oil (including inside magazines), and some pistols may ship almost dry. Both conditions ought to be resolved, and the pistol lubricated in the manner recommended by the manufacturer, before the pistol is used.

Even though I'm an armorer for several makes/models of handguns, a field-strip level inspection, cleaning & lubrication before use is usually enough for my needs.

Also, as an armorer, I've resolved more "problems" experienced by other new owners/users than I can remember by simply cleaning & lubricating their new pistol.
 
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I try to to a complete strip/clean/relube before shooting for the following reasons (which will sound very familiar if you read fastbolt's post) :D:

1. I want to look the gun over carefully before I shoot it so I know how it looked new. That gives me a frame of reference to work from so I don't have to wonder later if what I'm seeing is something that was there from the factory or if it's something that happened later.

2. I've found issues that needed to be addressed before shooting. I remember finding a surprising amount of what appeared to be debris from a machining operation in one new gun.

3. I don't know how much the gun has been handled and how much of the original factory lube/protectant has been wiped off or migrated away from where it belongs so I like applying lubricant myself so I know it's properly lubricated before use.

4. It's good to know how to strip the gun before going to the range in case the need arises at the range.
 
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I find cleaning any new acquisition a good way to get to know the gun. Also a quick inspection overall doesn't hurt a thing, especially if bought used.
 
Yes. When I got my first and only gun so far I went over to a friends house and we field stripped it and cleaned it before I fired it. It's always recommended.
 
Yep, that's just part of the process of buying a new gun IMO. Take it home, strip it down and clean that puppy. Give it some lube and go run some ammo through it!

Then clean it again ;)
 
I guess I'll just have to go against the grain here, and state that unless I see an obvious problem, I take a new gun out to the range and shoot it without doing anything other than checking the functioning. And I've NEVER encountered a problem.
 
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