If you fire your carry gun at the range...

When I'm done shooting I load up, holster and go on my way. My CCW is a HK, it loves to be dirty. :D

I clean it when I get home, almost always the same day.
 
I don't clean my carry gun after a range session. I clean it when I get home every time, regardless of the rounds fired. Like others have mentioned, my carry gun is a Glock, sooooo, I trust it to work if needed on the trip home.
 
Sure was. They already had people nudging them about it, I think. They certainly did After the AR write-up. And more than a few (myself included) voted with their feet. That's how these things get changed.
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One of our local shops, Keith's Sporting Goods (he doesn't even have a reference to guns in his store name even though that is pretty much all he sells), has the same "No CCW Allowed" policy. That coupled with the fact that they are very unfriendly has made me wonder why anyone would ever shop there.
 
One of our local shops, Keith's Sporting Goods...has the same "No CCW Allowed" policy.
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I would have never believed such a thing existed. How in the world can you make your living selling guns, to people who carry them for defense no less, and then tell people they can't carry them? Do not these idiots realize that the BG don't follow the rules. My God, of all the ignorant, nonsensical, hypocritical ignorance I've ever seen, that has to be the worst. That would be like me selling pizza and putting up a sign saying "No Food or Drinks Allowed Inside."

Well, I guess I DO know what the definition of hypocritical stupidity is, if that other thing isn't it.:D;)
 
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However, I think the OP was refering to a range with rules against loading a firearm and walking out with it. I suspect if a range had a rule like that and you insisted then they could just put your name on the "banned" list and refuse to let you shoot there.
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Makes no sense at all. I wil not patronize a range or a guns store that will not allow me to conceal carry. One of the main reasons I go to the range is to practice with my carry gun. I think its ridiculous that I have to remove my CCW before I go into the range.
 
I have 3 different guns I generally carry in rotation. So when I am at the range I practice with one that I am not carrying at the time to avoid any trouble at the range and I always carry a clean gun.
 
Since I shoot my carry gun at the range, I just swap ammo and reholster. It's a wheel gun so I'm confident that it will continue to function even if it doesn't get cleaned for a little while.:D
 
I just load mine back up with carry ammo that I took out when I got there and go on my way. I wouldn't even consider field stripping it and doing a complete clean, that just seems rediculous. As quesitioned in the OP, a wipe down of the outside I could maybe see, but swabing the bore would be out of the question for me also. As soon as I get home all guns that were shot get cleaned, regardless of round count. Yes, even if I only shot a single round. My carry gun gets cleaned once a week to once every two weeks even it doesn't get shot. (I just like to keep my guns clean)

As mentioned by others, I would not go to a range or gun shop that didn't allow concealed carry. :barf:
 
Mine gets cleaned before I shoot it. I have noticed the first one or two shots after a cleaning are always 6-8" lower than the rest of the group, all shots after that, whether its 20 or 200, are right on target. So, I clean it before a shooting trip, shoot whatever I feel like thru it, load it back up, and holster it. I will wipe it down with a rag real quick, but thats usually all it gets. Some of you may freak out cause I carry it a little dirty, but, if it can't fuction relaibly after having a few rounds thru it, its to finicky for me to trust my life to it. I wouln't carry a gun that had to be clean enough for the white glove treatment to function reliably.
 
I usually just shoot mine, then reload and reholster. I carry a wheelgun, so a lot of crud gets on the cylinder, and I'm wondering... can that hurt the leather of a holster if you don't even wipe it down? I clean it when I get home, but I don't even wipe it off at the range. (hmm, maybe I should...)
 
I've not yet been to any gun store that bans concealed carry, but most of the ones I frequent post a sign telling you that they support your right but to KEEP IT HOLSTERED. Last thing they need is Bubba looking at holsters and putting a round through the display case by accident.

Some ranges do not allow drawing loaded from concealment in their range, and I can see the rationale for this as well. There are too many ham-fisted goofs that might sweep the entire firing line doing that.

When I go to the gun store to shop, I am loaded and concealed.
When I go to that same gun store to hit the range, I unload and re-conceal in the car in their parking lot so that when I am ready to use my carry gun on the range, I'm drawing an unloaded pistol from concealment.
 
