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Originally Posted by awdlaserbeam
I would certainly clean mine after every use. Rust begins to build up in 24 hours. Its easy to do, it doesnt consume much time, and my life isnt worth risking just because "i dont HAVE to clean it after every use and it will still fire." Id rather not be possibly putting myself in that predicament. Also i appreciate the fact that guns are precisely machined weapons; therefore i have no good reason to be additional unneccesary abuse on it. Also a gun that is sub par maintainced, just like a ca,r would be liable to loosing resale value more quickly.
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lol, I just posted a 20 year old/40,000 round gun, 10 years/15,000 of which have gone uncleaned, and there is zero rust on the gun....and very little carbon build up and dirt (for a daily carried/fired gun).
I've seen and heard of paranoid gun owners, but paranoid OCD like cleaning is just unnecessary! If your gun doesn't work when it's a little dirty, you might want to consider a new gun to "risk your life with". Like I stated before, if it's an occasional shooter, a trap gun, a hunting gun, something of that nature, sure, clean it after every use (which happens to be relatively rare).
And there is a difference between not ridiculously over cleaning a gun, yet keeping it slightly oiled, compared to "not taking care of a car. Different strokes for different folks! I'll continue to clean mine when they need cleaning, not just because. You can take care of your guns as you see fit.
A wise man once said, "My gun will fire all day wet and dirty. It can be clean as a whistle and dry, and she's not going to go bang.".