Cleaning your carry gun....

[Hokkmike]

Ok, so I have a S&W .380 Bodyguard that I pocket carry. Except for a couple of times a year I do not shoot it.

It sits in its holster in a very convenient location to my bed by night and in my front right pocket by day.

I figure a once a month, discharged or not, cleaning is sufficient.

Maybe I could go longer?? I don't keep "stuff", i.e., tissues, candy, keys, etc, in with my gun.

What do you think?

[bripro]

Unload it and look it over. Lint, fuzz and more wtfs get into it than you would expect. I dont feel the need to clean my guns after each range session. As a matter of fact I specifically dont clean my carry guns after range time. I do keep a sharp eye out for barrel and slide obstructions though. I agree that cleaning it once a month is sufficient.

[Remington788]

I am not sure how to respond to this as I shoot my carry guns (a S&W J-frame or a KelTec P-3AT) every chance I get. Proficiency is vital.

That aside, I have several guns that I do not get to shoot on a regular basis. Almost safe queens. I do clean them and oil them occasionally, usually when cleaning something else. It cannot hurt to remove any accumulated dust and to refresh the protective layer of lubricant. I really enjoy disassembling and cleaning my guns, too.

Clean it even when it has not been fired, yes, but even better, get out and shoot it some more.

[Hokkmike]

I am not sure how to respond to this as I shoot my carry guns (a S&W J-frame or a KelTec P-3AT) every chance I get. Proficiency is vital.

Clean it even when it has not been fired, yes, but even better, get out and shoot it some more.

Got you. I do what I can. Thanks....

[Sshuker]

I could not carry a gun that I did not shoot regularly, so my response is based on my favorite gun that I do not carry and do not get to shoot all that often.

My Beretta 92fs sits in my safe for up to months at a time and only gets cleaned after it has made a trip to the range.

My carry gun, a Glock 26, gets cleaned a bit more often. Usually after each weekly range trip.

[MOUNTAINORACLE]

The best way I can answer this is to say My EDC guns get cleaned/oiled is when ever I feel they need to cleaned; be it daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, etc.

[thundrr1]

They have to be cleaned???????

[Hokkmike]

I could not carry a gun that I did not shoot regularly, so my response is based on my favorite gun that I do not carry and do not get to shoot all that often.

My Beretta 92fs sits in my safe for up to months at a time and only gets cleaned after it has made a trip to the range.

My carry gun, a Glock 26, gets cleaned a bit more often. Usually after each weekly range trip.

My question is a little off point but could you define "regularly" for me. No sarcasm or criticism implied here. How many times a year do you think is sufficient? Thanks...

[Shisno]

I've let my p229 go months without a cleaning or even lube. I made sure that when I went to the range, I didn't oil it at all before to see exactly how the gun would have done in a SD situation. Mine did fine. Would yours be fine under the same circumstances? Who knows. Maybe it would, but maybe it wouldn't.

[Remington788]

My question is a little off point but could you define "regularly" for me. No sarcasm or criticism implied here. How many times a year do you think is sufficient? Thanks...

No criticism intended, but I would say that you fire it nearly every time you go to the range. My mouse gun shoots and feels differently than my 1911, which I never carry. I need to be real accurate with the EDC, more than my safe queen.

If I can't get to the range (easier now that WallyWorld is getting regular ammo shipments), then I practice drawing from my pocket, get a sight picture and dry firing.