...do you clean and inspect it before returning it to your holster?
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No. Shove right back into it's holster. Cleaning and inspection waits until I get home (or back to camp). Again it may that very evening (most times) or within the next couple of days depending. I don't see a need for 'immediate' cleanup (unlike BP) ... but it will get cleaned before being put back into it's rug/case.
 
I wipe it down and load it up. I clean it when I get home.
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Same here. I let it cool, wipe it off and load it back up for the trip home. Then it gets a thorough cleaning and lube. NEVER do I clean just before I go to the range, as I want to see the weapon act the same as it would if I needed it. Carry ammo is the first magazine shot at the range.
 
I usually clean my carry piece after a range trip.
Never before. I don't get that at all... :confused:

However, sometimes I 've just given it a quick wipe on the outside and put it right back where it was, too. If I don't trust my carry pieces enough to fire a few mags through and expect them to work when I need them, I would either sell or destroy them.
About 95% of the time, though, I clean all the ones that had a trip to the range that day as soon as I get home. It's never good to store a dirty gun.
 
I'm a bit puzzled by this thread...

I usually don't get into gun cleaning threads, because I'm really hit or miss when it comes to cleaning. I'm not part of the school that believes guns should be cleaned after every shooting session. I don't have a problem putting a dirty gun in the safe and letting it sit there for weeks before I either shoot it again or get sufficiently motivated to clean it. Guns for the most part are designed to run dirty, and I don't believe a clean gun is necessarily any more reliable than one that has been fired a couple of hundred times. I haven't yet had a malfunction caused by a dirty gun. However, I have seen guns malfunction after they've been field stripped, cleaned and reassembled, because someone didn't put something back together correctly, because something broke during the reassembly process unbeknownst to the user, or just because some gremlin got inside the gun while it was being reassembled. So my question is: if you field strip, clean and reassemble your carry piece without function testing it by firing live ammunition through it, HOW DO YOU KNOW WITH ONE HUNDRED PERCENT CERTAINTY THAT IT WILL FIRE WHEN YOU NEED IT TO? Why do you feel more comfortable carrying a clean gun over one that, while it may be slightly dirty, has been function tested using live ammunition. Just curious...
 
I have 3 different guns I generally carry in rotation. So when I am at the range I practice with one that I am not carrying at the time to avoid any trouble at the range and I always carry a clean gun.
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Me too for the most part.

I have duplicates of anything I carry. Before I leave, I simply switch the guns in my holsters for the guns that were out last time and load them with the next reload in my mag pouch/pocket. I load a new mag with fresh ammo and it goes into the mag pouch/pocket. I shoot the guns that were in the holster and the ammo that was in the gun. Pistols that were shot get cleaned when I get home and go into the safe. Repeat next time out.

This way, they all get shot on a regular basis, the ammo gets rotated, and theres always "clean" guns in my holsters.
 
So my question is: if you field strip, clean and reassemble your carry piece without function testing it by firing live ammunition through it, HOW DO YOU KNOW WITH ONE HUNDRED PERCENT CERTAINTY THAT IT WILL FIRE WHEN YOU NEED IT TO?
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Simple answer is history. I have fired hundreds of rounds through all my carry weapons, and they are fired with their current respective carry ammo at the range. I know how they will fire and where they will hit. Weapons that have extra sensitive parts like my Kimber with the Swartz safety are dry fired with a pencil to ensure function, after a thorough cleaning. All my carry guns have always been perfect through their first magazines at the range, since I've started carrying them. I am as close to certain they will fire perfectly as I ever will be.

And now the complicated answer.
Since you asked: HOW DO YOU KNOW WITH ONE HUNDRED PERCENT CERTAINTY THAT IT WILL FIRE WHEN YOU NEED IT TO?

You will NEVER be ONE HUNDRED PERCENT CERTAIN that your gun will fire the next shot, even RIGHT AFTER THE PREVIOUS SHOT. What if you broke the firing pin with the last shot? What if your next shot contains no powder?

Using a dirty gun is absolutely no guarantee of perfect function.
 
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