What's your new gun routine? Straight to the range, maybe a little oil on the slide? Full breakdown, clean and lube? Somewhere in-between?
Posted by needtoredit@reddit | Firearms | View on Reddit | 33 comments
FunWasabi5196@reddit
I clean guns after I shoot them so I dont need to clean them before.
906Dude@reddit
Usually I break it down, clean it, lube it. That gives me a chance to get familiar with the internals, which I'm always curious about anyway.
bl0odredsandman@reddit
Exactly what I do too. Just got a Beretta A300 Ultima Patrol a week ago. Broke it down right away to get use to tearing it apart. Removed all the assembly grease, lubed it up and shot it the next day.
906Dude@reddit
That Ultima Patrol looks good! I had to look up what it was. Pic rail. M-lok, What looks like a larger button to drop the bolt than on my Turkish shotgun. It looks good.
__dryheat_@reddit
Field strip, inspect, lube, range in that order
HerbDaLine@reddit
Three of the last four new guns are still in the box unfired. Three of the last five used guns were cleaned and returned to the box unfired by me.
The ones going to the range get a cleaning and fresh oil first.
needtoredit@reddit (OP)
You buy guns you don't shoot?
HerbDaLine@reddit
Yup. Bought a Canik Miami Nights Signature Series on Wednesday and it went straight to being a safe queen [I believe the previous owner did not shoot it either]. I would post a picture but cannot figure out how to. I currently shoot 4 regularly, a 22lr and 3 CCW guns.
I used to buy hot sauce I did not eat. š¤·š»
AppropriateFault5578@reddit
I have Glocks.Ā
Future-Beach-5594@reddit
Straight to the range for a couple hundred rounds to break it in then a good deep cleaning afterwards. And i always save the previous best target set from my last time so i can compare placement or anything wild changing over time.
GamesFranco2819@reddit
You guys are buying new?
RandoAtReddit@reddit
You guys shoot yours?
GamesFranco2819@reddit
I just get drunk and play with them in the garage
drew_eckhardt2@reddit
Straight to the range.
RandoAtReddit@reddit
Straight to the range with a bottle of gun oil I the range bag just in case.
I'll fully admit that I've forgotten to put the oil back after a range bag clean out and resorted to running the dipstick from my truck along the bolt of a rifle.
hueynot@reddit
I rub it on my taint while doing an urukai battle scream and then mag dump into the ROs car to establish dominance
Chance1965@reddit
Thatās complicated. I just walk up and urinate on his shoes.
Chance1965@reddit
Full clean and lube before firing
DY1N9W4A3G@reddit
Depends on type and size of gun, whether I've fired that type and size or similar before, and whether it's factory coated when I get it. If it's a type or size totally new to me, at home I'll inspect to decide if I need to clean and/or oil, practice handling to get a feel for it, and dry fire some first before heading to the range. If it's a Glock, straight to the range unless it looks desperate for oil. FYI, the Glock manuals actually say to field strip, clean, and oil before first fire, but I've never met anyone who does that with a Glock and I've never had or heard of any resulting problems.
Shynel05@reddit
You do other things than just straight to range? š³
Seriouslyā¦ i do that and dont think about doing anything beforehand š
Radius8887@reddit
I've never bought a brand new gun in my life.
jimbobbyricky@reddit
Parking lot pop.... JK....
But I'm definitely going to shoot it that day, or the next at the latest if it's too late to be responsible, or it's going to draw the wrong attention at the wrong time. Like, my ranges are closed down for the day, I'm not heading out to public land to fire a couple after dark so I can explain what I was doing to a curious warden. It can just wait till morning.
Okie_3D@reddit
Phh youre putting in that much effort to pop? I never leave my desk...everyone does it at least once...
gummaumma@reddit
It depends on how the gun comes. Glocks are fine to shoot out of the box. I've purchased a Ruger that was coated in grease and needed a full strip and clean.
marksman1023@reddit
Break down and clean the firearm and if applicable the magazines.
SIG in particular was (maybe is?) using a particularly sticky preservative on their factory magazines. I had a gun from them that wasn't quite a jammomatic but certainly wasn't reliable...until I cleaned the magazines. Now it's 100%.
LiberalLamps@reddit
I clean and inspect new guns before I shoot them. A few patches through the barrel and a quick wipe down with oil.
Some guns ship in heavy storage grease and Iāve gotten others that still had metal shavings in them.
SgtRimjob@reddit
Most guns I've bought have come dripping in factory grease. I may do a basic field strip first thing, which will remove some excess, but otherwise straight to the range. Minimum 500 round break-in. For ammunition, I use a mid-grain weight and maybe a little hot. A good example for 9mm would be NATO spec.
After that, detailed clean+lube and it usually handles whatever else I want to put through it.
MunitionGuyMike@reddit
Shoot it without cleaning it for as long as it can until A) it fails or B) Iām at past 2k rounds, then I clean it.
IrwinJFinster@reddit
New gun? I clean and oil the inside of the barrel, and lightly oil the slide rails.
Mountain_Man_88@reddit
Clean it, fuck around with it at home/dry fire/immediate action drills/practice reloads with snap caps at home, bring it with next time I go to the range.
Kromulent@reddit
New guns get field stripped, cleaned and lubed. "Cleaning is inspection". Also it removes metal chips and unwanted anti-rust substances, which are good to protect them during storage and sale but not great for shooting.
I seldom fully clean guns after that first time. Probably won't ever clean the bore again, just the chamber when it needs it.
drowninginboof@reddit
depends on the gun. if they're greased from the factory i clean them first. if they've been lubed with oil, i shoot them first and clean after.
FuddShotMoose@reddit
I only clean my pistols when thereās a malfunction. Aside from that Iāll occasionally spit inside the chamber slap it and call it a day āgood boyā doing good 6k rounds in since September. Good guns run dirty and donāt need to be babied, they like to be used and a little abused. My AR I still wonāt clean but Iāll oil up more especially if itās a heavy day at the range like 1k rounds Iāll oil up half way between.